35 out of 40 names! Pretty good

@taka-does-stuff.bsky.social Addition to the spreadsheet: Ed Thomas also participated again: www.facebook.com/652177215/po... #bm100

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Loop 1 exact times from 2026 #bm100 Séverine Vandermeulen: 12:31:39. Chris Roberts in within a minute of that www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXi4... @taka-does-stuff.bsky.social

The 2026 Barkley Marathons: The Strongest Field Ever vs The Course (Film)

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Found our Ohio runner! CJ is CJ Laroche, of Bellaire OH. 40 years old. Found by scanning Barkley Fall Classic results. @taka-does-stuff.bsky.social

Very long report from Mathieu Blanchard to read on Facebook and Instagram. Here's what he says. First off, Mathieu is very well-known in France. Along with Courtney Dauwalter, he's probably the biggest name to run Barkley. 1/10 #BM100

Photos of 'unknown' runners Credits (Instagram) : David Miller, Ashlinalive, cartercaptures_photography @taka-does-stuff.bsky.social #BM100

Max King also posted now: m.facebook.com/story.php?st... #bm100

Since we now know 31 out of the 40 runners, exactly as many as last year, perhaps now's a good time for some stats: 20 virgins up from 17 last year. Combined number of Barkleys experienced before this one: 26 down from 37. 10 women up from 5. 18 international athletes, same as last year! #bm100

Another major update to the #BM100 sheet: 31 out of 40 names! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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We were remarkably close about which runner got which time! #bm100

Jason Myers@ohionightrunner.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Laz’s race report. Some additional names: Oscar Michalak, Chris Roberts, Andras Ansaberg. Laz’s reports always give context and meaning to the ordeal. #bm100 www.facebook.com/share/18QQdE...

#bm100 www.facebook.com/distancesplus Footage confirming Ronan Pierre was with the lead pack at loop 1 fire tower. Might plausibly be one of our unknown loop 1 finishers

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I don't fully understand, does this imply that Gina did a loop under the cut off and/or does it imply Maggie was not racing herself? Also I don't know what video is being referred to

Ferenk - JBM@ferenk.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Gina Fioroni was on the race. She's in one of Emily Cameron's videos and maggatronruns wrote in the comments : '@furyrunner great video of you finishing'. Maybe Paul Terranova but not sure about him.

Pic of the @ultradamo.bsky.social's barefoot-start. #BM100

@taka-does-stuff.bsky.social The runner from Japan was Akihiro Maeda. He says that he didn't finish the first lap. #BM100

Very impressive find! And she's from my neck of the woods!

Ferenk - JBM@ferenk.bsky.social · 6mo ago

You already have Paul Terranova, I don't see the name in a first time. But I have another name. With the german plate, it is a woman (video : @ecam44 on Instagram). And the plate is 'HG-SW-2026' from Bad Homburg. Well, for me it's Stephanie Walkoenig.

The 2026 Australian was Stephen Redfern

Finally, he announces a video will be released about his Spine-Barkley double, which he's calling the Sparkley. #BM100 6/6

I love that third image

oh and yeah big update to the #bm100 sheet for the day! 3 new names, some reshuffled mapping onto the nicknames (still guesses) and 6 more countries docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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un-ID'd #bm100 flags. California is not on the sheet because I suspect they attributed both that and France to Guillaume

Learned that Guillaume was there, and a pic of John being there. eu.knoxnews.com/picture-gall... Added to barkley.ferrett.io #bm100

No finishers at 2026 Barkley Marathons in Frozen Head State Park

See photos of the 40th Barkley Marathons, which took place in Frozen Head State Park in Wartburg, Tennessee, and began on Feb. 14, 2026.

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If you want to see the video of Sébastien's finish, it's here : www.facebook.com/runningmag Thanks to Rémy Jegard for sharing. #BM100

Ferenk - JBM@ferenk.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Vu une vidéo avec les premiers mots de Sébastien Raichon dès son arrivée, face à Laz et tous les coureurs et assistants réunis : 'Carl, Laz, je ne serais sans doute jamais finisher de la Barkley. C'était trop dur. Je suis tellement fier de ce que j'ai réalisé ce week-end, c'était dur ... #BM100

Sébastien Raichon finished loop 3 in 38:05:46 and is credited with a Fun Run. #BM100

A runner has to begin loop 4 by the 36 hour mark in order to continue. Neither Damian nor Sébastien will finish loop 3 in time to begin loop 4; however, if they complete loop 3 within 40 hours they will be credited with a Fun Run. #BM100

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Mathieu Blanchard quit on loop 3 due to cold and is tapped out. #BM100

I must have dozed off or something, but somehow I missed Max King dropping a couple hours ago, after making it to book 4 on loop 3. Two runners remain on loop 3; 1 remains on loop 1. #BM100

Good news for our #bm100 front runners: Of all Barkley runs that had a split between 22 and 23 hours for loop 2, 82% are successful fun runs. Though none of them finished loop 4 and only 27% were even allowed to attempt it.