If you are planning on attempting the "Barkley Marathons", this book is highly recommended:ġ. Gary "Lazarus Lake" Cantrell and his race, "The Barkley Marathons" create such a subject matter that even the most poorly written content seems interesting.
While the writer did a poor job for most of the book(barring the route maps and calculations which he goes on to repeat 20 times in the course of the book), the subject matter of the book saves it.
The last 2 chapters(2008, 2009) were written in a different tone than the rest of the of the book.īut somehow, in some weird way, this was a book full of good stories, albeit poorly told.
The formatting was all off, the author forgot to do a spellcheck and it looked like he simply printed a huge MS Word file on to 215 pages and published it.Īnd even the content in itself was repetitive, like an engineering student trying to fill up his assignment with additional words. Here’s our interview with him from last year.Īnd here’s the Ginger Runner’s report from last year when Gary Robbins paced him to his first 100 finish.I'll be frank, this was probably the worst written books I have ever read. Gary is pacing Ben at Cascade Crest this summer. Here’s Gary’s website with all of his info and here’s the site for Squamish.įollow Gary on the twitter machine right here. Gary Robbins Episode NotesĮpisode Sponsored by Shadow of the Giants 25/50k on June 11 in Yosemite. This is essential listening for hundred miler runners and pacers. Gary Robbins tackles all these questions, and a whole lot more. What questions should you never ask, and what do you do when your runner starts to cry. When to have them push, when to play it safe. What are the physical and emotional considerations when pacing someone for their first hundred. Pacing someone to their first hundred miler.How does he attract top talent to the event? What’s the secret in drawing a high level field? And why does he have to make it s o damn hard? One of the few races with a 50k on Sat and a 50M on Sunday that can be combined for a 50/50 time. He tells a great story about specific difficulties associated with this iconic race and what his odds are of finishing it next time. Gary just ran the race last weekend and made it 4 1/2 laps with eventual winner Jared Campbell before succumbing to sleep depravation. In this Gary Robbins Interview, we cover three main topics. This is one of those interviews that I’ll go back and listen to over an over, as Gary drops a few metric tons of wisdom on this funky little sport of ours. Gary Robbins joins URP to chat about a wide swath of topics, all of which kept me captivated during our hour-long conversation.
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