rydra_wong (
rydra_wong) wrote2024-03-22 09:30 pm
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HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT
She only went and fucking did it:
https://twitter.com/keithdunn/status/1771285169963438324
Jasmin Paris just became the first ever woman to finish the Barkley Marathons.
https://twitter.com/keithdunn/status/1771285169963438324
Jasmin Paris just became the first ever woman to finish the Barkley Marathons.

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YAAAAAAY!
Thank you for letting me know!
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W00T!
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HURRAH having seen your post earlier and read some of the backstory I came back on my way to bed specifically to check if you had any updates!
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I can highly rec the first documentary on it, The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young, for a very good time -- it's rentable for 99p on Apple.
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I shall hunt. You generally do an extremely good job of luring me into nonfiction microfandoms, I find. :-p I have a tab open on the Oxfam website with Tales from Out There ready to buy...
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I think we may have similar tastes in this respect, certainly when it comes to documentaries on weird niche quasi-sports activities!
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Indeeeeed. Though I did also enjoy the Watergate materials!
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Delightedly watched on Monday, and A has just recced it onward at work!
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I expect that now that the barrier of disbelief has been broken, more women will follow.
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Would you alert us if you find any interviews etc. featuring her? :D
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Really lovely little piece from John Kelly, one of the other finishers:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C45tCzHLxUR/
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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/mar/25/jasmin-paris-interview-barkley-marathons-ultramarathon-history
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https://www.irunfar.com/jasmin-paris-2024-barkley-marathons-interview
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So cool!
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Coming back to this reading Tales From Out There - two women managed 3 loops in 1991 but despite Furtaw treating this as "finishers" the full course was actually 6 at that point (even though nobody believed it possible) ergo not counted thus for these purposes? (I am enjoying myself immensely but wish to better understand the deep lore!)