jonathan basham becomes the ninth finisher of the barkley marathons in 24 years, finishing the race in 59 hours 18 minutes.  those nine are the hardest of the most hardcore.

barkley marathons 2011.  another finisher.  john muir trail speed record holder, brett maune.
 
Start: 1:07 AM EDT, Sat. Apr 2, 2011
 
Loop 1 (20 miles, cutoff 13:20) A storm around 4 AM.
Alan Abs              9:14:13
Brett Maune           9:14:15
Carl Laniak           9:18:47
Henry Wakley          9:18:47
Travis Wildeboer      9:36:59
Byron Backer         10:01:56
Blake Wood           10:26:55
Joe Decker
Joe Lea
James Demer
Rob Youngren         10:52:35
DeWayne Satterfield  10:52:37
Timothy Dine         11:41:16
Bill Goodwine
Iso Yucra
Chip Tuthill
Hiram Rogers
Frozen Ed Furtaw     12:11:02
Abi Meadows          12:33:42
Bill Losey           12:37
Mike Bur             12:37
Christian Mauduit    13:07:50
Carl Asker
Sue Thompson
Paul Lefelholz
Jason Barringer      finished, quit
Marco                finished, quit
Howie Stern          missed cutoff, 15:58
Steve Durbin         missed cutoff, 17 hrs, punctured elbow
Charles Raffensburger missed cutoff, 19 hrs
Allan Holtz          missed cutoff, 20 hrs
Bob Haugh            missed cutoff, 20 hrs
Joe Ninke            missed cutoff, 23:31
Cheryl Lager         missed cutoff, 23:31
Mike O'Melia         quit at top of Rat Jaw
Stu Gleman           first to quit, 4 hrs
 
Loop 2 (40 miles, cutoff 26:40) Clear, 40's to 60's.
Alan Abs             19:24
Brett Maune          19:24
Travis Wildeboer     20:27
Carl Laniak          20:27
Blake Wood           22:43:38
Nick Hollon
Jon Barker
Joe Lea
James Demer
Dale Holdaway
Henry Wakely         finished, quit
Byron Backer         26 hrs, quit
Christian Mauduit    missing pages at 26:38
Joe Decker           quit at top of Rat Jaw, 19 hrs
DeWayne Satterfield  quit at top of Rat Jaw, 21:47
Robert Youngren      quit at top of Rat Jaw, 21:47
Frozen Ed Furtaw     quit at top of Rat Jaw, 26 hrs
Iso Yucra            quit at book 3 (Stallion Mt), 18 hrs
Timothy Dine         quit at book 3, 18 hrs
Hiram Rogers         quit at book 3, 18 hrs
Chip Tuthill         quit at book 3, 18 hrs
Carl Asker           quit at book 2 (Garden Spot), 18:18
Bill Goodwine        quit at book 1 (Phillips Creek), 16:40
Kent Moeller         quit at book 1, 16:40
Sue Thompson         quit at book 1, 18:20
Paul Lefelhocz       quit at book 1, 18:20
 
Loop 3 (60 miles, cutoff 40:00 for fun run, 36:00 to continue)
Brett Maune          31:51:28
Alan Abs             34:15, quit
Carl Laniak          35 hrs
Travis Wildeboer     36:23
Blake Wood           39 hrs
Nick Hollon          39 hrs
Joe Lea              39 hrs
James Demur          39 hrs
Jon Barker           39 hrs
Dale Holdaway        quit within a few minutes
 
Loop 4 (80 miles, cutoff 48:00)
Brett Maune          43 hrs
Carl Laniak          quit at top of Rat Jaw at 44:19
 
Loop 5 (100 miles, cutoff 60:00)
Brett Maune          57:15 (approx)

I see Joe Decker ran it again.  I don't recall seeing his name mentioned here before but he is a Illinois native (Cuba) who won the tile of "World's Fittest Man" several years ago.  He has a book, "The World's Fittest You".  The book isn't running specific, more general nutrition and fitness but I found it enjoyable.  Same old story.  Overweight guy who drinks too much starts running.  Starts winning power-lifting competitions, runs Badwater, sets record for most weights lifted, miles ran, push ups, sit ups etc. in 24 hours.  I hope he finishes Barkley one of these years but those hills have to be tough carrying arms the size of most Barkley runner's waists.

I kinda wanna try just to see how awful it really is!  even if the odds of finishing are on par with winning the lotto