Only 15 runners have completed the full distance in its history.īeginning in 1986 (then, the distance was a mere 50 miles/80 km), only 40 participants are sent an invite each year. , thought to be one of, if not the hardest, ultra marathons in the world drew to a close Thursday and for the fourth year in a row - not including 2020, when the race was cancelled because of COVID. After only a brief pause, the competitors are off again, disappearing into the dense tree cover at the base of the hill.
More competitors join, swapping out soaked layers of clothing for whatever they have in their pack, some jamming pages ripped from a book into plastic bags, protecting them from the rain. Two competitors break through the mist that surrounds the hill and begin to clamber up the steep incline, pausing only briefly to fill their water bags from the multitude of jugs placed on a wood table.
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