Jasmin Paris just became the first woman to finish the notoriously brutal Barkley Marathons – and she did so with 99 seconds left before the 60-hour cut off.
Jasmin was one of five runners to complete this year’s event, completing all five 20-mile loops of the course within he cut-off time.
The Barkley Marathons in Tennessee is known to be one of the world’s toughest events and has only ever been completed by 20 people. In last year’s 100-mile race around Frozen Head State Park, Jasmin became the fourth woman ever to complete the 3-loop course (known affectionately as the ‘fun run’) and the only woman ever to attempt the fourth loop. Just a year later she makes history again with an incredible finish.
No stranger to making history
Jasmin stunned ultrarunning fans in 2019 when she outright won the Spine Race, beating the course record by 12 hours. Plus, she did so while expressing milk at every checkpoint for her then 14-month-old daughter.
The Barkley Marathons has been dubbed ‘the race that eats the young’ for its incredibly challenging route which changes regularly, and the fact that so few runners manage to complete it. As of 2018, 55% of the events since its creation in 1986 saw no finishers.
35-year-old veterinarian Jasmin’s win is a historic moment…
