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The Source Material: Episode 2 - Runners and Crew
Season 11
Published 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Description
Guests Featured
| Richard Shannon | Zambia: first Zambian to run the Barkley Marathons |
| Isobel Ross | Australian at her third Barkley attempt |
| Elizabeth Bespalov | Isobel's daughter, crew member, learned about the race at age 5 |
| Ben Wernick | South Wales, ran despite near-fatal rhabdomyolysis two weeks prior |
| Chris Fisher | Former Navy SEAL Hell Week, on 'elective suffering' |
| Kelly Halpin | 3D model of Frozen Head, trained with nightmares about topo lines |
| Brian Ralph | Kelly's crew, the Indy car pit stop analogy |
| Tomo Ihara | From Japan on his sixth Barkley attempt |
| John Clark | Ten years working toward this start |
| Kris Rugloski | First-ever DNF, at the Barkley |
| Dena Carr | Runner, pre-race conversation |
- Who the Barkley selects for: the application process as first filter
- Elective suffering: the philosophy connecting SEAL training, ultra running, and the Barkley
- Crewing at a race with no information, the unique anxiety of waiting at the gate
- How people arrive at the Barkley from completely different corners of the world
- The post-race reckoning: pride, disappointment, and the immediate question of whether to come back
Elizabeth Bespalov: 'I first learned about this race when I was maybe five or six. I'd fallen asleep in the car and when I woke up, all I heard was that the race was about books. And I was just enthralled because I loved books. I was like, this is the best race ever, mom.'
Series Context
Bonus Episode 02 of 06. Follows Ground Zero at the 2025 Barkley Marathons. Next episode: 99 Seconds - Jasmine Paris.
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