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Thrilled to announce that The Endurance Artist has been picked up for national distribution by Barnes & Noble. The story of the world's most diabolical races, its notorious creator, and the rare souls that brave them!! B&N LINK: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-endura...

The Man Who Ran Forever...from the law, across continents, and into the record books. LINK: www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0FL...

BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: The first American edition of my book, In Search of Al Howie, is now available for pre-order. Al Howie’s monomaniacal pursuit of distance made him a legend. His demons made him human. With new chapters, interviews, and a new epilogue!! LINK: www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0FL...

Damian made it in but without his pages. Barkley wins again. This shirt is from the BFC but is pretty spot on for this year!! #BM100

Bravo Sébastien 👍 #BM100 PC: Ashley Harris

No finishers this year. Sébastien and Damian going for a Fun Run.

Now TWO left: Damian Hall and Sébastien Raichon. #BM100

Our three survivors on loop three: Damian Hall, Sébastien Raichon, and Max King. #BM100

Current view at the fire tower. Photo credit: Ashley Harris #BM100

Brutal... here's Mathieu after winning the BFC when the big event seemed doable. #BM100

Wait you must, yes... #BM100

A fellow Ultrarunning Magazine columnist!! Go Max! #BM100

So, we have Damian Hall, Mathieu Blanchard, Sébastien Raichon, and Max King on loop three. Some hope there. ☠️ Here is a video I shot from last year's BFC of Mathieu Blanchard coming down Rat Jaw. #BM100

In Search of Al Howie is available for pre-order!! This second edition has two new chapters, a simplified structure, and new interviews from Howie's time running from the Law. Ever wondered how far a runner can go? Al Howie could run forever!!! LINK: www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0FL...

A group of eight have come in from loop 1 and face the bugler. The rain has settled in. #BM100

Slaughter

12 runners are on loop 2. Anyone else who is going to continue has to start loop 2 by 7:20, less than ten minutes from now. #BM100

First year EVER for Laz to start Barkley on a counterclockwise loop. The result? 32 runners still on loop one after 11 hours!! #BM100

If you like severe challenges and not following Barkley Keith, here he is:

Watch him!!

Hats off to you, sir. #BM100

"As fascinating as the races themselves... the definitive telling." -- Alex Hutchinson, New York Times bestselling author of Endure #BM100 #backyardultra #lazcon "Lazarus Lake may be a sadist, but he isn’t a simple trickster... Wonderful book." -- Nicholas Thompson, CEO, The Atlantic

Due to construction 🚧, a change to The Gate at this year's BARKLEY. #BM100 is a Go.

After a brief memorial, laz lit the cigarette at 6:00am. The 2026 Barkley Marathons has begun. #BM100

"The backstory is as fascinating as the races themselves, and this is the definitive telling." - Alex Hutchinson, NYT Bestselling author of Endure LINK: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

He ain't Santa Claus, but he does keep a naughty list!! LINK: www.amazon.com/Endurance-Ar...

This new documentary on the accreditation of the "napalm girl" photo could have been structured much better, but its power lies with an unknown freelance photographer, who may have actually snapped the most iconic photo of the Vietnam War. Give him credit!! #thestringer

Available Here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-En...

"Beasley detected thoughts, feelings, and ‘moves’ from Laz that maybe even Laz himself didn’t think he was sharing." Link: trailrunner.com/trail-news/l...

Available Here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-En...

Grab a copy here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-En...

"How to Use Failure" Laz gave a TED Talk last night on how to never waste it and make it your secret weapon. "I've failed at most everything in my life," he told me while I was putting together his biography. He never shied away. 📷 Harvey Lewis LINK: simonandschuster.com/books/The-Endu…

Be in the corral when the bell rings!! "Rules are not Suggestions." Chapter 23, The Endurance Artist.

HAPPY TIME!! 75 Backyard Runners, 40 countries, No Finish Line! BIG'S is underway. 🙌 Laz predicts all 75 will still be in the race a day from now.

BIG'S 2023 was unforgettable and a window into Laz. As hours turned into days, all that we'd spoken about gelled into the backbone of my book... There is No Finish wasn't a witty taunt. It was a life motto!! LINK: www.amazon.com/Endurance-Ar... 📷 Mike Trimpe

Hours away from the most backward, tortuous, and ultimately human event of the season, Big's Backyard Ultra. Only race I've encountered where competitors NEED others to do well.

BIG'S - Let me tell U a bit about what's coming... as I write this... hungry souls from all over the world are descending on a tiny town in Tennessee!! They're coming for each other. And themselves. They will run till they can move no more. "There Is No Finish" taped to the starting arch.

Ultra Running Magazine Podcast. This one was super fun!! Got to talk about The Endurance Artist and Laz but also a lot of human stuff, witnessed, experienced, and left running through my head from it all. Thx Scotty and @ultrarunningmag.bsky.social youtu.be/ztn2m1fnDAI?...

"There's always going to be a huge backstory." buzzsprout.com/2077335/episod…

The Endurance Artist is now on Audible!! 🏆 LINK: audible.com/pd/B0FKVRD7XY?…#bm1000#lazbooko#runningn#ultrarunningn#audiobooko#BookTwitterer

What will you see at a Lazarus Lake creation?? Nothing beyond the usual lost digit...

Little Dog's Backyard Ultra - Four out on 28th yard... Bell Buckle, TN: stormy hild steven carr andrew janeway paul nielsen

"A wonderful book." - Nicholas Thompson, CEO - The Atlantic www.linkedin.com/pulse/man-be...

When The Endurance Artist takes on another meaning... And if you've spent any time around him, you know his eating habits are legendary.

"One Does Not Simply Write a Book About Barkley Marathons Mastermind 'Lazarus Lake'" run.outsideonline.com/people/gary-...

Until recently, no one had tried to write the story of Gary "Lazarus Lake" Cantrell, the mastermind of ultrarunning classics like the Barkley Marathons. And maybe for good reason. https://bit.ly/4nwtOD9

A beautiful soul.

"If you build it, they will come." run247.com/running-news...

"So well-written. Having known Gary for 50 years, it is a great portrayal." - Cathy Henn (Raw Dog's wife) #ifkyk #bm100 #BooksWorthReading