"First Woman to Complete Extreme Marathon with 99 Seconds Left, Mother of Two"

"Running All Night Through Uncharted Land"
"An Extreme Course Climbing Up and Down 18,900m Mountainous Terrain"

A mother of two became the first woman to complete the 'Barkley Marathon,' one of the toughest ultramarathons, running 160 km (100 miles) within 60 hours.

On the 23rd (local time), the BBC reported that Jasmine Parris, a mother of two and a veterinarian, crossed the finish line at this year's Barkley Marathon held at Frozen Head State Park in Tennessee, USA, with just 99 seconds remaining before the 60-hour time limit, finishing in 59 hours, 58 minutes, and 21 seconds.

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According to the report, only five participants, including Parris, completed the race this year. Parris is the first woman to finish the race within the time limit. She is also the first woman to win the Spine Marathon in 2019, a 268-mile (approximately 431 km) race, breaking the previous record by 12 hours.

The BBC stated, "Parris collapsed to the ground immediately after finishing the race. She had to keep running all night through extreme terrain and unmarked land."

Meanwhile, the Barkley Marathon is held annually at Frozen Head State Park in Tennessee. The course consists of five laps of 32 km (20 miles) each, with a total elevation gain of about 18,900 meters, more than twice the height of Mount Everest, making it notorious for its extreme difficulty.

Inspired by the 1977 prison escape of James Earl Ray, the assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., the marathon was expanded to 160 km in 1989, and since then, only 20 people have succeeded in completing it within the 60-hour time limit.

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