It’s inspired from the attempted prison escape by James Earl Ray The entry process is strange and secretive Commonly mentioned topics in these articles are: Reason being, there has been an excellent documentary on it, The Barkley Marathon: The Race That Eats Its Young, and many long form articles written about it, including one recently in Runner’s World. In the city of Ghent, a hill was named after him, the Karel Sabbeberg, after Karel Sabbe climbed this hill a thousand times as a training.Even if you are not an ultrarunner, you may have heard of the Barkley Marathons. During the Via Alpina record attempt, Joren was joined by friends of Karel. ĭuring the Pacific Crest Trail, Appalachian Trail and the Barkley Marathons, he was logistically supported and guided by his brother-in-law and physiotherapist, Joren Biebuyck. Effectively the slowest time of a finisher. In 2023, Karel completed the Barkley Marathons in 59 hours, 53 minutes and 33 seconds. He completed the red trail, the longest of the network, in 30 days, 8 hours and 40 minutes. In October he became world champion Big's Backyard Ultra in a new world record of 75 laps (good for 502 km in 75 hours).ĭuring the summer of 2021 he set the new speed record on the Via Alpina, a long-distance hiking trail through the Alps. In the summer of 2020 he became the record holder on the Alta Via 2 in the Italian Dolomites. For both records he is listed in the Guinness Book of Records. He also smashed the record on the Appalachian Trail (2018), which was also previously held by Joe McConaughy, by more than 4 days. He eventually finished the 4,300 km long Pacific Crest Trail in 52 days, dethroning world record holder Joe McConaughy. This was followed by the Marathon des Sables (2016) in preparation for the Pacific Crest Trail (2016), where he finished 38th out of 1,200 starters. Without any background in running he participated in the Coast to Coast-race in New Zealand consisting of a 36 km trail run, 67 km kayaking and 140 km cycling. During his youth and student days, he mainly played football and tennis. Karel Sabbe (born in Waregem in 1989) is a Belgian ultrarunner.
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