Ultra Strong
After Jasmin Paris becomes the first woman to finish the brutal Barkley Marathons, a new generation of female ultrarunners challenges the myths and masculinity surrounding endurance sports.
March 22, 2024. An earthquake shakes the ultra-trail world. Scottish runner Jasmin Paris becomes the first woman to complete the Barkley, one of the toughest races in the world. A monument that has always cultivated a sexist, almost masculinist image. Lazarus Lake, its creator, has always loudly proclaimed that the Barkley is not for women.
The images of this sprint finish, 99 seconds before the 60-hour time limit, went viral. Jasmin Paris was quickly labeled an ultra-trail oddity, an exception whose feat in Tennessee could never be replicated. Yet the Scottish runner is not an anomaly. She is an heir.
