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Lazarus Lake

Mar 20, 2025

Local TV station gets rare in-race Barkley Marathons footage with Laz Lake and Carl Laniak

There was a rare look behind the scenes of this year’s Barkley Marathons as local news channel ‘WATE 6 On Your Side’ was given access to the campsite at the start.

Mar 13, 2025

Meet Laz Lake – the man, the myth and the legend behind the brutal Barkley Marathons and backyard ultras

The Barkley Marathons is his most famous creation but Backyard Ultras, which go from strength to strength around the world, are all thanks to him too.

Jan 6, 2025

Are Laz Lake’s Backyard Ultras next on the list for Barkley Marathons trailblazer Jasmin Paris?

"There are a lot of races out there that I’m kind of interested in doing, but there aren’t that many races that I can think of that are unique in a way that Barkley is," said Paris.

Oct 12, 2024

Backyard ultras are nutty — enormously popular. This is why.

Put on the map by the likes of Courtney Dauwalter and mastermind Lazarus Lake, backyard ultras have no time cutoff and seemingly no end to their rise in popularity.