Rain and fog, which have been omnipresent in some years, were absent in 2023. This year marked better weather than the event has seen in years, with the main environmental challenges being long hours of darkness and cold nights in the late winter setting. Runners are allotted 60 hours to complete all five 26-ish-mile loops, and up until this year’s event, only 15 runners had successfully done so in the race’s 36-year history. The notoriously brutal and mostly off-trail route covers roughly 130 miles and takes in about 63,000 feet of elevation gain. ![]() The event got underway on Tuesday, March 14, in Frozen Head State Park, Tennessee. ![]() A file photo of Aurélien Sanchez during the 2019 John Cappis 50k.
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