{"id":384,"date":"2024-03-28T16:05:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T16:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d-410.com\/f2fwp\/?p=384"},"modified":"2024-03-28T16:05:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T16:05:28","slug":"jasmin-paris-first-woman-to-complete-barkley-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d-410.com\/f2fwp\/2024\/03\/28\/jasmin-paris-first-woman-to-complete-barkley-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Jasmin Paris first woman to complete  Barkley Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A British runner has made history by becoming the first woman to finish one of the world&#8217;s hardest ultramarathons.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jasmin Paris from Midlothian completed the Barkley Marathons in Tennessee with just one minute 39 seconds to spare of the 60-hour cut off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/d-410.com\/f2fwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d-410.com\/f2fwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image.png 1024w, https:\/\/d-410.com\/f2fwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/d-410.com\/f2fwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-768x511.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She told the BBC she was &#8220;overjoyed&#8221; and had a &#8220;strong feeling&#8221; during training that she could complete it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was so exhausted she slumped to the ground after finishing the race which is inspired by a famous prison escape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The course, at Frozen Head State Park, changes every year but covers 100 miles involving 60,000ft of climb and descent &#8211; about twice the height of the Mount Everest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only 20 people have ever made it to the end of the race within the allotted 60 hours since it was extended to 100 miles in 1989.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 40-year-old vet had to navigate through extreme and often pathless terrain, continuing to run through the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pictures at the race finish line on Friday show her legs scratched from pushing through sharp bushes and scrub in dense forest on steep slopes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-68643341\">Read full article. <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>A British runner has made history by becoming the first woman to finish one of the world&#8217;s hardest ultramarathons. Jasmin Paris from Midlothian completed the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/d-410.com\/f2fwp\/2024\/03\/28\/jasmin-paris-first-woman-to-complete-barkley-marathon\/\" title=\"Jasmin Paris first woman to complete  Barkley Marathon\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":385,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-write-ups"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d-410.com\/f2fwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d-410.com\/f2fwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d-410.com\/f2fwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d-410.com\/f2fwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d-410.com\/f2fwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/d-410.com\/f2fwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":386,"href":"https:\/\/d-410.com\/f2fwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384\/revisions\/386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d-410.com\/f2fwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d-410.com\/f2fwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d-410.com\/f2fwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d-410.com\/f2fwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}