barkley 100

The Barkley 100




The race that eats its young

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The Barkley 100




The race that eats its young

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Today
- Learn about the barkley 100 marathon
- watch the documentary 'where dreams go to die'
- answer the questions
- think about credos and your bucketlist

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Before we start:
 what is The Barkley?

imagine this.
You have 60 hours to do all these things at the same time: 
run 5 or 6 marathons while also running up and down the Mount Everest twice while doing a big treasure hunt in a wild forest with nothing but a paper map and a compass. 
Does this sound possible? 

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

Before we start:
 what is The Barkley?

The Barkley Marathons are a race made to be nearly impossible. They want to test how far people are able to push themselves. 

The race has been held for over 30 years and only 14 people have ever finished the race. 

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

Part 1
We follow Gary Robbins in his attempt to run the Barkley 100 Marathons. Gary is a very talented runner and The Barkley will be his biggest challenge yet.

There are some questions on the worksheet, answer them while watching the video. 

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

Slide 6 - Video

Part 2
Gary might have failed once, but he decides to return to the Barkley a year later after training even harder. 

Watch his second attempt at the barkley and answer the questions of part 2 while watching. 

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

Slide 8 - Video

determination
Gary is doing really well in the race, but after loop 4 things get tough. Watch the following clip and try to understand where he gets his determination, his will to go on, from. 

Slide 9 - Tekstslide

Slide 10 - Video

Slide 11 - Video

Let's look at the answers

Slide 12 - Tekstslide

Homework
  • Write a credo for Gary
  • Think about something really big you think you can, or hope you can, achieve one day. Add this to your bucketlist for the task
  • Think about your own credo inspired by Gary

Slide 13 - Tekstslide

Have a nice day!

Slide 14 - Tekstslide