At sunrise yesterday, amidst whipping winds and sheets of rain, we met Jasmin Paris on the track leading to Portmore Lough, nestled in the Southern Uplands of Scotland.Drew Darby and I glanced at each other and laughed. The chaos of the elements seemed fitting for the nature of our visit.
Undaunted, we pressed on. We had traveled too far, driven by curiosity to understand the training environment that shaped the first female finisher of the Barkley Marathons - and she was generously game to play guide.
Surrounded by forestry plantations, reservoirs, and cottages, we crossed fence lines and faint, crag-covered tracks, clearly embracing the region’s “right to roam.”
As the terrain steepened to grades over 30%, and with the backdrop of the Moorfoot Hills and the rounded peak of Dundreich emerging before us through the mist, it all started to make sense.
Jasmin began to recount some of her trials in this arena. Like a particular session last year that started at midnight in a winter storm. She would proceed to lap this peak 17 times before dawn - a perfect encapsulation of the grit and determination that she brought to her 3 year journey solving Barkley.
Stay tuned...
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