# Lazarus Lake
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Gary Cantrell, known as Lazarus "Laz" Lake, is an endurance race designer and director. His races include the Barkley Marathons, Big's Backyard Ultra, Barkley Fall Classic, and The Vol State 500K. In 2018, Lake covered the United States on foot, starting in Rhode Island and ending in Oregon.In 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic, he organized the Great Virtual Race Across Tennessee (#GVRAT), which started on May 1 and ended four months later. During that period (123 days), the more than 19,000 participants - from all over the world - averaged over 5 miles per day to run (virtually from their hometown/country) a total of 635miles / 1021 km, and so crossing virtually the entire state of Tennessee.
TURD Podcast S2E3: From Gary Cantrell to Lazarus Lake: The Making of an Ultramarathon Legend
🎙️ TEASER SCRIPT — TURD Podcast, S2E3
March is just around the corner, but we couldn’t wait — so we’re dropping the next episode of the TURD Podcast early.
This month, we’re teaming up with the American Trail Running Association (ATRA). You’ll hear from ATRA Executive Director Nancy Hobbs as she sh…
The Barkley: A Love Story - Episode 1, "I Discovered It"
The Barkley Marathons has only been finished 26 times in 40 years. This is the first episode of a three-part audio documentary series from Hiker Trash Radio — The Barkley: A Love Story.
In Episode One, we go to the beginning. Who is Gary "Laz" Cantrell, the man who built the most obsessively follo…
He Built the World's Hardest Race. Only 20 People Have Ever Finished It. | Lazarus Lake | PoP Ep. 24
He goes by Lazarus Lake. His real name is Gary Cantrell. He built a race in the Tennessee wilderness that has broken some of the toughest endurance athletes on earth — 100-plus miles, no GPS, no aid stations, no marked trail, and in nearly forty years of running, only twenty people have crossed the…
The Source Material: Episode 1 - Ground Zero at the 2025 Barkley Marathons
Guests / Voices Featured
Lazarus Lake (Gary Cantrell)
Pre-race speech to the 2025 runners, captured live
Carl Laniak
Conch blow, reading of the names of the dead
Keith Dunn
On-the-ground commentary and race updates
2025 Runners & Crew
Pre- and post-race conversations including Richard Sha…
BONUS: Inside the 2025 Barkley Marathons: Full Breakdown + Historical Deep Dive
Join us for an in-depth analysis of the 2025 Barkley Marathons, one of the most brutal and mysterious ultramarathons on the planet. In this episode, we break down exactly what happened in this year’s race — from the start line in Frozen Head State Park to the final taps of "Taps" for runners who di…
What Happened at the 2025 Barkley Marathons?
Our editors Michael Doyle, Katelyn Tocci and Alex Cyr dig into everything you need to know about the Barkley Marathons, the most mysterious, alluring and difficult race in the world. They go into the history of this 100-mile running race, its long list of eccentricities, how to get into the Barkley…
The Source Material: Episode 5 - Whistling in the Dark
Guest Featured
Jared Beasley
Journalist and author of The Endurance Artist: Lazarus Lake, the Barkley, and a Race With No End (Simon & Schuster)
Key Themes
The writing of The Endurance Artist: what three years of reporting looks like from the inside
What Jared found that surprised hi…
The Source Material: Episode 6 - Barkley's Mad Genius
Guest Featured
Lazarus Lake (Gary Cantrell)
Creator of the Barkley Marathons and the Backyard Ultra in direct conversation with Doc
Key Themes
Laz on the design philosophy of the Barkley with uncertainty as the core principle
The Name Game: Laz's one-sentence portraits of the finishe…
Barkley Marathons 2026: Why No One Finished (Again)
The 2026 Barkley Marathons delivered one of the most brutal editions in race history — and for the second year in a row, no one finished. In this episode of The Running Story, Michael Doyle and Jessy Carveth unpack everything that happened at this year's Barkley Marathons in Tennessee's Frozen Head…
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