New Book, The Endurance Artist, Is the First Authorized Biography of “Lazarus Lake,” the Creator of Ultrarunning’s Hardest Races: the Barkley Marathons and Big’s Backyard Ultra
Meet Gary Cantrell, an out-of-work accountant who came to rule the world of ultrarunning by inventing races where the world’s best athletes are destined to fail.
Meet Lazarus Lake and Jared Beasley During The Endurance Artist Event Series
These fall events featuring The Endurance Artist offer a rare opportunity to meet Lazarus Lake and journalist Jared Beasley.
Before He Became Lazarus Lake, Gary Cantrell Was “Insanely Not Popular”
Before he became an ultrarunning icon, Gary Cantrell did not have many friends. He spent much of his youth chafing under authority.
In Deep: What’s It Like to Run Loop 4 of the Barkley Marathons?
See loop 4 through the eyes of Karel Sabbe, a 32-year-old dentist from Belgium and one of the world’s best endurance athletes, as he seeks a missing book.
Laz’s Other Epic Race: Big’s Backyard World Championship
Ultrarunning’s best athletes converge at the 2023 Big’s Backyard Ultra world championship, Laz’s ultimate test of running endurance.
A Foray Into the World of Lazarus Lake
After a series of eccentric tests, Jared Beasley punches his ticket to Little Dog’s Backyard Ultra and legendary race creator Lazarus Lake.
The Barkley Marathon and Its Assorted Life-Threatening Injuries
Adapted from Chapter 1 of The Endurance Artist by Jared Beasley. In The Endurance Artist, author and journalist Jared Beasley embeds himself in the backwoods culture of the Barkley Marathons and Big’s Backyard Ultra to shine light on their elusive race director, the man known as Lazarus Lake. The first biography authorized by Laz himself, […]