Who is Lazarus Lake Really?

October 16, 2024

Gary Cantrell, race director, is seen by some as a mad scientist who created the world’s toughest race to torture people. He wants to see people in pain, they say, and no doubt loves it when they fail. But this is not how the people who have spent time with him see him, even the ones he’s tortured in the past.

Don’t let his sometimes abrasive public persona fool you. The man behind the Barkley Marathons and Big’s Backyard Ultra, is as odd and sincere as anyone in ultrarunning. Outside Online