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There's a fantastic account of the Barkley Marathons in a book called (I think) Through The Wall, when a guy attempts to be the first ever finisher and it was a year where they had some of the worst rain ever. It's a mad race.
EDIT: Turns out it's on Google Books. Starts at the bottom of the linked page:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BsF2AwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT58&ots=tIsVzKYR8f&dq=barkley%20marathon%20through%20the%20wall&pg=PT52#v=onepage&q&f=false