Jared Campbell 4x Barkley Marathons Finisher

A chat with the most accomplished Barkley Marathons finisher ever, Jared Campbell, after his 4th finish over a 12 year period.

[@teresahicks667]

Jared’s mom here! Thanks for an incredible interview gary Jared has not stopped moving since he was born and he shot out like a space shuttle taking off. Never a doubt or a dull moment with him. Runners are such a gift and positive influence in the world.

[@GaryRobbins]

Hi Jared's mom 😊 this comment makes my day, so great to hear from you, and Jared tells me you're still going strong yourself! Hopefully we all get to share dinner together again sometime soon 😊

[@teresahicks667]

@@GaryRobbins Hope your family is well We look forward to seeing you all again

[@paulanthony1689]

Jared is the man. What an athlete. I don't think people realize the difficulty of what he has accomplished. Thank you for the interview.

[@davidberridge7675]

Not only an incredible athlete but a true Gentleman and sportsman, what he did for Jasmine Paris was sportsmanship at the highest level!

[@dhammarosi]

Goodness Gary, what a treat with these interviews!!! Thank you good sir

[@angelafosse5955]

I've become obsessed with the Barkley videos after watching Jasmine finish. Prior to seeing Jasmine finish I never knew of Barkley. Jared is a legend. He is so humble.

[@Repousserleslimiteslepodcast]

Incredible humble!!! Every person with amazing talent like that are so humble!!!

[@slowmudworm]

Thanks so much for cranking out these interviews fast. I couldn't have clicked on the new video any faster. I've been bingeing on interviews with Barkley finishers in the past few days and enjoyed many of them, but nothing like interviews from a true insider, i.e. you. All of you -- host and interviewees -- are not only top notch athletes, you are also top notch human beings. Oh... now I can't wait to hear your interview with Jasmin!

[@GaryRobbins]

Thank you!

[@dhammarosi]

Oh yes, hoping for a Gary/Jasmin interview!!!!!

[@infocuslearning]

Until two weeks ago, I had barely heard of Gary Robbins, but reading about this year’s Barkley marathons, I am right into it now. Great interviews!

[@missionbelle28]

The stuff about women and Barkley was so interesting - would love you guys to dive deeper into that! Anxiously awaiting Gary's interview with Jasmin.

[@tomgastle9697]

your insightful interviews far exceed others...a pleasure ...thanks

[@GaryRobbins]

Thank you so much!

[@andyb3712]

* Jasmin is English, she currently works in Edinburgh (Scotland) and lives just outside. It's a small point but Scottish friends would be oh-so-quick to point out the reverse had that been the case :).

[@TerjeMathisen]

This was another wonderful interview, Jared's stories about Utah brought back lots of memories! I lived in Utah Valley (Spanish Fork, just south of Provo) in 1991-92, and didn't really think about air pollution, but when we drove over the point of the mountain into SLC basin on a still winter day, the smog could be really obvious. We didn't really worry since we were going up to Alta/Snowbird/Solitude to go skiing, and there the air was always great. Just before returning to Norway in July/Aug 1992 I ran/speed-hiked up to Mt Timpanogos with a local guy who said it was well worth it! It seemed like many would hike up the day before to watch the sunrise. Afair, we used about 2 hours up and the first guy we meet at the summit immediately wants to know: "How long did you take?". We responded and then he felt he had to let us know how badly we had done: "My wife ran almost twice as fast". Well, good for her! 🙂 I can easily see how you could gather a _lot_ of vert using any of the paths that starts along the range: Starting at 15-1600 m and ending (maybe even well) above 3000 m.

[@nataliamartinkova]

Good luck, Jared, with your next endeavors. Your future sounds as exciting as your past, and we are inspired by your journey. I loved to hear about your post describing how Jasmin became a unicorn at Barkley. An athlete to an athlete, your mutual respect is a joy to watch.

[@trailsoles]

I think Laz said what he did about women and Barkley for one reason. He knew that it would draw out the one that would succeed in doing it. He didn’t care what others perceived those words as because he desperately, deep down wanted a female finisher.

[@NUS01]

exactly he created a race where no one would ever finish 5 laps and it took about 8 years for someone to prove him wrong. he keeps changing and pushing the boundaries where its impossible and no one will ever complete this. Why. So he can watch superhuman achievements doing the impossible . why did he say women will never finish it because he wanted to see one prove him wrong and to be there to witness it.

[@GrizzzyK]

2 legends, incredible to watch you two. Thanks for sharing!

[@dadbodmakeover8077]

Amazing interview. What a purposeful like Jared is living… Also, Gary please send me your venmo info. I will send you $15 a month to cover an unlimited zoom account so your pod is not limited to 40 minutes…

[@adambaird5283]

Same. When the pods are short I always find myself wanting more.

[@beeclimbing9954]

Another great interview, thank you @Gary Robbins! Always interesting to hear from Jared, so much of what he does flies under the social media radar (like RUFA, which Santiago, Chili could really get behind as their air quality sitting between the Pacific and the high Andes is worse than LA!). Also, Gary, I think you need to take Jared on your Chilliwack 100 route ;-)

[@alanmansfield664]

Watching the end now. Jared’s words about Jasmin. Wonderful.

[@billys100aolcom]

It's so cool seeing you two guys together.....billy simpson loves you....

[@GaryRobbins]

Right back at ya Billy! Thanks man, great to hear from you 😊

[@jlore6344]

This was awesome. Great hearing from the legend!!! Also good to know of RUFA. I just joined the RUFA challenge (via Pantagonia) in STRAVA for this coming June. Let's go!

[@alanmansfield664]

Thanks for producing the interview.

[@laurahargreaves9209]

These Barkley interviews have been great but please buy longer than 40 mins for Jasmin :)

[@GaryRobbins]

Jasmin's interview was 1hr

[@jimbailey9915]

Great interview ! Loved it !

[@LawSue]

Muito obrigada Gary para esta entrevista e pelas outras! This isn’t the first time your video made me cry (the first was watching when you broke your foot in Hawaii); reading Jared’s IG post got me all teary eyed. I read the original but it still got me. 🥹 Thank you so much for this! Much love to you, Linda and Reed! ❤️❤️

[@andrewgilbertson5356]

Good effort Jared

[@thomasahrens6267]

Großartiges Interview. 👍Viele Grüße aus Wilhelmshaven 🙂

[@thehumanjourney1]

Gary I think you should go for it again dude

[@fokkesimonsz]

He has a lot of similarities to Kilian Jornet. A smart, no-nonsense type of idealist with huge capabilities and a strong focus on the important things in life. Ofcourse its awesome to see G. Robbines doing the interview

[@mattcline_]

It's a great interview. A shame to have to rush him or cut him off because of not getting a Zoom account.

[@kingsley6236]

How hard is Laz going to make 2025, after 4 finishers in 2024?? Its going to be so tough!!

[@pknight212]

Here’s to the world’s most badass nondescript guy! 😜

[@GaryRobbins]

😂

[@gunnarjohnson3058]

Someone get this man a paid zoom account smh

[@kingsley6236]

oh, who fell for the April fool's day, UTMB buying Barkleys!?

[@midnightcdc]

Hopefully nobody. That was entirely unbelievable if you know anything about it.

[@kingsley6236]

@@midnightcdc it was clever though, after all the UTMB buying up loads of races. Really funny reading the "article" at first you think WHAT, then you think OOOOHHHHH very funny!