Iyini i-Barkley Marathons?
Context:Inkambo yaseBarkley yayiyingane yengqondo kaGary "uLazarus Lake" Cantrell noKarl Henn (iRaw Dog). Umqondo walo mncintiswano waphefumulelwa lapho ezwa ngokuxoshwa kukaJames Earl Ray, umbulali kaMartin Luther King Jr., ngo-1977 ejele eliseduze laseBrushy Mountain State Penitentiary. URay wahamba amakhilomitha angu - 19 kuphela ngemva kokugijima amahora angu - 54,5 ehlathini ebalekela ukuseshwa ngezindiza emini. UCantrell wacabanga, "Ngingahamba okungenani amamayela angu-160", ehleka usulu ngenxa yokuthi uRay wayehamba amakhilomitha ambalwa. Ngakho, kwazalwa iBarkley Marathons. UCantrell waqamba lo mncintiswano ngegama lomakhelwane wakhe wakudala nomngane wakhe wokugijima, uBarry Barkley. Yaqala ukusakazwa ngo-1986. UBarkley washona ngo-2019 eneminyaka engu-70 ubudala.
IBarkley Marathons ngumjaho ohamba ngezinyawo owasungulwa nguGary Cantrell noKarl Henn, futhi waqamba igama lomngani kaGary, uBarry Barkley (oshone ngo-2019). Lo mncintiswano waphefumulelwa ukubaleka kukaJames Earl Ray ejele laseBrushy Mountain State Penitentiary ngo-1977 (wayesejele lapho ngenxa yokubulala uMartin Luther King Jr.). Phakathi nokweqa kwakhe amahora angu-54,5, u-Earl Ray wakwazi ukuhamba amamayela angu-12 kuphela. UCantrell wayecabanga ukuthi wayengenza amamayela angu-100 ngalesi sikhathi, okwamnika umqondo wokuhlela umjaho wokuhamba ngezinyawo kule ndawo. Uhlelo lokuqala lwenzeka ngo-1986.