I've done Ragnar, it's literally a joke compared to real runs.
Two teams of 6 runners taking turns to cover a long distance. Ours was 200 miles over 30 hours. My longest run was 6 miles and there were many HOURS between runs. I ran six legs varying from 3-6 miles.
It was really fun, great folks and lots of laughs. I would not categorize it as "grueling".
Am I reading this correctly? There were 3 Barkley finishers this year? I bet next year there will be zero finishers. Cuz Laz is a Hasher, he'll eff the runners next year.