00:00I see this man and he's just walking down the road and I thought he was homeless.
00:06You'd think the guy is crazy. The guy's not all there.
00:09The semi-evil genius Laz Lake.
00:14Laz is the race director for the Barclay Marathons.
00:17A near impossible 100-mile race. They're talking about the Barclay Marathons.
00:21Since 1986, 20 finishes.
00:24For a lot of people the first time, it's like getting punched in the face.
00:30Who the hell would come up with this weird fucking race?
00:32Leonardo da Vinci is pain.
00:34He's some type of a masochist.
00:39People are funny.
00:41My mother said, when are you gonna quit doing this running and grow up?
00:45And I said, well, I hope never.
00:48He does not fit the normal constraints of what an internationally recognized race director would be.
00:55Barclay is the closest thing we have to a non-commercial Hunger Games.
01:00What the hell are we here?
01:02The fact that he's controversial is part of the package, I suppose.
01:05If I feel like I'm doing the right thing, to hell with the world.
01:09Is Laz the protagonist of this fairy tale or is he the evil villain?
01:13Like, no one really knows.
01:14If someone falls in the creek, they will know that behind them are warm, dry clothing.
01:20But they can't use it.
01:26I have a lifelong fascination with the mentality of sports.
01:32So much of it's in your mind.
01:36I think there's a lot of depth there that he never really lets out.
01:39They cut my lip loose, pulled it up over my head, just rebuilt my face.
01:46Man in your 70s, chain-smoking, like walking across the country.
01:50It's pretty wild.
01:51It would be a disservice to the inspiration to not follow through.
02:01We're waking up to the reality that if you want to feel good about yourself, you have to do hard
02:06things.
02:09The race director's whole job is to provide a venue for other people to find greatness in themselves.
02:16When I asked myself, I gave it everything.
02:19If you don't try, you'll never know.
02:22They have come with the willingness to put themselves out there beyond where you should go.
02:31Do you think we'll get to a turn today?
02:35Then we'll make you find out.
02:37Ha, ha, ha.
02:39Ah.
