Al Howie’s monomaniacal pursuit of distance made him a legend. His demons made him human.In the mid-1970s, Al Howie began showing up at the world’s longest footraces, sporting a wild mane of blond hair, a mangy beard, and white singlet that read “Hell’s Gate.” While most of the runners stretched and warmed up, Howie downed beer. When the gun sounded, he went out too hard, too fast—but won anyway. No one was surprised—Howie had run hundreds of miles just to get ther...

A rare look into an enigmatic accountant from Tennessee’s backwoods who morphs into Lazarus Lake, the world’s most notorious race maker.The Endurance Artist is an all-access pass to the world’s most extreme races and the mastermind behind them, where we witness firsthand the gears, the machinations, the egos, the surprising humanity.The most grueling and ingenious races in the world are the creation of Gary Cantrell, better known by the nom de ...

A rare look into an enigmatic accountant from the Tennessee backwoods who morphs into Lazarus Lake, the world’s most notorious race maker.The Endurance Artist is an all-access pass to the world’s most grueling races and the mastermind behind them.Gary Cantrell, better known by the nom de guerre Lazarus Lake, has been described as a “hillbilly genius” and the “Leonardo di Vinci of pain.” His Barkley Marathons is considered the most difficul...