"The race is too hard for women" – 2015 video reveals Barkley Marathons founder never saw Jasmin Paris coming

The Barkley Marathon. Here, the legs of Jim Nelson are cut and bleeding from the thorns of the sawbreyer bushes throughout the course.

After ultra runner Jasmin Paris made history on Friday as the first woman ever to complete the gnarly Barkley Marathons, a video has resurfaced revealing the founder of the event saying he never thought this day would come.

Paris completed the 100-mile race in Tennesse's Frozen Head State Park – widely regarded as the world's toughest ultra – with just 99 seconds to spare. This was her third attempt at the race, having failed to finish twice, but the race itself is designed eat ultra runners alive. Only 22 runners, including Paris, have ever completed the race in its nearly 40-year history.