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Oct 1, 2000 · Find trailers, reviews, synopsis, awards and cast information for Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135 (2000) - Mel Stuart on AllMovie - Thirteen competitive runners present themselves…
All the runs we did were at “Badwater pace,” which, for us, meant somewhere between 10-12 minute miles. Too slow to run with most of the runners we know so we trained mainly by ourselves. We ran between 70 and 90 miles a week with our long run averaging over a marathon (about 27 miles) for about 4 1/2 months.
In just 24-hours they would be crewing for one of their co-workers as she attempted “the world’s toughest footrace”. This requires hot footing it from Badwater Basin (282 feet below sea level, the lowest point on the continent), 135-miles up to Whitney Portal (8,374 feet above sea level; not the lowest point on the continent).
Forty runners compete in the most grueling race on earth, the Badwater. The film documents the trials and tribulations of these athletes as they run 135 miles through Death Valley in July and explores the motivations behind this seemingly masochistic contest. A celebration of the perseverance of the human will beyond the limits of the human body.
These strategies are advised for anyone exercising in the sun: Train early and/or late in the day, even if it means breaking workouts into two sessions. From 10 to 4, stay out of the sun. “People with jobs typically train before and after work, or during lunch hour,” says Dr. Phillips. “I’m less likely to train at lunch because of the ...
They are guzzling water, slathering on sunscreen, preparing themselves for the world's most extreme ultra-marathon, 1997's Tenth Annual Hi-Tec Badwater 135. They will attempt to run 135 miles from Badwater through the burning heart of Death Valley along State Highway 190 to Whitney Portal, the gateway to highest point in the contiguous United ...
ABOUT BADWATER 135: Covering 135 miles (217km) non-stop from Death Valley to Mt. Whitney, CA, the Badwater® 135 is the most demanding and extreme running race offered anywhere on the planet. The start line is at Badwater Basin, Death Valley, which marks the lowest elevation in North America at 280’ (85m) below sea level.
