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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.
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- Documentary, Sport
- Mel Stuart
- 2000-04
- What Is The Badwater 135 Ultramarathon?
- How Hot Is The Badwater Ultra?
- Where Is The Badwater Race?
- When Is The Badwater Ultra?
- What Makes The Badwater So Challenging?
- How Do Runners Train For The Heat?
- How Old Is The Badwater Race?
- Who Inspired The Badwater Ultramarathon?
- How Do You Get Into Badwater 135?
- How Many People Have Finished The Badwater 135?
The Badwater 135 Ultramarathon, the 135-Mile World Championship, directed by AdventureCORPS, is a 135-mile race that takes place in Death Valley, one of the hottest places on Earth. (Death Valley was only recently dethroned as THE hottest placeon the planet, although it still holds the record for the highest heat). It is known as one of the toughes...
The Badwater ultra is hot enough to make your shoes melt, notes ultramarathon legend Dean Karnazes, who has raced it 11 times. In 2018, the temperature at the evening start was 118 degrees F. The desert’s record high, set in 1913, is 134.1 degrees F. Related: Who is Dean Karnazes?
The Badwater takes place in California, traversing from the lowest part in the contiguous US to the highest part in the contiguous US. The start line is at Badwater Basin, Death Valley, which marks the lowest elevation in North America at 280 feet below sea level. The race finishes at Whitney Portal at 8,300 feet. The course covers three mountain r...
The Badwater 135 takes place in mid-July in the sweltering summer heat. Related: Big Dog’s Backyard Ultra: All You Need to Know
The Badwater is considered the holy grail for most ultramarathoners. It has a grueling distance of 135; traverses 3 mountain ranges, taking runners from the lowest point in the US to the highest point in the US with a jaw-dropping vertical ascent of 13,000 feet; all in the sweltering heat of more than 125 degrees F. Runners summit Mount Whitney 122...
Karnazes says he trained for Badwater’s heat by going into the sauna at the gym and doing sets of push-ups and sit-ups. “I’d run wearing a big puffy snow parka in the middle of summer. And I would drive around with all the windows rolled up and the heater blasting on full speed.” Karnazes adds, “If you’d like to get a feel for what it’s like runnin...
The Badwater ultramarathon is in its 44thyear (after having to cancel in 2020). While runners began running the course in the 1970s, the race itself officially became the fabric of life in Inyo County since 1987, bringing in lots of visitor spending, says the race site.
The race was inspired by Al Arnold. After two unsuccessful tries, Arnold, then 49, set out at 5 a.m. on Aug. 3, 1977, to run from Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park, the lowest point in America (exactly 282 feet below sea level), to the top of Mt. Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous US, (14,505 feet.) He did it in 84 hours. Arnol...
Entrance into Badwater 135 is almost as challenging as the race itself. According to the site,you have officially finished at least THREE running races of 100 continuous miles or longer, at least one of them in the previous 24 months. (There is an exception: Officially finishing the 81-mile BADWATER SALTON SEA race “counts” as one 100-mile race for...
According to the Badwater database, 2060 people have entered the Badwater 135 since 1987, for a total of 11,051 unique entries. Of the unique individuals who have begun the event, 938 have finished Badwater.
Aug 26, 2019 · Beginning in California’s Death Valley, runners push their bodies to the extreme: surviving temperatures of up to 53 degrees Celsius as they will themselves to the finish line – 135 miles (and...
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Traversing 135 miles — on foot or by car — during summer in the country's hottest national park is already tough. What makes the Badwater 135 even more formidable is the 14,600 feet of ...
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, as well as the 135-Mile World Championship.
Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135 is a 2000 documentary film directed by Mel Stuart. The film follows athletes as they run 135 miles in the 1999 Badwater Ultramarathon, starting in California's Death Valley and ending at Whitney Portal, the trailhead to Mount Whitney .
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.
