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Lone Pine, CA. July 22-24, 2024. Globally recognized as the world’s toughest foot race, the Badwater 135 Ultramarathon is a pure athletic challenge of athlete, shoes, and support crew versus a brutal 135-mile / 217km stretch of highway and a forty-eight hour time limit.
With Adam Bookspan, Angelika Castaneda, Eric Clifton, Maria De Jesus. 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
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- The Heat
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- It All Started with One Man
Yeah, Death Valley National Park in mid-July can get pretty hot. How hot? It once hit 134 degrees inside the park in July 1913. More:Maxwell Airman Jared Struck signs up for world's toughest footrace in Death Valley More:RPD sergeant finishes Badwater ultramarathon More: 20 reasons to visit dazzling Death Valley
Competitors must traverse 135 miles — or nearly 713,000 feet — in 48 hours. To put that distance in perspective, imagine going from Palm Springs to Blythe, or Los Angeles to San Diego, without a vehicle. Organized by AdventureCORPS, the course starts at Badwater Basinbefore heading north on Highway 190 toward Furnace Creek, an outpost at Mile 17.5 ...
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 cumulative vertical ascent. The first third of the race from Badwater to Stovepipe Wells includes only a slight elevation change from -282 feet to sea level. But the...
No one can do it alone. Every runner has a support crew and vehicle. While different teams may prefer different team sizes or vehicles, they all are united in wanting to support their runner with food, ice, shoes and whatever they need. Crew members can also pace the runnerin some parts of the course. More: Ultramarathoner sets Appalachian Trail re...
Before the Badwater 135 became known as the ultimate proving ground for ultramarathoners, Al Arnold ran from Badwater to Mount Whitney in 1977 after two failed attempts in 1974 and 1975. To get prepared for his 1977 bid, Arnold trained on a bike in a 200-degree sauna for two hours a day, according to 2019 Badwater Magazine. He also ran 200 to 250 m...
- Shane Newell
- West Valley Reporter
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 winner for the 1999 race was Eric Clifton with a time of 27 hours and 49 minutes, beating the previous year winner, Gabriel Flores.
- English
- Mel Stuart
- (US) August 4, 2000
- Galaxy Entertainment
Aug 21, 2000 · Film. Reviews. Aug 21, 2000 12:00am PT. Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135. Vet filmmaker Mel Stuart delivers a well-paced trip through one of the most grueling marathons on Earth,...
Aug 4, 2000 · Watchlist. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. Filmmaker Mel Stuart chronicles marathon participants on a 135-mile race through Death Valley and up Mount Whitney.
