Endurance racing has produced plenty of documentaries — but not so many dramas. Other than a few scant offerings, like Mark Wahlberg’s lackluster Arthur the King, there’s not much out there. (The real ...
Actor Shailene Woodley will break out her running shoes for the thriller, Ultra, directed by Victoria Negri and inspired by true events from Negri’s life. Negri, an ultramarathoner herself, says the ...
Joe Gagnon of Katonah finished the grueling 135-mile Badwater ultramarathon, which went from Death Valley to Mount Whitney. The race is referred to on Badwater's website as "The World's Toughest Foot ...
Just past midnight somewhere along the long road between Darwin and Lone Pine, California, driving a car littered with Cheez-It boxes, baby wipes, and crushed cans of energy drinks and coffee, Andrew ...
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — For 37 years — in a searing California desert — runners from across the globe have embarked on a 135-mile race through one of the hottest places on Earth — ...
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — When the running gets hard in this desert dubbed “hell on Earth,” Danny Westergaard tells himself: “Slow and steady” or “smooth as butter.” What’s inside the ...
The world's toughest foot race - that's how the Badwater 135 Ultramarathon bills itself. Competitors have to run 135 miles and cover three mountain ranges, ascending more than 14,000 feet in just 48 ...
When 80-year-old Bob Becker crossed the finish line 135 miles from his starting point in the scorching Death Valley, he made history as the oldest runner to complete the Badwater 135. The ...