Today is the first day of the annual Badwater Ultramarathon. I've mentioned it in this journal before. It's a road race, 135 miles across Death Valley in July. It is considered the most demanding road race in the world, for good reason. Today's expected high is 114 degrees. Most of it is a gradual uphill (the race ends at Mount Whitney). The ( Read more... )

For those who don't follow such madness, this week was the annual Badwater run. Badwater is an ultramarathon ("ultra" means anything past the traditional marathon of 26.2 miles). Badwater may truly be an ultra-ultra. It is often called "the world's toughest foot race ( Read more... )