Grandes ultramaratonistas (I)

Dean Karnazes - Ultramarathon Man Runs 300 Miles

Dean Karnazes, author of ULTRAMARATHON MAN, astonishes James Michael Tyler as he describes his runs of 200+ miles to the South Pole (naked!), in Death Valley, and in the grueling Western States race.

Este atleta es el mismo que realizó 50 maratones en 50 días consecutivos.

Scott Jurek - Llegada del vencedor de Badwater marathon y Spartathlon en años anteriores

Eighty-five runners from fourteen countries and twenty American states ran 135 miles non-stop from Death Valley to Mt. Whitney on July 24-26, 2006 in the 29th 135-mile Kiehl's Badwater Ultramarathon. Placing first for the second year in a row was Scott Jurek, who was nearly beaten by a previously unknown rookie named Akos Konya, a citizen of Hungary who resides in Oceanside, CA.
The start line is at Badwater, Death Valley, which marks the lowest elevation in the Western Hemisphere at 280' (85m) below sea level. Following 135 miles of paved roads, the race finishes at Mt. Whitney Portal at 8360' (2533m). The Badwater course covers three mountain ranges for a total of 13,000' (3962m) of cumulative vertical ascent and 4,700' (1433m) of cumulative descent. The Portal is the trailhead to the Mt. Whitney summit, the highest point in the contiguous United States. Competitors travel through places or landmarks with names like Mushroom Rock, Furnace Creek, Salt Creek, Devil's Cornfield, Devil's Golf Course, Stovepipe Wells, Keeler and Lone Pine.
The race began with the traditional wave start, with 26 runners beginning at 6am, 28 at 8am, and 32 at 10am. This is done because of lack of parking at the start line and, even more so, to minimize congestion of runners, crew, and vehicles on the roadway in the National Park. Because hosting food and drink checkpoints along the side of the road in this forbidding environment is impossible, each entrant brings their own support vehicle and at least two support crew members to tend to all their needs.
Chris Kostman, Mike Schafer, Chris Ragsdale, Rachel Schmitt, Kai Norwood. http://www.badwater.com

Akos Konya en Badwater 2006


Badwater marathon 2007


Adalberto "flaco" Mendoza en Badwater 2007

Video footage of Adalberto FLACO Mendoza from start to finish at this year's 135 mile race from the lowest point in the USA at Badwater Death Valley to the base of Mt. Whitney, tallest mountain in the lower 48

Badwater marathon 2007 - la fiesta


Jim Clash Interviews Antarctic Marathoner Mike Pierce

Mike Pierce trained in a freezer for his 62-mile run near the South Pole (End clip: Boxer Chuck Wepner arm wrestles Jim Clash)

Maratón del Polo Norte