Think your run was hot?

[keweenawlove]

These pictures are just crazy. They're from an ultramarathon in Death Valley. The winning time was over 24 hours. No thank you!

www.buzzfeed.com/erikmalinowski/23-incredible-grueling-images-from-an-ultramarathon-through

[chw57]

Absolutely NO part of Badwater sounds fun or appealing to me. At all.
ETA: This book about it is really interesting www.amazon.com/To-Edge-Valley-Mystery-Endurance/dp/044667902X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1374179555&sr=8-2&keywords=to+the+edge

[wambam]

Why is the last person wearing blankets?!?!

[kams]

So effing crazy.

Do you guys follow Rich Roll on FB? He had some cool pics up.

[clseale]

That's ridiculous. I was reading an interview of a participant once, and he said how he would drag his treadmill into a sauna and train in there. Why? Why would someone do this?! This goes past bad ass into straight up stupid territory.

[taratru]

I don't get it, but I truly admire it. I bitch about 75 degrees.

[clseale]

Jul 18, 2013 15:31:42 GMT -5 wambam said:

Why is the last person wearing blankets?!?!

Maybe their body temp gets so high that when they stop & it starts dropping quickly they get cold? Maybe to stop it from dropping too quickly and making it dangerous? I'm making all of this up & totally guessing. 

[Deleted]

I was following the Columbus Marathon's race director yesterday. They posted one pic of him and I just thought "you poor thing." He wrapped it up in just over 40 hrs. Why would you do this to yourself?

[joenali]

Jul 18, 2013 15:41:19 GMT -5 kams said:

So effing crazy.

Do you guys follow Rich Roll on FB? He had some cool pics up.

I'm kind of in love with Rich. He's my new boyfriend!!

[kams]

Jul 18, 2013 16:05:46 GMT -5 joenali said:

Jul 18, 2013 15:41:19 GMT -5 kams said:

So effing crazy.

Do you guys follow Rich Roll on FB? He had some cool pics up.

I'm kind of in love with Rich. He's my new boyfriend!!

That body. Holy smokes.

[kams]

They sleep out there, right? Like, your support crew sets up camp for a couple of hours? I can't stay awake for 24 hours when I'm not running.

[joenali]

Isn't Rich Roll supporting Dean Karnazes (sp?) at Badwater?

[kams]

Jul 18, 2013 16:08:57 GMT -5 joenali said:

Isn't Rich Roll supporting Dean Karnazes (sp?) at Badwater?

Yep

[keweenawlove]

Jul 18, 2013 16:08:07 GMT -5 kams said:

They sleep out there, right? Like, your support crew sets up camp for a couple of hours? I can't stay awake for 24 hours when I'm not running.

Have you stayed awake for 24 hour running before?!

I could guess they camp for a few hours along the way. My friend did Leadville 100 and I'm pretty sure her support crew camped at a few of the check points along the way.

[kams]

Jul 18, 2013 16:26:35 GMT -5 keweenawlove said:

Jul 18, 2013 16:08:07 GMT -5 kams said:

They sleep out there, right? Like, your support crew sets up camp for a couple of hours? I can't stay awake for 24 hours when I'm not running.

Have you stayed awake for 24 hour running before?!

I could guess they camp for a few hours along the way. My friend did Leadville 100 and I'm pretty sure her support crew camped at a few of the check points along the way.

No, no, no, no! I meant I can't do it when I'm not running, so definitely not when I'm exerting myself by running!

[blndsnbrdr]

Jul 18, 2013 15:43:36 GMT -5 clseale said:

Jul 18, 2013 15:31:42 GMT -5 wambam said:

Why is the last person wearing blankets?!?!

Maybe their body temp gets so high that when they stop & it starts dropping quickly they get cold? Maybe to stop it from dropping too quickly and making it dangerous? I'm making all of this up & totally guessing. 

They finish on Mt Whitney putting them at about 14,000 feet.

And hell no to that race, ever. Extreme heat, massive elevation gain and a gajillion miles! Nope!

[pixy0stix]

I just want to lay on my office floor after looking at those pictures.

[Deleted]

Nope.

The heat index was around 105 here today and I thought I was going to choke out on my run at 5 a.m. I was sweating my ass off just before I got to the sidewalk and only did a paltry three miles, diverting my way through a park that had a few water fountains. Those people are crazy. I would die within the first ten feet.

[mrs.jacinthe]

Because of where I live, I do volunteering support at endurance events (ultrarunning, mostly). It takes a special kind of crazy to do these events, that's for sure. And if you ask any athlete why, they'll have a hundred different reasons, but they'll all sort of converge on "why not?"

It's a unique group of folks, but they're all really great people. I'd crew for any one of them, but I don't know any ultrarunners personally.

[AAM2012]

Very cool photos, thank you for sharing. I would love to be on a support crew for this race.

[runnergirl]

My husband is an ultra marathon runner who has completed several 100 miles ultras.  I crew for him and while I may nap between aid stations while I wait for him, the runners traditionally do not!  

[ebeth]

That shit right there is why people think runners be crazy.

[AJL]

Yeah...
That's a tall glass of nope.

[shorty20]

One of my coworkers semi-knows the guy who finished 4th. We were tracking him the whole time at work the other day. Badwater is just pure craziness.


ETA: it was Harvey, he's in picture 19! 

[shauni27]

Jul 18, 2013 18:38:43 GMT -5 milsaroo said:

HELL. NO.

hahahahah DH goes "they better give you a sports car for finishing. I'm sorry but no medal is going to satisfy me for running 135 miles"

Your DH is right!  Everything about this screams "you are crazy" to me.

[Wines Not Whines]

26.2 is enough for me. More than enough.

[Deleted]

So what you are saying is that I am a wuss for whining about running in 92 degree heat?

[klindstrom]

omg this is my dream race. It's the race that I hope to one day do but I know it is pure craziness. (I even have the poster of the course framed about my fireplace  )

[chw57]

Jul 19, 2013 20:03:15 GMT -5 klindstrom said:

omg this is my dream race. It's the race that I hope to one day do but I know it is pure craziness. (I even have the poster of the course framed about my fireplace  )

Do you run ultras? You have to have finished 3 100 mile races to even be considered for a spot! (I'm sure you know that...just curious about you running background because I can't imagine wanting to run it!)

[alexithymia]

Nope, nope, nope! As much as I'm loving running at the moment, that's just not on my list of goals.