crazy mofos running the "Badwater Ultra"

[Gil Bang 25998]

There's a running race in California so ungodly hot that competitors run on the street's white painted line to keep their shoes from melting — while covering a distance five times that of a standard marathon. The Badwater Ultra is perhaps the most physically taxing competitive event in the world.

It starts at the lowest point in Death Valley and finishes 135 miles away at the gateway to Mt. Whitney. Still not impressed? The course's cumulative elevation gain and loss is about 20,700 feet, or nearly four miles. The 2019 race kicks off tonight at 8 p.m. It's expected to be about 112 degrees. Buzzfeed has a bunch of great photos from past events. Buzzfeed | Desert Sun

[clapclapclap 9000]

Well we've got a suffocating 79 degree dew point giving us a 108 heat index here in the Land of Sugar right now.  At least out there their sweat evaporates. 

Edited July 15, 2019 by clapclapclap
It's so hot in the H.

[GringoSalado 1651]

Buddy of mine is running that.

 

Idiot.

[UTPhil2006 3809]

F. That. Noise.

[Neonmoon 38130]

It's faster if you use a gun

[workswithseed 2110]

Maybe that's how LA could solve their homeless problem.

[RPM 26340]

I guess you could start out with the Hotter'N Hell 100 and work your way up.

[Deej 76897]

I know someone going to Mongolia next week to run a 250 mile race. What is wrong with people?

[El Diablo 4232]

12 hours ago, workswithseed said:

Maybe that's how LA could solve their homeless problem.

The running of the bums? Fill 'em up with cheap red wine and cut 'em loose!

[deadshank 24653]

12 hours ago, Deej said:

I know someone going to Mongolia next week to run a 250 mile race. What is wrong with people?

Errbody gotta go bigger and one up the other guy.  Retarded stuff for a bumper sticker and bragging rights at a cocktail party.  

Not impressed. 

[Nolacycling 893]

Next week I'm doing 30 laps around a .87 mile loop for a marathon in El Paso. My goal time is 10 hours. Did I mention that there is a 30 pack of beer involved?

[Judge Roybeanbag 11820]

6 minutes ago, Nolacycling said:

Next week I'm doing 30 laps around a .87 mile loop for a marathon in El Paso. My goal time is 10 hours. Did I mention that there is a 30 pack of beer involved?

So one beer for each lap, how much of that 10 hours is piss stops?

[Nolacycling 893]

Dunno, El Paso, dry heat and all that. My plan is to drink water w/each beer.

[CoTex 1161]

I’m going to drive from Texarkana to Galveston Thursday night.  It’s about 290 miles.

i hope to keep it under 6 hours and will probably stop at a whataburger in Timpson to rehydrate and refuel.

this post really hits close to home.

[Doc Reeves 6434]

15 minutes ago, deadshank said:

Errbody gotta go bigger and one up the other guy.  Retarded stuff for a bumper sticker and bragging rights at a cocktail party.  

Not impressed. 

 

Especially if they give out medals to dogs named Cactus

https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/stray-dog-joins-marathon-des-sables-receives-medal

[Steel Shank 9430]

Would rather lay pipe.

[dingleberryswitzer 2724]

13 minutes ago, Steel Shank said:

Would rather lay pipe.

135 miles worth?

[LaFleur 0]

People who run ultras are in general a unique bunch, the Badwater crowd takes it to a whole new level of insanity/badassery.

Here is their webcast page with links for anyone who wants to keep up with these fools

I recognize one name on the list, #33. She has done a bunch of long races, I heard her on a podcast and she sounded like a cool chick. An ex addict with about 100 tattoos, and she is apparently 54 years old. Not your typical running nerd.

[pantone159 719]

And if that is not quite hard-core enough, you can continue from Whitney Portal and hike up to the highest point in the lower 48 states, all in one go. That part won't be so hot.

 

[dingleberryswitzer 2724]

There's also (or was) a documentary on a less organized "race" called the barkely marathons.  It's 5 laps each roughly 30 miles.  The trails aren't marked very well, and only a handful of people have actually finished.  There's like a 24 hour window where the race can start based on the whim of the organizer.  And the entry "fee" is always something weird like a bag of socks or a a sweatshirt.

 

[Judge Roybeanbag 11820]

48 minutes ago, dingleberryswitzer said:

135 miles worth?

Hell that's only 3 rounds with South Austin's mom.

[Steel Shank 9430]

1 hour ago, dingleberryswitzer said:

135 miles worth?

e-v-e-r-y    n-i-g-h-t

[usmc0331horn 965]

Run the Barkley Marathons or gtfo pussies.

[usmc0331horn 965]

54 minutes ago, dingleberryswitzer said:

There's also (or was) a documentary on a less organized "race" called the barkely marathons.  It's 5 laps each roughly 30 miles.  The trails aren't marked very well, and only a handful of people have actually finished.  There's like a 24 hour window where the race can start based on the whim of the organizer.  And the entry "fee" is always something weird like a bag of socks or a a sweatshirt.

 

The elevation is the equivalent of running up Everest twice as well.

[orange dream 1256]

BARKLEY DESCRIPTION:

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The Barkley Marathons

When assassin James Earl Ray escaped from a Tennessee prison in 1977, he was missing for 55 hours. In that time, he only managed to get eight miles away before being recaptured. Race organizer Gary Cantrell heard this statistic and thought he could make it at least a hundred miles in that time. He organized the Barkley Marathons to test this theory.

Since 1986, elite ultramarathon runners have met in the hills of Frozen Head State Park to have a go at one of the world's most difficult races. Cantrell handpicks the field according to his own whims and applicants' essays on why they should be allowed to run the Barkley. Marathoners have 60 hours to complete five 20-mile loops through the park. Each loop contains over 10,000 feet of vertical climb, and if any loop takes more than 12 hours, the runner is disqualified. The runners trudge along through brambles, unmarked trails, and occasionally both snow and blistering heat during the same race.

Don't think that 100 miles in 60 hours sounds so tough? Since the race's inception over 500 elite runners have tried to finish the 100-mile trek. Seven have successfully finished the race. Cantrell's not a total sadist, though; he also offers a companion "fun run" to go along with his monstrous trail run. Fun runners only have to finish 60 miles of the course in 40 hours. Sounds like a lot of fun, right?

There is a great documentary about the Barkley race on Amazon.

This is the race director:

[Player 4576]

4 Texans entered. The first to cross the finish line, in 34:03:07, was 63 yr old lady from San Leon. A 45 yr old dude from Fort Worth finished in 37:24:13. 

There's 31 yr old guy from Lipan, TX still on the course somewhere past the 122.7 mile marker, and 51 yr old lady from Friendswood who has crossed the 90.6 marker. 

I was thinking I would skip my 4 mile run this afternoon because of the heat, but now I feel like a slacker. 

[BERT 4381]

I'd rather get pegged by Rosie O'Donnell while Andy Dick sits in the corner spreading peanut butter on himself  watching Beautician and The Beast. 

[HOOKEM4 5040]

Just now, BERT said:

I'd rather get pegged by Rosie O'Donnell while Andy Dick sits in the corner spreading peanut butter on himself  watching Beautician and The Beast. 

To be fair, you just call that a regular ole' Tuesday night.

[Chooky 13317]

Kinda getting the feeling that dude really wants to be pegged by Rosie O'Donnell and the rest of that sentence was intentionally elaborate to conceal the pegging part. Seems like Andy Dick being there is just a diversion. 

[dingleberryswitzer 2724]

Yea, I mean the beutican and the beast reference confirms it.

[BERT 4381]

1 hour ago, HOOKEM4 said:

To be fair, you just call that a regular ole' Tuesday night.

 

1 hour ago, Chooky said:

Kinda getting the feeling that dude really wants to be pegged by Rosie O'Donnell and the rest of that sentence was intentionally elaborate to conceal the pegging part. Seems like Andy Dick being there is just a diversion. 

 

1 hour ago, dingleberryswitzer said:

Yea, I mean the beutican and the beast reference confirms it.

Well i'll be damned if i didn't get caught

[Chooky 13317]

Peg away. It's your balloon knot. Do with it what you want. Shove a cue ball up there and run wild.