WHO: An international, invitational field of up to 100 endurance athletes representing twenty-two countries and twenty-two American states. 2018 roster.
APPLYING TO ENTER: The Badwater 135 Ultramarathon is, and always has been, an invitational race. See above for the application timeline. Click the Entry tab above for the qualifying standards and application procedures.
RACE MAGAZINE: Click here to download the 2018 edition (10MB, 68-page PDF file).
STAY IN THE LOOP: If you are racing or if you are crewing, you should be receiving the regular email updates from the race office. Please also “Become a fan of” our Facebook page (Badwater135), join our 2018 Facebook Event Page, subscribe to our @Badwater Twitter feed (also please use hashtag #Badwater135 when Tweeting about the race), and follow our two Instagram accounts: @BadwaterHQ and @ChrisKostman.
IMPORTANT MANDATORY FORMS FOR RUNNERS AND CREW MEMBERS
All entrants must download, print, complete, sign, and bring the following mandatory forms to Racer Check-In:
Accident Waiver & Release of Liability (one per racer AND one per crew member)
Medical History Form (one per racer)
NPS Acknowledgement of Risk Form (one per racer)
Check-In Form (one per racer; updated on June 20, 2018)
Optional Custom Signage and/or “CAUTION RUNNERS ON ROAD” signage order form (June 30 is the deadline to submit)
Bring all these forms, fully completed, to Racer Check-In. (For crew members who will arrive later, have them complete and sign their waiver in advance of the race, and bring those waivers with you; we must receive all waivers and paperwork together during Racer Check-In.)
MEDIA: All journalists must apply for a Media Credential at least 30 days in advance of the race. More info. Contact us with questions. Download the Press Kit.
HOTELS: We have reserved blocks of rooms in Furnace Creek, Stovepipe Wells, and Lone Pine during our event. Information about our special pricing is provided ONLY to confirmed entrants in the race, as well as media. That special information is necessary to make reservations and to secure the special rates that we have obtained for Badwater 135 Ultramarathon racers, crew, and staff. Entrants, media, and sponsors: do not delay in making your reservations; the Death Valley and Lone Pine area is a very popular destination. All registered entrants will receive the special booking codes and information.
STARTING LOCATION: Badwater Basin, Death Valley, CA.
ENDING LOCATION: The end of Whitney Portal Road, above Lone Pine, CA, on Mt. Whitney, elevation 8360 feet. The race does not continue up the Whitney Trail further onto the mountain.
COURSE RECORDS: Men’s: Pete Kostelnick, 2016, USA: 21:56:32. Women’s: Alyson Venti (now Allen), 2016, USA, 25:53:07. More info.
AWARDS: All racers who begin the event will receive a Badwater 135 Ultramarathon t-shirt, hat, Badwater Magazine, and a goodie bag. All racers who officially complete the event within 48 hours will receive a finisher’s t-shirt and “The Holy Grail of Ultra Running,” the Badwater 135 Ultramarathon Belt Buckle.
RACE HEADQUARTERS: This will be set up during the race at the Furnace Creek Ranch and then at the Dow Villa in Lone Pine, CA for the duration of the race.
WEBCAST: We will post time splits, commentary, and images on a continual basis for the duration of the 48 hour race on this website at this link. We will be “live” throughout the race in July, plus we keep the entire webcast archived forever. We will post live GPS tracking of each runner, time splits, results, images, video, and much more, beginning a few hours after the start of the race. As for time splits, keep in mind that the first time station is 17 miles into the race and it will take people several hours to get there. (Please do not email us or ask us to pass along any information to any runner during the race. We don’t even check email during the race. Enjoy the show, everyone!)
PERMITS: This event is held under special use permits from the California Department of Transportation, Inyo National Forest, Death Valley National Park, and Inyo County, and is additionally overseen by the California Highway Patrol. (If one of these agencies won’t issue us a permit, this race could be cancelled. Please keep that in mind!)
In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.)
To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or call (202) 720-5964 (voice and TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
In 2016, Netflix—with an already enormous footprint in the United States—expanded its online streaming video service to 130 new countries, adding more than 12 million subscribers in nine months and bringing its total to 87 million. The effectiveness of Netflix’s content management lies in its ability to appeal to a vastly disparate global viewership without a unified cache of content. Instead, the company invests in buying or developing myriad programming and uses sophisticated algorithms to “narrowcast” to micro-targeted audience groups.
In this collection of new essays, contributors explore how Netflix has become a cultural institution and transformed the way we consume popular media.
Solo – Run 52.4 Beautiful Miles through the streets of San Francisco. Run the first loop beginning at Midnight, then join the other runners for the second loop – earliest start time for second loop will be 5:30am.
Two Person Team – Each team members runs a Full Marathon, first member runs the loop beginning at midnight, second member runs the second loop beginning after first member returns (earliest possible start time is 5:30am).
Four Person Team – Each member runs a Half Marathon, First loop is run by two members handing off at the halfway point (shuttle to handoff and shuttle back to start provided). New two members run the 1st and 2nd half Marathons. One of the Second loop team members will run our Official 1st Half Marathon beginning on the Embarcadero and one will run our Official 2nd Half Marathon, beginning in Golden Gate Park.
The Mountain is the strongest man on “Game of Thrones.” Now he’s the strongest man in the real world as well.
Hafthor Julius Bjornsson took a break from playing Gregor Clegane, the brutal warrior known as the Mountain, and won the long-running World’s Strongest Man competitionon Sunday in the Philippines.
Bjornsson, 29, has been a regular in the competition and had three second- and three third-place finishes over the years, but had never previously won.
“It’s my passion and my dream to become the world’s strongest man,” he said in a 2016 profile in which he shared his workout secrets with The New York Times. “I would like to win the World’s Strongest Man competition, as you would win best writer in the world. Is that a title that exists?”
Bjornsson certainly qualifies as a figurative Mountain. He checks in at 6-feet-9-inches and 400 pounds. But he is far from the merciless monster he depicts on television. A scene in which he crushed a foe’s skull with his bare hands “actually made my heart hurt,” he said in 2014.
The World’s Strongest competition will be shown in the United States on CBS beginning in June.
Among the events Bjornsson contested this year were the Car Deadlift, the Truck Pull and a grueling Loading Race in which he hauled anchors, anvils and other heavy objects.
After the victory, Bjornsson posted a photograph of himself lifting the trophy on his Instagram account, adding “Want to thank all of my family, friends and fans for supporting me along the way.”
The World’s Strongest Man was originally a made-for-TV American-based event in the 1970s, held at Universal Studios in California. The first year included another strongman turned actor, Lou Ferrigno, who played the Incredible Hulk on TV. Ferrigno placed fourth.
The event expanded internationally after a few years and is now respected and established with a dedicated core of fans.
Iceland did well in the competition in the 1980s and ’90s: the musclemen Jon Pall Sigmarsson and Magnus ver Magnusson won 8 contests in 11 years. But no Icelander had won since 1996, until Sunday.
Welcome to the 22nd Annual Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race. Called ‘The Mount Everest of ultramarathons‘ by The New York Times, this is the longest certified footrace in the world.
Athletes are able to test themselves in a format unlike any other ultra-marathon event. In order to meet their goal of 3100 miles in 52 days, they must log an average of 59.6 miles per day. The runners begin at 6 am and run for extended periods throughout the day, taking breaks as needed. If they want to, they can continue as late as 12 midnight when the course closes for the night.
Organization – Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica 100 Km del Passatore – Via Cavour, 7 – 48018 FAENZA (RA)
Affiliations – IAAF / IAU / EAA / FIDAL
Meeting point for Athletes – Firenze, Piazza di Santa Maria Novella – Mai 26, 2018 – 10,30 -14,00
organized by ADMO Faenza and CSEN Faenza
Start – Florence, Piazza del Duomo (m.t. 52 s.l.m.) Saturday, May 26, 2018 15:00
Finish – Faenza, Piazza del Popolo (m.t. 35 s.l.m.) Maximun Time – 20 ore
set up by the Civil Protection Faenza and The Society of Passatore
Gates Timetables – closing time Km 32 – Borgo San Lorenzo – time 21:15 (maximum time 6:15) Km 48 – Passo della Colla di Casaglia – time 1:20 (maximum time 10:20) Km 65 – Marradi – time 4:30 (maximum time 13:30) Km 88 – Brisighella – time 9:30 (maximum time 18:30)
Maximum height difference – Passo della Colla di Casaglia (m.t. 913 s.l.m.)
Reception Service Passo della Colla di Casaglia and Radio connection: Intercommunal civil protection Centre Mugello
Record of men – 2011 Giorgio Calcattera (ITA) tempo 06:25:46
Record of women – 2017 Nikolina Sustic (CRO) tempo 07:34:36
Path – Tested and measured by the IAAF and FIDAL- FLORENCE: Piazza del Duomo (street corner Piazza Capitolo), Piazza di San Giovanni (Archbishop’s Palace), Via dei Servi, Piazza SS. Annunziata, Via Gino Capponi, crossing the Viale Giacomo Matteotti, Via Frà Domenico Buonvicini, Via Masaccio, Via degli Artisti, Piazza Giorgio Vasari, Via Antonio Pacinotti, Viale Volta, Piazza Edison, Via San Domenico; SP 53 San Domenico-Fiesole; SP 54 Fiesole-Dei Bosconi; SP 302 R Brisighellese Ravennate; FAENZA: Via Firenze, Via Guglielmo Marconi; Corso Giacomo Matteotti, Piazza del Popolo.
Refreshment points – n. 23 (along the route every 5 km, and the arrival in the gym “Cavallerizza”)
Radiocommunications stations– n. 19
Health Points – n. 20 with doctors, nurses
Ambulance – n. 20, of which 4 medicalized
Massage Points – n. 12 – Florence, Vetta le Croci, Borgo San Lorenzo, Razzuolo, Colla di Casaglia, Casaglia, Marradi, San Cassiano, Fognano, Brisighella, Errano, Faenza (palestra “Cavallerizza”)
Rest Room, shower, massage: gym “G. Lucchesi” – Via M. Cimatti, 3 – Faenza
Health Service, Massage and Emergency Service radio: CRI Faenza, coordination of the Mercies of the Florentine Area, Astrea Medical Center
Massage: ASD Massagiatori sportivi
Control Points – Firenze, Borgo San Lorenzo, Paso Colla, Marradi, San Cassiano, Brisighella, Faenza
Timekeeping, Champion Chip data processing: SDAM-Sport Data Management
Internet Service Provider – Data processing centre Services Evoluzioni Web cooperative society
Order Service: The Florence provincial police, municipal police in Florence, Fiesole, Borgo San Lorenzo, Brisighella, Faenza, Marradi, Associazione Nazionale Carabinieri section “Cimmarrusti” in Borgo San Lorenzo, Associazione Nazionale Carabinieri and Alpini on leave of Marradi, Associazione Nazionale Carabinieri of Faenza
Interpreter Service: Liceo Linguistico E. Torricelli-Faenza
Intermediate stages – n. 3: Borgo S. Lorenzo, Passo della Colla di Casaglia, Marradi
Awards – Medal and certificate of participation to the intermediate stages of Borgo San Lorenzo, Passo della Colla di Casaglia, Marradi. Medal, diploma and Triptych of wines offered by Consorzio Vini di Romagna to the finish in Faenza.
“I WAS THERE” – A special prize “I was there” in traditional faience made in 1976 was handed over to the finish line for athletes who have completed 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 races . Patronage – Comune di Faenza, Firenze, Fiesole, Borgo S. Lorenzo, Marradi, Brisighella, Regioni Toscana ed Emilia-Romagna, Provincie di Firenze e Ravenna
Collaborators – The organization has approximately 500 volunteers on the course located in the following 22 reception points for athletes: Firenze, Piazza Edison, Fiesole, Saletta, Vetta le Croci, Faltona, Polcanto, Borgo S. Lorenzo, Panicaglia, Ronta, Razzuolo, Colla di Casaglia, Casaglia, Crespino, Stazione Fantino, Marradi, Sant’Adriano, San Cassiano, Strada Casale, Fognano, Brisighella, Errano, Faenza
Percurso em descida – “DOWN RUN”
A Maratona de Comrades é conhecida como a “Ultimate Human Race”, pois atrai corredores de todas as faixas etárias e habilidades atléticas. É a ultramaratona mais famosa do mundo. O evento aconteceu pela primeira vez em 1921 em homenagem aos camaradas da Primeira Guerra Mundial. Além dos anos 1941-1945 (2 ª guerra mundial), quando o evento não aconteceu, mas tem acontecido a cada ano desde então. Este ano, 2017 é a 92ª corrida do evento.
A Comrades Marathon é uma corrida de ultra, 86,73 km (53,89 milhas) Ultra Maratona com data para domingo 10 de junho. A Maratona dos Comrades acontece anualmente em Kwazulu-Natal entre as cidades de Durban e Pietermaritzburg. O sentido da rota alterna a cada ano com a direção de Pietermaritzburg a Durban conhecida como a prova com descida e a direção de Durban a Pietermaritzburg conhecida como a prova ascendente.
A maioria dos corredores de Comrades têm uma preferência. Geralmente acredita-se que o up kinder, correr no sentido descida seja mais festivo.
A experiência de correr Comrades já foi inspiração para muitos e virou até dois aclamados livros que todo corredor, amador ou profissional, deve ler:
“Make Sure of Your Comrades Medal” de Don Oliver e
“Comrades Marathon – The Ultimate Human Race” de John Cameron-Dow
The new routes, crossing varied numerous temples and villages, from narrow paths through dense vegetation, jungle, rice fields (sometimes with water up to the knee) and sandy tracks, have spiced up the 3rd edition of the Angkor Ultra Trail. The several testimonies we received after this race have inspired us to continue.
You will not only run with your eyes focused on your shoes, but also, you will enjoy the different travel proposals available, go to “Your trip” on our website:http://www.ultratrail-angkor.com/en/your-trip/
As a reminder, several distances are available:
• Angkor Ultra Trail (UTA 128 km) *
• Angkor Bayon Trail (TA 64 km)
• Angkor Jungle Trail (TA 32 km)
• Angkor Temple Run (TA 16 km)
• Angkor Nordic Walking (NWA 16 km)
• Walking and hiking Angkor – 16 km (no time)
• The humanitary walking (8 km)
You can now subscribe online with different payment methods and be covered by your credit card insurance.
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