While many of us will spend the Fourth of July holiday barbecuing and enjoying firework shows, a group of athletes from around the world will be taking it to the limit in what’s known as the Badwater ...

It all started when a man with a mule encountered water in present-day Death Valley National Park. The legend goes that when his mule refused to drink from the pools, which sat at the lowest point in ...

In the ultramarathon world, it’s looked upon as the World Series, Super Bowl and a climb up Mount Everest all rolled into one. But he admits, it wasn’t pretty. The 2005 Boulder City High School ...

In 1987, five runners gathered in Death Valley early in the morning with plans to run to Mount Whitney — the highest point in the contiguous U.S. — in California. The daring group included Eleanor ...

Endurance racing has produced plenty of documentaries — but not so many dramas. Other than a few scant offerings, like Mark Wahlberg’s lackluster Arthur the King, there’s not much out there. (The real ...

Moments after he finished the 135-mile run from Death Valley to Mount Whitney, setting a record in the Badwater 135 race, Japanese ultra runner Yoshihiko Ishikawa dropped to one knee. The reason ...