The 135-mile Badwater ultramarathon in Death Valley accepts no more than 100 runners each year. Here's what it was like, according to two finishers.

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — When the running gets hard in this desert dubbed “hell on Earth,” Danny Westergaard tells himself: “Slow and steady” or “smooth as butter.” Alleged white ...

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — For 37 years — in a searing California desert — runners from across the globe have embarked on a 135-mile race through one of the hottest places on Earth — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sunset in Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park; (photo/Xiaoling Keller) But that could change with Ultra, a new drama ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trail Runner Eli Neztsosie, 34, was packing his truck with coolers, supplies, and running gear, for the 45th anniversary of the ...

The world's toughest foot race - that's how the Badwater 135 Ultramarathon bills itself. Competitors have to run 135 miles and cover three mountain ranges, ascending more than 14,000 feet in just 48 ...

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Surely you're familiar with popular marathons like the ones in New York, Boston and various other large cities across the nation. But one lower-profile footrace makes those exhibitions seem trivial -- ...

On Aug. 3, 1977, Al Arnold began running in the 135-degree heat of Death Valley, the world’s highest recorded temperature that year. The air scalded his lungs like a blow-dryer; the rubber soles on ...

Death Valley National Park blocked the famed Badwater 135 Ultramarathon from the park, but that won’t stop the event from taking place Monday. Race director Chris Kostman debuts a new and equally ...