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.” Capture of Maduro ...

Joe Gagnon of Katonah finished the grueling 135-mile Badwater ultramarathon, which went from Death Valley to Mount Whitney. The race is referred to on Badwater's website as "The World's Toughest Foot ...

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 — ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Badwater Ultramarathon, which typically begins at Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park, had a new starting line on Monday after the park temporarily banned running and cycling events, ...

A week later, his muscles still sore, his schedule back to two miles of therapeutic walking, Bob Becker said from his Fort Lauderdale home, “My body feels better than it has a right to feel.” He ran ...