Ultra Marathoner Bob Becker was among 93 people to cross the finish line of the world's toughest race. The 80-year-old runner faced the brutal heat during the Death Valley Ultramarathon to be the ...

California does not lack for extreme sports settings. Surfers have the mountainous waves of Mavericks Beach near Half Moon Bay. Climbers have the awesome granite monoliths of Yosemite Valley. And ...

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.” Taiwan computer ...

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 ...

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 ...