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The 4 Deserts Ultramarathon Series is an annual series of four 250-kilometer (155-mile) races across deserts around the globe. [1] The races were recognized as the world's leading endurance footrace series by TIME magazine in 2009 and 2010, [2] as the "Ultimate test of human endurance". [3]
In 2010 Ryan Sandes of South Africa was crowned 4 Deserts Champion having won all four of the races he competed in, and Marjiana Pellizer of Croatia was crowned women's champion. [ 12 ] On September 2, 2011, at the 100 km event in the Kimberly, Western Australia, Turia Pitt , 24, and Kate Sanderson, 35, were left with severe burn injuries when ...
In 2010, Time magazine included the 4 Deserts Challenge on a list of the ten most demanding endurance races in the world. [ 4 ] Sandes won the 2011 Leadville Trail 100 in a time of 16:46:54, more than half an hour ahead of runner-up Dylan Bowman .
Desert Runners is a 2013 documentary film directed by Jennifer Steinman that follows a group of non-professional runners that attempt to complete 4 Deserts, a series of ultramarathon races often considered the most difficult in the world. Their journeys take them through some of the world’s most beautiful places while pushing the limits of ...
Overall Winner, 4 Deserts Race Series, 2008 [14] American Ultrarunning Team, World Championships, 2005, 2008; 148 miles (238 km) in 24 hours on a treadmill, 2004 [15] Eleven-time 100-Mile/1 Day Silver Buckleholder at the Western States Endurance Run [16] (i.e., better than ten twenty-four-hour finishes), 1995–2006
America's four deserts touch nearly every state in the West. The largest, highest and coldest is the Great Basin Desert in the north. In the South are the Sonoran Desert to the West and the ...
Even Léon Marchand considered it a most difficult day: He swam four races with hardly any time to stop and rest. The French phenom had his 200-meter butterfly semifinal Tuesday night then ...
This race attracts 2,350 competitors, with 1,000 runners from overseas. The Marathon des Sables is a 6-day stage race which covers 250 kilometres (160 mi) through the Sahara desert in Morocco. The Spanish Canary Islands off the African coast are the location of some prestigious ultramarathons, including the 46-mile Transvulcania. [108]