DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — The first few runners of an ultramarathon that steps off in desolate Death Valley hit the finish line early Wednesday, a little more than 24 hours after they began ...

Emily Lyons is no stranger to pushing her body past its limits. The 33-year-old Castle Hayne resident, who only picked up endurance running eight years ago, is set to tackle an ultramarathon unlike ...

DEATH VALLEY NATOINAL PARK, Calif. — During a rainstorm that partially obscured the light of a a nearly full moon, 97 runners pushed off in desolate Death Valley with the launch of a 48-hour annual ...

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.” For 18 years, ...

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — The first few runners of an ultramarathon that steps off in desolate Death Valley hit the finish line early Wednesday, a little more than 24 hours after they began ...

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 ...

Roughly a quarter of the national park’s more than 1 million visitors go there in June, July and August, when temperatures soar. Why? Roughly a quarter of the national park’s more than 1 million ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — ...