Chris Kostman, the long-time owner of the Badwater 135 Ultramarathon across Death Valley, joined us to chat about his new event. It’s called the Artsakh Ultra and it’s an off-road trail run consisting of six separate stages and 160 miles on the Janapar Trail in Armenia and Artsakh. It sounds truly amazing and the website…
Ultrarunning legend Scott Jurek is the seven-time winner of the Western States 100, the two-time winner of The Badwater Ultramarathon and a New York Times Best Selling author. Scott sat down with me for a chat reflecting on his incredible career, how ultrarunning has evolved over the years, and all the ways ultrarunning is helping…
When a number of his fellow Navy SEALs were killed in combat, David Goggins decided he wanted to raise money to help support their families and to get out of his comfort zone as a 290-pound powerlifter by tackling the toughest endurance event on the planet, the Badwater 135 Mile run across Death Valley. He…
Chris Kostman is the CAO – Chief Adventure Officer – for Adventure CORPS, which puts on the infamous BADWATER 135 mile run across Death Valley coming up July 23-25, along with a number of other BADWATER-branded events around the world. Chris began his career as an endurance athlete by cycling from San Francisco to Los…
The epic Styr Labs Badwater 135 is coming up starting on July 10th. 100 runners from 19 counties will start at 280 feet below sea level in Death Valley and, hopefully, finish at 8,360 feet at Whitney Portal in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Chris Kostman is the owner, race director, and historian for one of…