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…
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…