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The 2014 Darth Valley Challenge

Darth Vader in Death Valley for the Darth Valley Challenge 2014

The temperature is 129F in Death Valley… the road is bubbling, and tourists pose for photos beside a giant thermometer before scurrying back into their air-conditioned cars. Suddenly a figure comes into view, shimmering in the heat. It appears to ...

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The Wall Of Flames – And How To Beat It

Running in extreme heat or high temperatures - advice for how to stay alive.

Most distance runners and endurance athletes have hit The Wall at some point in their careers – that invisible, yet only-too-real barrier that takes a gargantuan effort of will to even try and scale. For many marathoners, it’s at around ...

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Top 5 Hot Weather Running Tips

top five training tips for running in the heat, hot weather tips number 1 2 3 4 & 5

If you’re thinking of heading out into the Phoenix sunshine in ten minutes, and you figured maybe you should Google ‘hot weather running’ before you started running seven-minute miles out there, then this section is for you. Don’t worry – ...

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Sauna Training: The Basics

Sauna training - the basics of how to workout in the sauna while your exercise remains safe.

Unless you live somewhere hot – really hot – the chances are that you’ll prepare for your extreme running events in the sauna as well as on the road. But what can you actually do in there that will help? ...

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Sauna Training: Advanced Tips

Sauna training and exercise is tough, demanding and highly effective. Just be safe!

Advancing your sauna training. . As an experienced sauna user, there are a number of techniques you can use to go above and beyond regular training and really prepare for extreme heat running. . The first is to exercise in ...

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