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Livestream-replay segment covering laps 108 through the finish of the 2025 Big's Backyard Ultra (World Individual Championship), showing the final hours as the race resolves to a winner.

4 min

A short highlight recap built from livestream footage of the 2023 edition, condensing Harvey Lewis's world-record-setting 108-hour/450-mile finish into a few key moments.

54 min

Follows four runners (Maggie Guterl, Amelia Boone, Guillaume Calmettes, Leon Skriver Hansen) through the 2019 Big's Backyard Ultra, showing the hourly start-corral rhythm and the physical/emotional toll as the field is whittled down.

The race organizer's own year-by-year Flickr photo albums covering every stage of the course, start waves, Furnace Creek, Townes Pass, Panamint Springs, the final climb, and the Whitney Portal finish.

A finisher's own thread announcing his 2026 finish, with replies from other runners debating the race's heavy road/pavement mileage and from someone who crewed and paced it instead of running it.

A mid-pack finisher's own written race report on his 2026 Badwater 135, covering pre-race injuries and the physical/mental complications he had to work through to reach Whitney Portal.

A written interview with a 63-year-old surgeon on his path to and finish of the 2021 Badwater 135, a non-elite, older finisher's perspective rather than a champion's.

iRunFar's full written results and race-analysis article for the 2021 Badwater 135, naming the winners and how the men's and women's races played out.

The host's own audio debrief right after finishing the Badwater 135 in July 2025, covering concrete heat-training and pacing lessons a future entrant could apply.

Video podcast interview with Max Jolliffe recorded right after his 2026 win in 20:53:41 (new course record), covering his heat-acclimation training and race strategy.

10 min

Runners posing with their named support crews at mandatory check-in, showing how many crew members typically travel with each entrant.

3 min

The Death Valley National Park superintendent, on location at the park, speaking about the permit relationship between the park and the race that starts inside it.

8 min

Candid footage of runners and their crews at mandatory pre-race check-in in Lone Pine, giving a sense of who shows up to run and crew this race.

5 min

Short finish-line footage and brief comments from the top three male and female finishers of the 2022 race at Whitney Portal.

1h 04m

The official race organizer's interview with the 2024 women's champion about her winning run.

1h 11m

The race organizer's own extended sit-down interview with the 2024 men's champion, discussing his race and win on the official Badwater channel.

A first-hand account from someone who crewed the Badwater 135, walking through what the mandatory support-crew role actually involves: vehicle logistics, heat management, and checkpoint routine.

1 min

A short aerial/ground shot overview of the Death Valley badlands terrain the course crosses, explaining why the route starting below sea level is considered the toughest footrace on earth.

50 min

A mid-pack runner's July 2025 attempt at the Badwater 135, with his support crew shown monitoring core-temperature and physical metrics in real time to manage the desert heat during the run.

1h 06m

A profile documentary on runner Erika Small at the Badwater 135, featured in the official AdventureCORPS '2025 Badwater 135' playlist, following her race through Death Valley and the climb to Whitney Portal.

Peloton instructor Susie Chan's training and race journey through the Badwater Ultra Cup en route to attempting the Badwater 135, showing her prep and the toll of the heat.

35 min

A recent Billy Yang-directed short film (sponsor-produced by shoe brand Mount to Coast) profiling athletes racing the 135-mile Death Valley-to-Whitney course, shot in 4K with real course and heat footage.

The full 1999 theatrical documentary 'Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135' (fan-uploaded with German subtitles), following multiple entrants including eventual competitors through the 1999 race across Death Valley.