Michael Easter

Yes, 135 miles.

And it can get up.

I have not experienced 135 degrees, so...

What was the peak heat?

Do you have any sense of when you were running it?

And how long did it actually take you?

It took me 21 hours and 44 minutes to cover that ground with those temperatures and climbing.

And I was actually able to get through Furnace Creek, the hardest part of the race, a little earlier on in the day, which I think really helped me because a lot of people are hitting Furnace Creek at...

one o'clock in the afternoon and it's 135 degrees.

I was running a little faster, so I didn't get, I got there around 10 a.m.

And so my temperatures were still like 125, 128.

Yeah, just a mild 125, much better.

Yeah, yeah.

I mean, I was so, I was like, oh, a little chilly.

These guys have to deal with such like five degrees more, but it does make a difference in your heart rate.

Every little degree, every little thing, it's going to go a long way in your heart rate and can make or break your race.

So what does that actually feel like, having to run consistently in 120 degrees minimum for 20 hours?

It is, it's very wet.

You just have to stay wet.

So it feels like you're just constantly wet and you can't get in a full breath of air because it's just heating your lungs up.