Originally Posted by jrowedc
The cutoff is 48 hours. The last winner did it in 31, and the top female in 36. Only one rider is under 30. It looks like the cycling equivalent of ultramarathoning. To the poster who said the two fixed guys looked like typical guys, it's common for ultramarathoners to carry excess body fat. But these people are not at all normal or typical.
This race was probably started in response to the success of the
Badwater Ultramarathon, that also starts at Furnace Creek, and is run by the same group. It's 135 miles long, and finishes at the portal to the Mt. Whitney summit trail, at 8,000 feet. If you finish in under 48 hours you get a belt buckle. That's the extent of the prizes.
The documentary on it,
Running on the Sun, is awesome. It's on Netflix too.