Michael Arnstein running Badwater on Monday

Hi guys, just want to give a shout-out to Michael Arnstein, i.e. The Frutarian. On Monday he'll begin the Badwater Ultramarathon, a 135-mile race from Death Valley to Mt. Whitney, CA. Mike is the one who inspired me to begin ultra-running, and has inspired many others as well. If you are able to in some way, give him some support!

Tags: badwater, frutarian, raw, ultra-running, vegan

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Permalink Reply by Jared Six on July 17, 2012 at 6:37pm

I hope that he has someone there filming this for YouTube.

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Permalink Reply by Windlord on July 18, 2012 at 4:29am

Our boy's still rolling along in 11th:
http://dbase.adventurecorps.com/results.php?bw_eid=55&bwr=Go

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Permalink Reply by miles on July 18, 2012 at 5:36am

im wondering if he will try the Sparthatlon again this year.

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Permalink Reply by The Dutchman on July 18, 2012 at 6:13am

1	40	Morton	Mike	m	40	Lithia	Florida	USA	USA	1000	2:03	5:09	11:02	14:37	20:05	21:37	22:52:55
2	1	Lopez	Oswaldo	m	40	Madera	California	USA	Mexico	1000	2:12	5:28	11:15	15:22	20:45	22:35	23:32:28
3	4	Gingerich	Zach	m	32	Tigard	Oregon	USA	USA	1000	2:04	5:25	11:51	15:58	22:20	24:38	25:49:40
4	35	Lewis III	Harvey Sweetland	m	36	Cincinnati	Ohio	USA	USA	1000	2:27	6:17	12:57	17:07	23:04	25:13
5	56	Matyazic	Mark	m	47	Irvine	California	USA	USA	1000	2:32	6:34	13:43	17:34	23:04	25:17
6	7	Inagaki	Sumie	f	46	Kasugai		Japan	Japan	1000	2:36	6:25	12:43	17:21	24:52
7	34	Ploskonka	David	m	30	Baltimore	Maryland	USA	USA	1000	2:16	6:48	14:34	18:49	24:52
8	31	Lindermuller	Kurt	m	52	San Rafael		Costa Rica	Germany	1000	2:20	6:11	12:53	18:21	25:25
9	30	Gunderson	Jonathan	m	34	San Francisco	California	USA	USA	1000	2:31	6:31	14:03	19:20	25:35
10	94	Miller	Michael	m	50	Scottsdale	Arizona	USA	USA	800	2:46	7:04	14:28	19:30	27:07
11	70	Recore	Brian	m	36	Valley Center	California	USA	USA	800	2:45	7:43	14:58	19:38	27:54
12	14	Webb	Arthur	m	70	Santa Rosa	California	USA	USA	600	2:57	7:47	15:43	21:43	29:49
13	3	Farinazzo	Marco	m	44	Resende	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Brazil	1000	2:15	5:42	12:54	17:03
14	8	McCarthy	Philip	m	44	New York	New York	USA	USA	1000	2:22	6:24	13:32	17:37
15	99	Arnstein	Michael	m	35	New York	New York	USA	USA	1000	2:34	6:22	13:13	18:24

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Permalink Reply by Joni on July 18, 2012 at 6:43am

Wow what an amazing man.

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Permalink Reply by The Dutchman on July 18, 2012 at 6:14am

I hope he is gone make it. Would be nice.

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Permalink Reply by Jared Six on July 18, 2012 at 7:00am

I am curious to know just how easy (or difficult) it is to fall asleep after running a race that is 100 miles or longer.

I mean, I would imagine that after a race like that you would be so physically exhausted that you could easily fall asleep and sleep for the next day or two, but I also imagine that after doing something like that you would wake up in the middle of the night feeling an intense need to eat something and if it's in that kind of hot weather I would also imagine that you would constantly be waking up to drink something as well. I hope that you have peace and quiet after this one ;)

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Permalink Reply by The Dutchman on July 18, 2012 at 7:07am

I think I still would be running in my bed.

Amazing what these people are doing temperatures up to 130F (55c).

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Permalink Reply by Reed on July 18, 2012 at 10:51am

He should finish soon with less then 4 miles to go. I think this is his first time doing this 135 mile race. Its pretty insane to run 5 plus mountainous marathons at once in the worst heat and conditions. This is considered the world's toughest foot race.

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Permalink Reply by Marcos Linberg on July 18, 2012 at 11:46am

A picture of Mike with his crew just after finishing it.

http://instagram.com/p/NM7Cxoid1U/

Good job Mike!

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Permalink Reply by Sultana on July 18, 2012 at 1:05pm

Mike looks almost relaxed after such a race!

Kudos, Mike!

Awesome accomplishment.

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Permalink Reply by Jared Six on July 19, 2012 at 1:42am

Mike looks almost relaxed after such a race!

Yeah, it looks more like he just had a massage in that picture than it does like he just finished running 135 miles. Crazy!

Like I said I hope that this was filmed or that he will at least post a detailed blog about it. I'm wondering how much water he consumed during this race and what else he did to avoid becoming "toast" out there.