Running the Sahara
Run with RUNNING AMERICA

Running America is a documentary film that will follow elite adventurer Charlie Engle (Running The Sahara) and the only person in the world to complete the Triple Crown of Extreme Sports, Marshall Ulrich, on their record breaking run from San Francisco to New York. NEHST is casting 5 people per mile. All runners get to run their historic mile with Charlie and Marshall - after that new runners will join them while others drop back and continue if they want to. We have posted the route, and if you would like to run with Charlie and Marshall, sign up to be cast in the film. Celebrity runners will be announced shortly. Anyone and everyone is eligible for submissions, no matter how young, or old, no matter if you are disabled, or if you have never run before. Great opportunity to be in front of the cameras, potentially meet some celebrities, and be a part of history.


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Marshall Ulrich, 55, is the only person in the world to complete the Triple Crown of Extreme Sports: world class ultra runner, record setting adventure racer, and Seven Summits mountaineer. His specialty is competing in extreme conditions including desert and adventure racing, as well as mountaineering. Marshall has:

* Completed over 116 ultra marathons averaging over 100 miles each.
* Completed 12 expedition length adventure races, including all nine Eco Challenge adventure races – something only two other people in the world have done.
* Reached the summit of each of the Seven Summits, including Mount Everest, all on first attempts.
* Crossed Death Valley a record 19 times, including a solo and 586-mile quad crossing.
* Won the Badwater 146-mile race from minus 282 feet to the 14,494-foot summit of Mount Whitney a record 4 times
* Finished a record 13 Badwater146 ultra marathons
* Completed the Leadville Trail 100 and Pikes Peak Marathon on the same weekend – a feat no one else in the world has achieved.
* Completed all six 100-mile trail races, finishing top-10 in five of them, in the same year – and was the first person ever to do so (in 1989).
* Won two silver medals in the national 24-hour championships, with a PR of 142 miles.

 

 

 

 

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Map: Northern Africa. Track the Journey

MEET CHARLIE ENGLE

For Elite adventurer, Charlie Engle, every day brings a new challenge. He has run through some of the most forbidding terrain on the planet and has learned many lessons about life along the way.

With a lot of determination and the ability to endure hardships in every way, Charlie has moved from a life of drugs and alcohol to a life of understanding and learning to live with himself. After many years of sobriety, he has become a top athlete, spokesperson and philanthropist.


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“Running the Sahara” took place during November 2006 – February 2007. It is an on-going mission to raise awareness for water issues in West Africa; to help provide a way to dig many new wells, giving the opportunity for the people of the Sahara to maintain access to a water source.

A documentary film was created to help give a look at the life of the Sahara, good and bad, and the experience that 3 extreme athletes had during this time. For more information, Click Here for Charlie's RTS web site page, or go to: www.runningthesahara.com


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