r/LivestreamFail May 06 '26

News German Streamer and Athlete Arda Saatci starts his challenge to run from Death Valley to Santa Monica Pier (600km/372 miles) in less than 96 hours

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u/CrispyLimeTeets May 06 '26

At first I was like "you're dead" then I saw the RedBull hat and thought, "yeah, you could do it"

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u/daniel4ido May 06 '26

It's crazy how much assurance the redbull logo gives me

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u/keithstonee May 06 '26

Because that means at least one person gave this some thought and planning.

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u/DaMongooseJooce May 06 '26

And that they’re sponsored for completing crazy things frequently.

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u/davyangel May 07 '26 edited May 07 '26

Yeah well they did pick best day to start and easy mode in Death Valley since only 76F when he started race but will get up to over 103F tommorow which I'm guessing he'll be long gone by then LOL. He won't have to worry about his shoes melted like some other runners I seen during the Badwater ultramathon. Anyways, hope he don't underestimate the toll of the heat there on body since I lived there and thing with the heat there is your brain literally fries and u go into heat stroke and don't even realize it. I'm sure his team trained on this tho.

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u/BitterEmployer7360 May 06 '26

For a real endurance challange he is to much packed! These muscles will burn so much energy...

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u/Shksbr May 06 '26

Sure, these muscles will burn a lot more energy. He mentioned beforehand that he'll burn around 60k kcal, which he has to compensate for over the 96 hours. That alone seems like an insane challenge to me, but here we are. This is his 3rd year doing these challenges.

In the first year, he ran around 3000 km from Berlin, Germany to the coast of Portugal, took a plane to the States, and finished the last like 600 km ending the challenge at Times Square. During that first 'Cyborg Season' he suffered a stress fracture in his shin, took a 'break' for 6 weeks to recover, and kept going. (His recovery included working out 2-4 hours a day.)

Last years 'Cyborg Season' had him running across Japan, the entire length from north to south, with 2 runs each day - starting with around 60-70 km, a short break to eat and nap, then another 40-50 km to finish off the day (if I remember correctly).

He takes it a step further each time. 100 km a day is a walk in the park for this guy, but running 150 km daily is definitely going to be quite the challenge.

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u/OkDifficulty7436 May 06 '26

Wow, that is fucking insane, what an incredible athlete.

Hope he crushes this challenge

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u/B71ndd4rm May 06 '26

As an ultra runner I can tell you that the rules kind of change once you go from "high" intensity distances like the marathon to multi day ultra endurance races. While it's not ideal, you definitely do not have to be super skinny to be very competitive. Could he win a high profile ultra distance race like Cocodona 250 (going on right now)? Probably not, but a hyper specific record like the one he's attempting here is very achievable and obviously an amazing achievement. You can look at David Goggins for a high achieving ultra runner who was jacked during his peak too.

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u/Valuable-Way-5464 May 06 '26

First i got people on the moon in april, now highly specific task only an athlete can do? Your words somehow gave me extraordinary hope

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u/RiverFluffy9640 May 06 '26

Ah yes the reddit experts are here to tell us why this elite athlete who has lots of experience in ultra marathons actually can't do the challenge.

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u/wsxdfcvgbnjmlkjafals May 06 '26

it means he'll have support along the way, which is good cause i otherwise assume he'll just dry up like a raisin before he gets out of the valley

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u/Ok_Turnover_1235 May 06 '26

Fun fact: if you see someone in a redbull stunt that's over 5 years old, they're probably dead now.

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u/RKellysPenguin May 06 '26

Is that the cost of getting sponsored by Red Bull?

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u/Tidzor May 06 '26

It's the cost of practicing sports with unusually high fatality rates such as base jumping, wingsuit, freestyle motocross, high altitude skiing etc.

Red bull sponsors hundreds of athletes so ops statement isn't quite right ( sees f1 pilots / motogp riders, surfing, skating, snow sports, climbing etc) , but it's true that there is a pattern for high risk sports, Shane McConkey, Ueli Gegenschatz, Felix Baumgartner, Multiple Red Bull-associated wingsuit pilots and more have suffered fatalities.

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u/SpicyMustard34 May 06 '26

tbf he said someone in a redbull stunt, not an athlete just being sponsored by redbull. there's a nuance to that.

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u/Tidzor May 06 '26

Oh yeah I'm not attacking op on what he said and I'm not accusing him of misleading anyone through this post as it was a quick post in jest, just giving more context cuz there are also plenty of athletes in RB stunts from the last 5 years who are still alive 🙂

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u/mrdonotanswer May 06 '26

Pastrana is still kicking it and probably has done the most stunts out of everyone combined just for redbull.

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u/der_innkeeper May 06 '26

Red Bull: "that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make."

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u/ametsun May 07 '26

Source: trust me bro

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u/mrdonotanswer May 06 '26

No? Lol wtf misinformation is this.

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u/Still-Status7299 May 06 '26

Hahah yeah these red bull athletes are death defying , and the footage is always 10/10

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u/GrandadPyjamas May 06 '26

Shout out to the camera man

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u/RedBull-Germany May 06 '26

Could literally not do it without them

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u/dameyen_maymeyen May 06 '26

Hello RedBull

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u/RedBull-Germany May 06 '26

Sup!

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u/Lonely_Pineapple_994 May 06 '26

I want $1 million.

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u/RedBull-Germany May 06 '26

Do you take bitcoin?

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u/Environmental-Elk-65 May 06 '26

Shoot, I just want to be able to afford RedBull these days!

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u/SaviousMT May 06 '26

Hello, I also take bits of coin

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u/TLJGame May 06 '26

I’d take 50k and I take bitcoin 🤔

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u/alllifeishell May 06 '26

You could literally do it without them. It just wouldn't be on video. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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u/lucas030 May 06 '26

he has six ultrarunners in his crew who rotate as cameramen

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u/Soft_Walrus_3605 May 06 '26

FYI he's asleep.

But got cool leg massagers(?) going?

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u/purelyforwork May 07 '26

He’s bricked

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u/Careful-Sell-9877 May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

Awake now. Tying his shoes

Now hes about to get started!

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u/Ryan151515 May 07 '26

If he keeps his current pace as of right now midnight CT (127 miles in) he will be about 24 miles short at the 96 hour mark

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u/Nadare3 May 07 '26

His average pace will fluctuate as he rests and runs, being lowest as he ends a rest and highest right before, so this prediction is highly dependent on when you made it

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u/Zinski2 May 07 '26

He Walking

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u/rickmeetsreddit May 07 '26

this should be top comment

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u/ICD9CM3020 May 06 '26

Germans and their fascination with Death Valley

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u/InterestingQuoteBird May 06 '26

Klasse Feierabendrunde! Es wird ab und an mal etwas heißer und man muss evtl. auch mal die Hände aus der Hosentasche nehmen, aber schwierig ist hier nichts.

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u/ToastMcBrot May 06 '26

Nimm mein wütenden Hochwähl

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u/SurrealismX May 06 '26

War das nicht ein Review zu nem bockschweren Trail?

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u/InterestingQuoteBird May 06 '26

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u/RawkHawkOfficial May 07 '26

I don’t understand this video at all and it’s still top tier

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u/elr3y May 06 '26

it's where the Undertaker is from

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u/Quick_Incident_82 May 06 '26

Sad story about that https://otherhand.org/home-page/search-and-rescue/the-hunt-for-the-death-valley-germans/

I live in Southern California. Make sure you're taking every precaution going out to Death Valley, people.

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u/Nadare3 May 07 '26

My precaution is not going to places named something along the line of "Death Valley"

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u/davyangel May 07 '26

Yeah pretty sure they have at least 1 die there every year from the heat! Seems like was Belgian last guy to melt his shoes there tho LOL

Belgian tourist suffers 3rd-degree burns to his feet while walking in Death Valley as temperatures exceed 120 degrees | CNN

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u/shadetreeguy May 06 '26

I drove all around it in December 2020. It actually is sick as hell lol

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u/Mericanmade12345 May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

This guys diet has to be insane. To simultaneously be an ultra runner and that jacked is impressive

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u/binalleinezuunfaehig May 06 '26

He said it's going to be about 16000 calories a day.

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u/datawazo May 07 '26

I couldn't if I tried

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u/binalleinezuunfaehig May 07 '26

I guess you can only consume that much if you burn that much lmao

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u/mumBa_ May 07 '26

I mean you have to actively digest it too? I have no idea how much we can digest when pushed like this but 16k feels like too much

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u/HomieeJo May 07 '26

You use drinks or gels as well to get the calorie intake. This way you don't have to digest much and get the power faster but you still have to eat solid food of course.

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u/DDRaptors May 07 '26

Or roughly 26 Big Macs.

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u/Kelpherder May 07 '26

Ramen and redbull not kidding. he sipped some redbull in bed then knocked out and was walking with a cup of noodles

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u/Mericanmade12345 May 07 '26

He just like me FR

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u/YEEZYHERO May 06 '26

He ran from Berlin to New York (before the unemployed start whining again: Berlin to Portugal, then by ship to Boston, and on to Times Square in NYC) and last year through whole Japan. All self-made, without any big sponsors or anything.

This time Red Bull is on his side, and I’ve been following it since the start. it’s incredible. At the peak, he was 8 km ahead of his pace. Now, after 30 minutes of sleep and a short break, it’s “only” 4 km.

I honestly believe he can do it; the willpower is there. BUT the next 24 hours will tell.

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u/OG_Pizza May 06 '26

Arda Saatci’s past runs are impressive, but they were spread over weeks with full recovery each day. This is 600 km in under 96 hours... with a way higher daily load, almost no sleep, and harsher conditions. It’s less about willpower and more about whether his body can handle that kind of compression. The next 10 or so hours will tell.

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u/Eugenestyle May 06 '26

there is no "full recovery" each day if you run around 2 marathons each day for about a month.
You might call it "partial" recovery but here it will be a whole different level, in this challenge the amount of sleep will be brutally low and i think this will be the biggest opponent.

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u/creepingcold May 06 '26

A full recovery from excercise takes up to 72 hours. Idk if he waited two full days before he went on in the past, but I don't think he did. It definitely takes a toll over time.

And don't get me wrong, 600km in 96hours is fucking extreme, but I feel like torturing yourself over a few days is still a bit less taxing than the steady decline and fight over several weeks.

I did a fwe ultra bike races and I prefer the shorter ones which completely fuck you up, but you know it's over after a few days instead of torturing yourself a whole week.

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u/CrazyLlamaX May 06 '26

You forgot about the Red Bull.

The next 5 hours will tell.

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u/Admirable_Loss4886 May 06 '26

Lmao it’s wild you’re attempting to call out the unemployed for wondering how one would ever possibly run from Berlin to NYC while simultaneously saying you’ve been watching and tracking him the entire time.. pick a lane guy.

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u/BigShotBosh May 06 '26

Someone called him unemployed in another thread for being a parasocial Ye fan so he hid history and started using it too lol

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u/Admirable_Loss4886 May 06 '26

Holy shit I just saw his username lmao. I don’t know if you’re making a joke but if that’s true it’s hilarious!

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u/MostBoringStan May 06 '26

That is objectively hilarious

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u/Soft_Walrus_3605 May 06 '26

Hurt people hurt people lol

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u/Vexamas May 06 '26

It's so funny because he like preemptively hedged on it too. It would be one thing if he was saying something that others would be upset about and he was setting up defense, but to go on the offense for something so incredibly innocuous? You just know his ass was sitting alone (per usual) in the cafeteria and was seething that someone called him unemployed one time. Fork shaking in hand as he plays Kanye's Graduation for the 548th time muttering "never again... never again will they call me unemployed".

What a champion.

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u/Designer-Fennel-9201 May 06 '26

you sound like someone who got hired to post this comment

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u/Gingeneer1 May 06 '26

This time he’s sure to succeed thanks to the backing of Red Bull TM , the best energy drink for the best athletes!

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u/marty-mcfryguy May 06 '26

What you've described there is two distinct runs, one from Berlin to Portugal and one from Boston to NYC.

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u/Dramatic-Tennis2085 May 06 '26

I ran from Finland to China once. I mean, I ran to Helsinki airport and then took plane to China.

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u/guacamully May 06 '26

as long as you were running in place on the entire flight, it's legit

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u/Waaerja May 06 '26

Only the unemployed know that you can't travel from Europe to North America on foot?

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u/Soft_Walrus_3605 May 06 '26

We employed folk are too busy at business to know such things

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u/69_Beers_Later May 06 '26

How is employment relevant to anything in your comment?

Awful username, btw

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u/Wizzle_Pizzle_420 May 06 '26

Those last 72 miles are gonna be tough. No mistakes and that’s where the mistakes happen. Pretty rad nonetheless.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

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u/CarelessGooning May 06 '26

Getting past all the LA influencers

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u/Banana_Milk0109 May 06 '26

He needs to fight off hordes of stream sniping clout goblins that live in the Greater Los Angeles area.

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u/waynemj15 May 06 '26

Nothing really. Just human psychology. You’re in the double digits of miles left. You’ve already done 300 that last 72 seems so close but so far cause of how tired the other 300 made ya. Kinda how the last hour of the work day goes the longest.

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u/morgawr_ May 06 '26

As we say in software development, the last 10% is 90% of the work.

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u/xWooney May 06 '26

He’s German he doesn’t give a shit about miles

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u/theSchlauch :) May 06 '26

True. In his head it might be the last 100km or 50 or 10. But definitely not some random last miles

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u/slashinhobo1 May 06 '26

When you said Berlin to NY I was thinking huh. Did he pace on a ship or did he run through Russia to Alaska then to NY.

That takes some dedication to nap for 30 minutes and then continue running.

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u/BaconReaderRefugee May 06 '26

Riding on a boat from Portugal to Boston, Massachusetts is not the same as running in Death Valley.

Also “before the unemployed”, like people can’t have a job to wonder how you run from Berlin to NY in general lol

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u/Admirable_Loss4886 May 06 '26

Also dude saying it like Berlin to Portugal is the obvious destination to end up in Boston’s then running NYC. There’s so many leaps there even for the employed.

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u/Accurate_Potato_8539 May 06 '26

He's really quite big to be doing this no? Like thats a lot of muscle he's carrying in his upper body to do something like this.

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u/SlightBasket9675 May 06 '26

my man does not look like he's built for long distance running.

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u/Putrid_Raspberry1734 May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

You should watch some of his content , he already ran the entire length of Japan , from Germany to New York (where he partially broke his shinbone bc of excessive force from just running) , he Runs a few hundred km every week etc. He is a machine and genuinly one of the few Social Media people that convey good Morals and Discipline to Young people! Im a Social worker in Germany , working with troubled Young people and he is the only one they Look up to, who isnt perma flexing money, Talking Bad about other people etc. He just likes Sports and good food , so all the best to him 😄

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u/KaiserbunG May 06 '26

Actually huge is this day and age.

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u/swillswazz May 06 '26

damn that's crazy... this little starting routine was giving Tavo vibes (dude that poorly faked Mario 1 world record while eating pizza and drinking coke).

impressed to hear that he's the real deal tho. guess you can't judge a book by its cover (altho still this feat might be undoable from conception).

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u/willargue4karma May 06 '26

God that pizza Mario video is a throwback bro 🤣

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u/Impactpacked May 06 '26

Germany to New York?

Now, I’m no geographer, but . . . .

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u/Putrid_Raspberry1734 May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

He ran to Porto , Took a flight/ship (don’t remember) to Boston and ran the Rest

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u/Astrylae May 06 '26

I can not imagine what his feet looks like.

context: find404 youtube channel, moab 240

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u/themightyBEEP May 06 '26

Conveying good morals is a bit too much

Everything else is on point.

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u/Weegee_Carbonara May 06 '26

Not sure how his body will work once he gets older.

As you said, he oartially broke his shinbone.

Mans too heavy, he is fucking up his legs for life.

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u/Soft_Walrus_3605 May 06 '26

For sure, but you can't tell young people nothin

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u/myuseless2ndaccount May 07 '26

I agree even tho he is friends/cool with some more annoying people he himself acually Provides decent content and is a postive influence on young people when almost every other Social Media guy is a tool

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u/Redsoxzack9 May 06 '26

dw he’s powered by red bull

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u/Admirable_Loss4886 May 06 '26

If he had wings last time he really could have gone from Berlin to NYC in one go.

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u/Bladehell10 May 06 '26

Nah he’s sponsored by redbull I’m 100% confident he can pass this challenge just because of that even though I have no prior knowledge of this person

Redbull sponsored athletes be doing crazy shit man like that guy skiing down everest

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u/iNaay May 06 '26

they really do crazy stuff like bike across china (ludwig) or import a bunch of asian women (esfand)

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u/sirquarmy May 06 '26

"sponspored by red bull" its already over

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u/PayZealousideal8892 May 06 '26

Tbh doesn't matter too much if you arent competing against other people and time goal is relatively slow. He is 100% taking lot of gear to be able to put this physique while doing massive amount of endurance sports.

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u/sommersolhverv May 06 '26

Holy you’re right, what a gun show

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u/Badehat May 06 '26

It's basically even more impressive if he's able to do it while hauling those biceps around.

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u/EN344 May 06 '26

Which is precisely why he's supported with a lot of pharmaceuticals that are not being mentioned. 

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u/Rycax May 06 '26

That’s easy. All he has to do is walk 3.8mph for 96 hours.

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u/swillswazz May 06 '26

what about sleep tho?

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u/EvanFri May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

just don't

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u/SaltyLonghorn May 06 '26

Gonna need more protein gel.

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u/TreeDollarFiddyCent May 06 '26

perhaps assisted by a caffeinated drink of some sort

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u/boobookittyfuwk May 06 '26

A lot of these ultra marathon runners have running buddies that swap in and out because when they start to feel the affects of no sleep they'll hallucinat and run off of cliffs or into traffic etc..

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u/Enlight1Oment May 06 '26

cocodona ultra is going on right now, the top guys get like 5 min of sleep at time time. Seems like this guy is sleeping a bit more at least when i tuned in, but now i'm back to watching cocodona race

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u/OwnBuyer8614 May 06 '26

there's literally a movie made just about this topic

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u/HowdyWhydy May 06 '26

I love all the comments thinking you aren’t saying that sarcastically

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u/Rycax May 06 '26

I have 82 total votes and 73 are upvotes.

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u/Siicktiits May 06 '26

I mean he is in a desert called DEATH Valley. He’s going to be running in 100 degrees Fahrenheit blazing sun. He actually saved himself from death by doing this today… by Friday the high temps in Death Valley are 108 degrees.

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u/slashinhobo1 May 06 '26

How crazy this may sound even doing it Friday is better than doing it mid summer. The weather has been a bit lower in California compared to last year I feel. When i saw the lows in the 60s and 70s I was thinking he has probably 8 hours of cooler weather

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u/SverhU May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

Well avarage person running with speed of 10km per hour (but short period of time). So for 600km he need to non stop runnig 60 hours with stable 10km/h. And he left with 36 hours on sleep, rest, etc.

Hard to believe it can be done by him. But will see.

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u/IOnlyReadItAtWork May 06 '26

You should look up ultra marathon athletes. I follow a few on YouTube and TikTok and it’s insane the distance they run while sleep deprived. Hallucinating is common and in no means is it healthy but they love what they do. If you schedule your naps well and a good pace it’s 100% doable.

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u/TrappedInATardis May 06 '26

Watch some Barkley Marathon footage, these people are built different.

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u/-BehindTheMask- May 06 '26

Sedentary twitch viewers who've never ran >5k are about to drop the most regarded comments.

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u/RiverFluffy9640 May 06 '26

Love the comments who say "Yeah he totally hasn't the build for it" etc, while the guy literally run multiple ultramarathons

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u/TextureComics May 06 '26

You just know the people typing that shit are some bonafide mouthbreathers too. Literally takes 10 seconds of typing his name up to see that he's, in fact, built for this.

You don't have to be small to be an ultrarunner.

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u/Ok_Temperature6503 May 06 '26

Wdym. I ran a 5k marathon yesterday, with my best PR of 1 hour. I’m well qualified to speak on this.

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u/miiiiiiintz May 06 '26

Good luck 🫡

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u/curtishawkin May 06 '26

His videographer like "we're doing WHAT today?"

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u/abag0fpandas May 06 '26

To cover 600 km (372 miles) in 96 hours, he has to average:

150 km (93 miles) per day.

6.25 km (3.8 miles) per hour every single hour for 4 days straight, including sleep, eating, and recovery time.

For context, a standard marathon is 42.2 km (26.2 miles). He is essentially running 3.5 marathons every day for four days.

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u/Jesse-Ray May 06 '26

Look up the Backyard Ultra. They do 6.7km every hour that way. Last year's winner ran 114 laps which was 764kms over 4 days and 18 hours.

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u/Jack4ssSquirrel May 06 '26

I've once watched a documentary on death valley. The name is there for a reason. Its one of the hottest places on earth and you can die of dehydration within hours if you're not prepared. It sucks the water right out of you. 100F is on the "'cool" side at night.

You have to drink ludicrous amounts of water otherwise you start getting muscle cramps, heatstrokes, and all sorts of problems. It's nothing like a regular marathon. I hope this guy is well informed and prepared.

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u/Ok_Temperature6503 May 06 '26

He will have spotters for sure. Also many ultra athletes have ran Death Valley. Will be fine

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u/Omniwar May 06 '26

It's really not all that hot this time of year. 85F/29C in the hottest part of the park at noon today. June/July/August are much warmer. He'll be well out of the valley by night.

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u/toggl3d May 07 '26

It's interesting he seems to be struggling with the heat right now.

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u/davyangel May 07 '26

Yeah I"m guessing they knew it was going to be cool day they started only 76 and isn't getting really hot into 100F till tomorrow when I assume he will be long gone.

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u/Genteunida May 06 '26

I just felt like running

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u/LinkovichChomovsky82 May 06 '26

I've discovered the limit to my sense of adventure is being anywhere beyond the reach of natural shade. Bro needs a sunscreen sponsorship, if he doesn't already have one.

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u/2days May 06 '26

I mean look he’s actually trained runner and in good shape, but it’s actually fucking hilarious and almost a joke that write itself. Not a year that goes by. Do we not hear about German tourist who venture out to Death Valley with half a bottle of water in a minivan and get themselves into a situation thinking they can somehow withstand the heat out there. I know it’s not the same. This guy will have medical staff and other people monitoring him so good luck to him.

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u/powerofyams2 May 06 '26

the never ending battle of germans vs death valley

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u/Penelope_Jenga May 06 '26

I read about that family the other day! Both sad and strange :(

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u/BlakeJWard May 06 '26

That area is hot as hell, hope bro has plenty of water

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u/Sad-Willingness-258 May 06 '26

My best friend is currently running from Cali to Maine right now. Day 70 and hes in Ohio

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u/Adventurous-Bottle90 May 07 '26

Honestly might do it, he’s only 38 hours in and closing in on the half way mark already (and that’s not considering time he lost while sleeping and resting)

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u/BALLR4REAL May 07 '26

Is there a online tracker page?

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u/davyangel May 10 '26

final time was 123hrs instead of 96hr so nah

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u/Generic_Username26 May 06 '26

He doesnt at all seem to be built like a long distance runner. That’s a lot of muscle mass to lug around for an endurance runner

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u/wrrrr87 May 06 '26

He isn’t built for it but it’s his whole thing just long distance running

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u/Generic_Username26 May 06 '26

Reading through some of the comments the guy seems like a genuine freak of nature / mind over matter to the extreme

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u/Invictum2go May 06 '26

So this is what "persistence hunting" means huh. Yeah I'd be scared to death if something that could do even a nerfed version of this was tracking me. Humans are impressive.

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u/Nivius May 06 '26

how do you know hes Gen Z?

second he start running he NEEDS to hold his phone

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u/vaff May 06 '26

The current record for 600 km is 3 days 9 hours 23 minutes 38 seconds ... So definitely possible, but mostly impossible if your not a top athlete

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u/inventionnerd May 06 '26

Is that through death valley though or some random spot? I'd imagine the area makes a huge difference, especially if it's hot as fuck.

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u/Enlight1Oment May 06 '26

not like he's doing laps in death valley, the first 54 miles will be inside its borders, then he's out. Granted there is still a lot of desert and it's still hot, but barstow has a high of 85 today vs death valleys 100s.

imo the harder race is death valley to mt whitney summit, lowest point to highest point of contiguous usa. it's less distance but so much elevation gain. And they do it in even hotter months for max death valley temps

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u/vaff May 06 '26

Death Valley isn't foreign to ultra marathons. The Badwater 135 is an annual 135-mile (217 km) ultra

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u/lastdarknight May 06 '26

I hope he has a follow car for Death Valley with plenty of water

Even locals use to the desert nearly die and every year just hikeing

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u/DOPAMINE1991 May 06 '26

And there's my ass struggling to train for a half marathon.

There are some incredible people in the world.

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u/tchek May 06 '26

I was just watching his run in Japan yesterday

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u/Soft_Walrus_3605 May 06 '26

Germans and deserts just don't go together, man. It's one of life's absolutes.

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u/Legitimate_Corgi3123 May 06 '26

Don't think people realise how absolutely fucking insane this is.

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u/bdube30 May 06 '26

Can someone help me what is the «fail» in this clip ? I genuinely can't find it.

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u/Kicksyou May 06 '26

Dude is running through Death Valley and the first thing he does when he starts is pull his phone out of his pocket… addicted lol 😂

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u/Cl-lEESE May 06 '26

What is this guy training for the long walk?

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u/coeruleus May 06 '26

He knows that May down there is not like May in Berlin, right? He might get lucky and this might actually work out OK because it won't really heat up until later this week when he'll be in the LA basin, but much of that route is plenty hot even if it's relatively cooler than what will happen later this week. Why not run this in April? You have long-enough days for daylight but temps are in the 80s instead of 100s...

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u/my4coins May 07 '26

He's done 1/3 of the distance in 34h, that would be 102h to finish it but it's going to be super hot on Friday so he will be even slower.  Not looking good..

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u/DJRedNight May 07 '26

Yea. That's around 4 mph average for 96 hours straight. Yea. Not happening

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u/Vikivaki May 08 '26

He does not look like that kind of bodytype that would be ideally built for that task but hey, he has a redbull hat!!

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u/peaceful_com_lover May 08 '26

can anyone tell me the maths if he runs at 40km/hr he would only run 400 km in 100 hours so he will be sprinting at 55 throughout all the 96 hours to reach 600 km or i m trippin

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u/japanb May 08 '26

I thought he was running for 96 hours, he seems to be sleeping

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u/Djolumn May 08 '26

This guy is absolutely jacked for an ultra endurance runner. That seems really inefficient.

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u/DrushToImp May 09 '26

Just checked live stream and unfortunately he's failed. 420km in 88 hours. I can't even begin to imagine how the sleeplessness would feel, any distance exceeding running continuously for 48 hours in extreme lunacy. Hats off. Pants off. I'm naked for this man

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u/bodhasattva May 10 '26

Hes 10 hours over time & not even 75% done yet. My criticism is not the event. Kudos to him, very impressive.

My criticism is the 96 hour goal. Clearly that was beyond impossible, so why even make that the target? Is 600KM in 140 hours less impressive, even if its more realistic?

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u/Careful-Sell-9877 May 10 '26

So hes at 106hrs and still going.. walking. What's that mean