Most heavy marathon world

Marathon - is prohibitive in severity competitions in which to survive, not something to run to the finish line, is no longer easy. Their members are forced to flee under the sizzling desert sun, the eternal snows of the Polar Circle and wade through a jungle full of dangers. Do you think it stops people from around the world each year to submit more and more new applications to participate in them? Certainly not!

Jungle Marathon

Length: 254 km
Location: Amazon, Brazil

This just came up with a hell of an idea to organize a race in the midst of impenetrable jungle? Whoever he was, he clearly distinguished philanthropy: the participants of the marathon will have to wade through the deadly forests, swamps and rivers populated by all sorts of animals - from jaguars and anacondas to caimans and piranhas. Runners is not possible to replenish supplies, so they have to carry everything you need, what they may need in the next 6 days (so much last race) on itself.





Hardrock Endurance Run 100

Length: 160 km
Location: Colorado, USA

The venue of the 100-mile ultramarathon is Mount San Juan Colorado. Every year, runners are risking their lives on the narrow, constantly crumbling, mountain trails, climbing to an altitude of about 10,000 meters above sea level. In addition to the extraordinary physical endurance, all runners must be fluent in the skills of mountaineering and survival in the wild.



Great Wall Marathon

Length: 5164 stage
Location: Beijing, China

High humidity, 30-degree heat and 5000 levels definitely put this race on a par with the most difficult marathons in the world. The route begins in the square Yin Yang in the center of the settlement not far from Beijing, and leads to the 7-km section of the Great Wall of China. Running on it, participants make a circle of exotic looking Chinese countryside, and come back to the wall, which has only ancient high level separate them from the finish.



Marathon Des Sables

Length: 250 km
Venue: Sahara

Marathon, held annually in the Sahara desert, according to the organizers is "the most brutal in the world." Participants carry a big load of essentials (including ampoules antidote to snakebites), and all this at a temperature of over 30 degrees Celsius and constantly at risk of being exposed to perish in the desert during a sandstorm. Despite the complexity of the route, each year more than a thousand people come to Morocco to test your endurance.



Yukon Arctic Ultra

Length: about 700 km (430 miles)
Location: Yukon, Canada

This route will make tremble all those who races through the deserts and jungles seem extreme enough. Permanent subzero temperature (-25? C) and extraordinary power northerly winds - most of the participants do not reaches the finish line, becoming the victim of frostbite. Plus, the runners have to pull a sledge with provisions and equipment, and checkpoints where members can relax and get medical care, are separated by the distance of the classic marathon.



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