Lorie Alexander from Canada competesPhotograph: Lucy Nicholson/ReutersA competitor runs with bandaged knees Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/ReutersKeith Straw, 58, competes Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
Shannon Farar-Griefer is attended to by her team after stopping to drink water Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/ReutersThe 135-mile race is from Death valley to Mount WhitneyPhotograph: Lucy Nicholson/ReutersOswaldo Lopez from Mexico is doused with water Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/REUTERSChris Moon from Britain, right, and Shannon Farar-Griefer, from California, competePhotograph: Lucy Nicholson/ReutersTemperatures can reach 55C (130F)Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/ReutersShannon Farar-Griefer runs away from her team after stopping to drink waterPhotograph: Lucy Nicholson/ReutersA competitor has his feet examined by a medicPhotograph: Lucy Nicholson/ReutersCarlos Alberto Gomes De Sa of Portugal, right, runs with his pacesetter on his way to winning the Badwater Ultramarathon at the foot of Mount WhitneyPhotograph: Lucy Nicholson/ReutersShannon Farar-Griefer passes an elevation signPhotograph: Lucy Nicholson/ReutersCarlos Alberto Gomes De Sa of Portugal, right, walks with his pacesetter at the foot of Mount WhitneyPhotograph: Lucy Nicholson/ReutersGrant Maughan of Australia (centre, in red cap) celebrates with his team after finishing second Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/REUTERS
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