Dean Karnazes was born in 1962, in the USA. He is an ultramarathon runner. He inspires many people all over the world!

Dean Karnazes

Made by Alexey Mikhaylusov

«TIME» magazine called Dean Karnazes one of the "Top 100 Most Powerful People in the World".

«Men's Fitness» called him one of the most endurable people on the planet.

Dean is known as the athlete who has earned international recognition as well as a bestselling author. Dean developed his mind and body to unimaginable extent.

He is a high-level runner, fantastic athlete with supreme willpower and outstanding running

technique.

The most surprising fact is that Dean Karnazes became seriously engaged in sports when he was 30 years old, and over the next 20 years he achieved phenomenal results!

2005, California, San Francisco Bay. Dean Karnazes ran 350 miles (560 km) without sleep. Having started the race on Wednesday night, the athlete ran for about 80 hours, and finished the race only on Sunday night.

Some racing highlights

In 2004, Dean won in Badwater Ultramarathon known as "the world's toughest foot race". He ran 135 miles (217 km) across California's Death Valley in 49 °C temperatures (the highest recorded temperatures in the Western Hemisphere being 56.7°C).

In 2002, Karnazes took part in one of the toughest endurance event on the planet, he participated in the first and the only marathon to the South Pole in temperatures of -25 °C and was able to win the second place.

In 2006, at the age of 44, Dean ran 50 marathons in 50 days in every of 50 states of the United States, the last race was in New York, after which he decided to run home to San Francisco.

Karnazes is called the world's most famous ultramarathon runner. After his U.S. marathon doctors measured the level of creatine phosphokinase in the blood serum of the runner. CPK test shows the level of muscle damage caused by physical activity. While an average athlete’s CPK level is normally 2400, Dean’s test showed only 447. And even more, it was found that in the circulatory system of the runner there is more blood than normally, which helps him to avoid dehydration.

And finally: by some calculations, researchers have found that, in theory, keeping the speed of 160 meters per minute, Karnazes can run forever.

Show your body who's boss! "The human body has limits," says Dean Karnazes. "The human spirit is - unlimited!" Your brain, in other words, your most important muscle.

Life is not a travel to the tomb with a plan to arrive safely in a beautiful and carefully preserved body, but rather the need to pull the ship from the brakes, make the most completely wear out and loudly shout: what kind of riding! Here's what I can!

Dean Karnazes is a motivation figure for me and for other people. He is a very purposeful and hard-working person. I’m convinced that he deserves great respect.