You could have been tempted to croon: ‘Adil, hai mushkil running yahaan…’ (to the tune of yeh dil hai mushkil) but the 29-year-old Mumbaikar Adil Beg triumphed completing the Badwater Ultramarathon in the United States (US) in a finish time of  41:18:11, seven hours inside the stipulated 48 hours cut off time. The Badwater Ultra was held on July 4.

The Badwater Ultramarathon describes itself as, ‘the world`s toughest foot race’. The race has a 135-mile (217 km) course starting at 282 feet (86 m) below sea level in Badwater Basin, in California`s Death Valley. It ends at an elevation of 8,360 feet (2,550 m) at Whitney Portal, the trailhead to Mount Whitney. It takes place annually in July when weather conditions are absolutely searing and temperatures can reach up to 54 degrees Celsius.