This past June 30th , as part of theDarth Valley Challenge — an insane one-year event where the great unwashed run through Death Valley in their favored Star Wars costume — Jonathan Rice ran a mile in 6 minutes and 36 seconds . It was 129 degree at the prison term , so that might really be a world record !
For the past four years , Rice and his booster have stick together in their Star Wars array and made “ a completely otiose ” mad bolt from from the Badwater Junction to Furnace Creek Ranch ( function ) .
But this year ’s run was unique in that the National Weather service recorded a temperature of 129 point ( 53 Celsius ) at precisely 4:00 p.m. — the precise time that he execute the mile . Rice hope that Guinness World Records will recognize it as the hottest verified run .
Colorado newspaper Longmont Times - Calldescribes the Darth Valley Challenge :
Now , it ’s start to force a crowd . In improver to Greenfield ’s Leia , a smattering of other runner and fans show up as R2 - D2 , Yoda or some other denizen of a galaxy far , far away . This year ’s documentation number one wood even dress as the hairy Chewbacca — a costume that turn only when you ’re sitting in the air - discipline railway car .
If it sounds sick , Rice would agree . His own website warns imitator that they do so at their own risk , and those risk include desiccation , heatstroke , heart attack , “ death , death , more death and get a purple face . ”
“ This is a ridiculously dangerous endeavor , ” he warn on the website . “ I do n’t support you doing it . I do n’t even really support me doing it . ”
It could be a while before Rice finds out if he ’s got the platter ; may the Force be with him .
Top image : Rice making the tally in a 2012 photo . Inset exposure : Randy Kern of Furnace Creek , Calif. , dressed as Chewbacca , and Jonathan Rice of Longmont , arrange as Darth Vader , taken this past June 30 .
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