find new challenges. a 100 mile ultra marathon in the icy alaska wilderness pitting man against mother nature. if you ve ever tried to tie a shoelace in the freezing cold you know how much your body can be affected. studies show as it gets colder we start to lose manual dexterity and below freezing we put ourselves at risk of frost bite. combine that with the lack of sleep required to run the miles you ve got an athletic test few can endure. for brandon this is just another step in something he said for years ago. comment all the time i don t like to drive 100 miles let alone run. the it s the feeling you get afterwards, it s an amazing sense of accomplishment. brandon wood wasn t always a runner. growing up, he was inactive and
it s just amazing sense of accomplishment. brandon wood wasn t always a runner. growing up, he was inactive and weighed nearly 300 pounds but then his daughter violet was born. made me realize that, okay, if i was going to be around to see himy kids grow up that s always the dad who is like, i m tired, something needed to change. he started running. down the block, then down the street and eventually, marathons. but unlike anything he s attempted before. this is a different race because of the winter and the length and the difficulty. i am definitely nervous. 48 hours to bike, ski, and run 100 miles through the icy alaska wilderness. 10 miles in. 90 miles more to go. because the course is so
more so than you can imagine. executive offer he cannot diskrim an executive order that krimnates against religion. thank you. still ahead, the secret service arrested a man trying to jump a bike rack that s outside of the white house. details on that next. but first the nation highlights competitive runners around the world. this week, we follow one athlete who is attempting to run 100 miles in sub zero temperatures. take a look. get the comment all the i m, i don t like to drive 100 miles let alone run 100 miles. but it s the feeling that you get afterwards that s just amazing sense of accomplishment. brandon wood wasn t always a runner. growing up he was inactive and weighed nearly 300 pounds. but then his daughter violet was born. made me realize that okay, if