A unique t-shirt to conquer the Badwater 135

Iván Penalba has already released the exclusive t-shirt 42K with whom he is going to dispute the Bathwater 135.

The Valencian ultra-distance runner has been in Las Vegas for days, an American city that rises in the middle of the Mohave desert, carrying out acclimatization training to high temperatures through desert areas similar to those that await you in the Bathwater 135.

“In the Valley of Death the temperature is higher (it is one of the hottest places on the planet), but in the Las Vegas desert the temperatures are also high, around 38 degrees, and these workouts are helping Carmen and me a lot to do real hydration tests, tolimentation, etc.”, explains the runner.

Iván Penalba already trains with the shirt 42K with which he will dispute the Badwater 135

Iván and his inseparable Carmen Pérez have already trained with the shirt they will wear on the day of the test and which has been made exclusively by 42K.

It is a garment made with the 100% recycled fabric Infinitech, a fabric that is made with polyester yarn obtained from the recycling of plastic bottles. This fabric is used by 42K in different collections (Ozone, Elements…) and also for the creation of one hundred percent personalized t-shirts for the section Custom, the line of technical garments for clubs, sports teams and groups that want unique and exclusive designs on top-quality fabrics.

The fabric of the T-shirt for the Badwater 135 guarantees the maximum benefits of lightness and breathability Iván Penalba and the rest of his team: Joaquín Candel (team captain) and the ultra-long distance runners Carmen Pérez and the Mexican Óscar Hernández, who will cover some sections of the route accompanying Penalba to assist him.

The design department of 42K has made a T-shirt in which, logically, the white because it is the mandatory color to run in the Badwater 135 (white is the color that least attracts UV rays). It also incorporates the colors of the Spanish flag, something that all participants from outside the US usually do to identify their nationality (in 2022 there were 23 different nationalities among the 95 runners and runners who formed at the starting line).

For second consecutive Year 42K is the technical mark of Iván Penalba in the Badwater 135, a mythical test in the ultra-fund world reserved for runners with unique physical and mental conditions given the extreme hardness of the test: 135 miles (217 kilometers) through one of the most inhospitable places on the planet (in the Mojave desert) due to its extremely high temperatures.

The participants in the Badwater 135, no more than a hundred and who only received the invitation of the organization after accrediting a long experience in ultra-distance tests, have to travel endless roads under a scorching sun that shoots the mercury up to 50 degrees during the day and barely descends up to 34 overnight.

42K He has been a sponsor of Iván Penalba for years and has been supporting his dream of winning the Badwater 135 and set a new time record in the demanding Californian race; Currently, the test record is held by Valmir Nunes in 22h:51':29".

Iván Penalba already made history in 2022 by being the first Spaniard to stand on the podium of the event, but his great challenge is to register his name in the list of winners of the Badwater and become the first Spanish runner to win the most extreme and epic race on the planet.