Holly Hubbard Preston For the St. Helena Star
LONE PINE, California – Anyone who knows Juan and Federico Sanchez, St. Helena’s beloved “running men,” is aware of their legendary abilities to cover great lengths of the Napa Valley on foot – day or night, rain or shine.
It’s not until one actually observes the two brothers running through Death Valley’s desolate California State Route 190 in triple-digit heat that the magnitude of their endurance becomes clear.