Badwater is Back!
July 14, 2008 ·
Written by trailrunningSoul.com ·
Filed Under News, Races & Events
21 women and 62 men, varying in age from 27 to 66 years old, lined-up today at the start line of the Death Valley’s most famous ultra marathon. They will run 135 miles under the hottest conditions to finish the ‘the world’s toughest foot race’. Below some of the best links on this year’s race to not miss any detail:
- Official 2008 website: race updates, results and live webcam to not miss any details
- Lisa Smith-Batchen Begins Her 810 Mile Journey: Lisa Smith-Batchen, winner of Badwater ‘97 and “˜98, will run this year’s race as part of her grueling plan to raise funds and awareness for children in Africa who are orphaned due to the aids epidemic.
- The Athletes of the 2008 Badwater Ultramarathon: a summary of the participants on this year’s race
- Badwater Podcasts:Dean Karnazes’ thoughts on the race and the challenge he is tackling and details from Lisa Smith-Batchen’s crew on her run from Las Vegas to the start of Badwater
- Special Badwater Edition: some general info and useful links to other stuff related to the race
- Badwater on the news:
Death Valley race pushes to the limit,
World’s Most Grueling Sporting Events,
Runner will put resolve to test during 135-mile ultramarathon,
McClellan teacher taking on 130-degree temperatures during ultramarathon
[Update 07/16/08]: Jorge Pacheco won the race with a time of 23:20:16 – the second fastest in race history- while Jamie Donaldson broke the women’s course record, winning in a time of 26:51:33. Check out the complete results of Badwater 2008
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