Badwater Ultramarathon 2006 - Scott Jurek

Eighty-five runners from fourteen countries and twenty American states ran 135 miles non-stop from Death Valley to Mt. Whitney on July 24-26, 2006 in the 29th 135-mile Kiehl's Badwater Ultramarathon. Placing first for the second year in a row was Scott Jurek, who was nearly beaten by a previously unknown rookie named Akos Konya, a citizen of Hungary who resides in Oceanside, CA.
The start line is at Badwater, Death Valley, which marks the lowest elevation in the Western Hemisphere at 280' (85m) below sea level. Following 135 miles of paved roads, the race finishes at Mt. Whitney Portal at 8360' (2533m). The Badwater course covers three mountain ranges for a total of 13,000' (3962m) of cumulative vertical ascent and 4,700' (1433m) of cumulative descent. The Portal is the trailhead to the Mt. Whitney summit, the highest point in the contiguous United States. Competitors travel through places or landmarks with names like Mushroom Rock, Furnace Creek, Salt Creek, Devil's Cornfield, Devil's Golf Course, Stovepipe Wells, Keeler and Lone Pine.
The race began with the traditional wave start, with 26 runners beginning at 6am, 28 at 8am, and 32 at 10am. This is done because of lack of parking at the start line and, even more so, to minimize congestion of runners, crew, and vehicles on the roadway in the National Park. Because hosting food and drink checkpoints along the side of the road in this forbidding environment is impossible, each entrant brings their own support vehicle and at least two support crew members to tend to all their needs.
Chris Kostman, Mike Schafer, Chris Ragsdale, Rachel Schmitt, Kai Norwood. http://www.badwater.com

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[sack46]

Scott Jurek is a BEAST

[777cc777]

vegan BEAST! ;)

[a2993356]

The King of Pain

[superfiend4]

Scott truly is the nukeyoulus.

[sack46]

@ jamescountry.. yeah you're probably right, haha. The Kenyans are nuts! But still Jurek is a boss tho.

[jamescounty]

@sack46 ..Yeah until the Kenyans start race Ultra's. Then there will be no more Scott Jurek. Said to say, but they are the best on every longer distance.

[bluesclues089]

@campbpar

Hell, if I were Scott Jurek, I'd beat off to myself,

[mcrfan1981]

I cant believe this guy! it's as if he'd only been running for 5 miles instead of a deadly 135! he must have a really unique body.

[Alternativerealm]

the guy is a machine.

[dardonZ]

@papakeetee Lol And that's why you're more likely to get heart disease/high blood pressure and diabetes right?

Pfft Don't kid yourself.

[raynmaker586]

It is insane how he's just fine to sit and have a normal conversation after running for a full day, he looks like he can go for one more!