My 20th Badwater 146
Crossing the finish line in 42 hours, 30 minutes after running 135 miles across blazing hot Death Valley was not a record setting time for me. The iconic Badwater ultramarathon starts at the Badwater...
View ArticleDeath Valley to the Summit of Mount Whitney – At Age 67
July 19, 2018, Evergreen, CO – After thirty-five years as an extreme endurance athlete, including running at least 129 races averaging over 125 miles each; completing twelve expedition-length adventure...
View ArticleBoth Feet on the Ground: A Prescription for the Stay At Home Coronavirus Blues
You’re stressed out, tired of looking at the same four walls, drained by the negativity on social media, and exhausted from juggling work with homeschooling and entertaining your kids. No matter your...
View ArticleCrows Don’t Collect Shiny Things, Or . . .
Don’t Allow Yourself to Suffer from Nature Deficit Disorder Many of you may have heard that crows like to collect and hoard shiny things; maybe like some people hoard toilet paper? (Wink wink). While...
View ArticleFirst Ever Winter Badwater
From February 21 through Feb 27, 2021, Marshall Ulrich completed the first ever Winter Badwater! He crossed the desert on foot from the Badwater Basin at 282 feet below see level in Death Valley...
View ArticleFire and Ice Badwater 146: Part One
Winter Badwater, Start to Father Crowley “What do you think about when . . .” you cover 146 miles across the desert, and up the tallest mountain in the continental United States? Or when you run across...
View ArticleFire and Ice Badwater: Part Two
Father Crowley to Portal Road Closure After we called a temporary truce with the desert and Badwater Lean at the 3,000 foot elevation sign heading up to Father Crowley Vista I willingly, although not...
View ArticleFire and Ice Badwater 146: Part Three
Beginning of the Ice – Mount Whitney Having completed the “easy” +130-mile part of the Winter Badwater, the cooler (than a Fire crossing) desert portion, Heather drove us back down to Lone Pine and the...
View ArticleFire and Ice: Badwater 146: Part 4
The Crux of the Crossing After another pretty much sleepless night, we awoke at 3:30 a.m. to start the day. I asked Bob how he felt and he replied that he was anxious and ready to go. If we got …...
View ArticleRoute 66 AZ To End ALZ for Mace
On February 26th my wife Heather and I will start our 158-mile trek across the longest continuous section of Historic Route 66 in Arizona, an effort we’ve dubbed: Route 66 AZ To End ALZ, for Mace We’ll...
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