Congratulations Scott Jurek - Winner, Badwater 2005

Congratulations goes out to Scott Jurek for his 2005 Badwater win. Almost exactly 3 hours ago, he passed the finish line at Mt. Whitney portal, just over 24 1/2 hours after leaving Badwater. I crewed a runner last year that finished in a little over 32 hours, and he was no slacker. For someone to almost break 24 hours for this race is unbelievable (although with Scott, who has won 7 Western States in a row, maybe not so much).

He made it from Lone Pine to the finish line (about 13 miles and 4000 feet) in under 2 hours. It took us over 4 hours to do it last year (I paced my runner on that section).

Oh yea, he won his most recent Western States just over 2 weeks ago

Update: Oops ... too quick of a calculation. It was just under 3 hours up to Whitney portal, not 2 hours. Still ... an impressive time after already traveling 122 miles.