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Marshall Ulrich is an elite extreme endurance athlete, as well as an accomplished speaker, author, trainer, and guide. Ulrich has finished over 125 ultra marathons, climbed the Seven Summits, including Everest, all on first attempts, and has completed 12 expedition-length adventure races. At the age of 57, Ulrich broke two transcontinental speed records when he ran 3,063.2 miles in 52.5 days from San Francisco to New York, about which he wrote his book, “Running on Empty.” A record four-time winner of the Badwater Ultramarathon and still the record holder to the summit of Mount Whitney, Marshall has crossed Death Valley on foot, in July, a record 25 times, including the first-ever self-supported circumnavigation of Death Valley National Park.
On July 4th of 1994 at 6 a.m. Marshall Ulrich of Fort Morgan, Colorado stepped up to a line drawn in the sand at the southern most point of the Death Valley National Monument. In front of him lay 133 miles of road that
would lead him to the northern boundary of the monument. His goal was to be the first person to ever run the length of the Death Valley-perhaps in less than 24 hours.
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Dawn ultimately arrived and soon Marshall passed the 120 mile mark near Mesquite Springs in 25 hours and 13 minutes. Not far beyond this point he turned off onto unpaved Big Pine Road that led to the the Northern Boundary of the Monument. He reached that boundary in 28 hours 1 minute and 7 seconds. A record setting performance for the 133 mile journey from south to north across Death Valley.