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running coach and two-time Badwater finisher
Running coach and two-time Badwater finisher.
PROFILE
Jimmy Dean Freeman
Guest
FROM Jimmy Dean Freeman
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
What motivates some people to run a 135-mile race from Death Valley to the Whitney Portal The “Badwater 135” ultra-marathon begins Monday night at the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere -- Badwater Basin in Death Valley, some 280 feet below sea level. Then it’s 135 miles through tough terrain -- over two mountain ranges --- before the race ends about halfway up Mount Whitney, at 8,500 feet. It’ll also be about 110 degrees at 8 pm. Jimmy Dean Freeman running theBadwater 135 ultramarathon in Death Valley. (Photo by Gareth Mackay)
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Bookworm
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The Business
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