Weighing in |
Off to the start |
Research subject |
Research Team studies fluid, electrolyte and hormonal balance |
Drawing blood |
Jamie Mieras - podiatry and research assistant |
Jeff Lynn - Medic |
Applying sweat patch |
Lisa helps out |
Good veins - can't miss that one! |
Valmir Nunes from Brazil |
Team Nunes |
Team Bliss (Lisa, Larry, Dave B, Dave H) |
Team Bliss with Glenn (Dori will join us after mile 17) |
Tracy Thomas |
Badwater - 282 feet below sea level |
Lisa Smith-Batchen & Greg Pressler |
Group Photo |
10:00 am starters |
visor up! |
Lisa! |
David Goggins, Tracy Thomas & Greg Pressler |
Valmir Nunes |
Pressler from Portland |
Chris Frost, Lisa & Marshall |
Pressler at the start |
Friends - together again to share the course after 3 years |
The 10:00 start |
Vans & Runners |
Valmir Nunes will win the race and break the course record |
Valmir Nunes |
Go Nunes! SJ |
Valmir Nunes |
Jorge Pacheco |
Chase |
Dean Karnazes & Akos Konya |
Dean & Akos |
DK |
Akos Konya - will come in 2nd place |
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Albert Vallee & David Goggins |
Christian Fatton |
Achim Heukemes & Tim Neckar |
Jamie Donaldson from Colorado |
Jamie Donaldson |
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Chris Frost the "Mayor of Malibou"! |
Charlie Engle - will come in 5th place |
Noora Alidina - will finish 2nd place woman |
Noora Alidina |
Marshall Ulrich - ultrarunner/adventurer extraordinaire |
Marshall Ulrich |
Lisa Bliss |
Whooo! |
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Linda McFadden |
Larry Ham - Crew |
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precision |
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DK - will come in 10th place |
David Goggins - will come in 3rd |
Jamie Donaldson |
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Team Bliss |
Crewing action |
Anticipation |
Charlie Engle |
Tracy Thomas - will finish 3rd |
Noora Alidina |
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Greg Pressler |
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David Goggins |
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Tracy Thomas |
Dave Heckman - Crew, Lisa & Chris sharing joy (again) on the road from Badwater to Whitney |
having a great time |
alone |
Manoel de Jesus Mendes |
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caught peeing! |
Spray. Notice that there are no shadows - overcast and relatively "cool" at 115 degrees F |
Lisa Smith-Batchen |
Pressler |
streamlined crewing. humidity is high. |
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Lisa & Greg |
Repeat : ) |
windy |
Dave Bursler - Crew |
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Lisa S-B |
Pressler having fun |
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baton pass |
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Tracy Thomas |
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Lisa & Dave |
Bursler |
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Tracy |
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Near Furnace Creek |
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Furnace Creek Mile 17 |
DC Lundell |
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Lisa SB and pacer/crew George |
Monica Otero |
Dori Robertson - Crew |
Lisa's weight fluctuated between 3% up and 6% down but was easily corrected each time |
Preparing to pace |
Webcam |
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Ian Parker |
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loving the moments |
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Ian Parker |
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awesome crew |
Tim Kjenstad |
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Sand Dunes |
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Stovepipe Wells Mile 41.9 |
David Balsley |
Lisa Smith-Batchen and Lisa leaped frogged each other many times on the course |
Stovepipe Wells, about 42 miles |
DC Lundell |
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Research stop. Dry clothes, new shoes, blood draw, eating |
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talking to Woofie |
Lisa's research buddy, Jeff Lynn & Andy Jacobson |
sopping wet |
42 miles done, 93 more to go! |
running again, got an 18 mile climb ahead |
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John Radich |
Erhard Weiss |
Peter Meyer |
Larry Ham pacing |
Mark Cockbain |
Annie Monot |
the climb starts |
Greg Pressler |
Lisa S-B |
Nattu Natraj |
Gary Hillard |
up up! |
John Radich |
Climb to Townes Pass |
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Blister Management |
they don't look bad but there are already calluses and blisters deep to those |
made a metatarsal pad to try to unload the balls of the feet |
wet feet - not good. you can see the start of right tibialis anterior tendinitis |
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Panamint Springs Mile 72.3 |
Father Crowley's Mile 80.2 |
5 minute break |
Life is good! |
Larry Ham |
Sunrise |
Day 2. Sun's coming up. |
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Pyro |
power walk? |
blisters are painful |
Beautiful morning light |
More blister management |
43 minute stop |
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Jamie Mieras - podiatry |
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Concerned |
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Lisa does her own blister treatment |
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Metatarsal pads work |
Dr. Megan Dell - Medic |
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leaving Death Valley National Park |
running again |
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Lisa & Dr. Kent Wang - Medic & buddy from residency in Chicago |
Darwin time station Mile 90 |
90 miles, 23 hours. Feeling recharged. |
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Ready to race now |
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focused |
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chasing her shadow |
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Lisa S-B |
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running more |
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Lisa S-B and Leigh |
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Glenn Tachiyama - Crew (who's behind his camera?!) |
look, more runners! Lisa and Glenn in back |
short-sleeved shirt covers up the sun-beaten shoulders |
rolling |
sexy poses after passing runners |
is it HOT out here or what! |
skin and ? |
back to business, got a race to run |
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Scott - Volunteer |
Hmm, some were wondering.... |
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Bliss and Bursler bickering? |
Dori |
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Removing... |
...& replacing... |
...sweat patch... |
...on the... |
...run |
Jeff Lynn - Medic |
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real ginger ale goes down well |
Whitney in the distance |
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Glenn paces into Lone Pine, Jamie Donaldson who lead the race, is just ahead about a mile |
Lone Pine Mile 122 |
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photo credit: Dave Heckman |
moved into first place just after the left turn onto the Portal Road |
Portal Road up Mt. Whitney. The last 13 mile stretch. |
happy |
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the climb starts gradually |
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Is Dave B ordering Lisa to run up the mountain? |
Does Lisa care? |
Hair brush instead |
But...we're all still concerned about holding on to first place |
It ain't over till it's over. Must still focus on getting up the mountain. |
Whitney still seems so far away... |
Dori helps with power walking |
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Dan Dominy Videographer |
Towards Whitney |
Whitney - getting closer? |
the foliage changes with the elevation |
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nighttime vests for the second time as dusk nears |
smile for the camera! |
motivation animation |
up up. |
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nearing the finish |
Moonscape |
First Woman! |
34 hours 33 minutes |
Rockstar! |
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Chris Kostman, Race Director, presents the finisher's medal |
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Team Bliss helped make it happen |
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Can't go yet! Got to get blood drawn again for the research study. |
Fun blood draw? Nothing is painful right now. |
...always something to say... |
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Bursler & Ham |
Tom Triumph |
Cold at the finish line. She will have the crew crank up the heat in the van on the drive back to the hotel in Lone Pine. |