Badwater Ultramarathon - Death Valley
Page creator: John Tyszkiewicz
Event: badwater ultramarathon
Event Date: 24th Jul 2006
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20miles into Death Valley (with Marcia)
About my charity : Auditory VerbalUK Auditory VerbalUK
Our results - and our children - speak for themselves! Auditory VerbalUK is the UK's only Centre for Auditory Verbal Therapy. Every day in Britain, two children are born with severe and permanent hearing impairment. This disability will leave many of these children isolated and failing to achieve their educational and social potential. Advances in hearing aid and cochlear implant technology, combined with AVT, enable children to learn how to listen, to understand what they are hearing and to speak for themselves. Please visit www.avuk.org to learn how you can help more children step into the hearing world.
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Donations so far:  £ 4,539.00
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In late July I will be running the 135 mile Badwater Ultra. This invitational race, open to only 90 athletes a year, is recognised amongst utra runners as one of the sternest tests around. The race runs from the lowest to the highest points in the 'mainland' USA.The temperature on the startline at Furnace Creek, 280ft below sea level will be 130F (55C). The finish line is 8,300ft up Mount Whitney and there are miles of baked salt flat and desert as well as two mountain ranges in between. 13,500ft of ascent and 4,700ft of descent will be required during this non stop race.

I am grateful for the support of a local support crew headed up by Marcia Rasmussen - Marcia has a medical background and has worked on Search + Rescue teams as a Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician. She also happens to be hearing impaired and I am delighted to have her and her husband assist me as I raise money for Auditory Verbal UK.

Visit the race website http://www.badwater.com

LATEST NEWS: you may well have seen that I am down as "DQ" (disqualified) under the race results. Unfortunately, at around 90 miles, two of my three crew came down with food poisoning so severe that they were hopitalised - they received 11 litres of IV between them before they were discharged - and after attempting to continue wih only one crew member (two are required under the rules) I was disqualified. I had run a total of 105 miles and it was 0128hrs on Wednesday morning. Suffice it to say that I was less than impressed. I hope that those who have generously sponsored me to date, as well as potential sponsors, will not be put off by the fact that I did not get to chest that tape............ 

 

Display Name Date Amount Tax Bonus  Comment
BJS Cooper 11/09/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Next time find a support team that can keep up!! 
Nigel S 11/09/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Well done! 
hugh ba 07/08/2006 £50.00 n/a  
Richard Foster 03/08/2006 £85.00 n/a  
Kevin and Kerry 02/08/2006 £15.00 n/a A valiant effort, better luck next year! 
Algy Smith-Maxwell 02/08/2006 £50.00 £14.10 Sheer lunacy. Excellent effort. Seriously impressed. 
Larry 31/07/2006 £10.00 £2.82 JT - you are both a nutcase and a legend !! 
John & Marcia Rasmussen 30/07/2006 £10.00 n/a Thanks for being a great runner, from your "sick" California crew. 
Chris & Heather Ross 29/07/2006 £25.00 n/a  
David Singh 28/07/2006 £20.00 £5.64  
Anthony & Sarah Platt 28/07/2006 £50.00 £14.10 What bad luck at the end - but well done! 
Michelle Sanford 26/07/2006 £25.00 n/a Congratulations John! 
GREG HABAY 26/07/2006 £15.00 n/a Good luck JT 
Nic T 25/07/2006 £30.00 n/a GO! GO! GO! (and have a drink of water) 
Brian Cole 25/07/2006 £50.00 £14.10 Hope it is going well! 
Tom Potworowski 25/07/2006 £35.00 n/a  
Martin Scheriau 25/07/2006 £20.00 £5.64 good luck 
ELIZABETH 25/07/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Hooray for number 44! We're cheering for you at AVUK 
Jill 25/07/2006 £5.00 £1.41 Good luck John you nutter! 
Tim 25/07/2006 £30.00 n/a What's left? Everest? Without Oxygen? Very impressive. 
John Brodsky 25/07/2006 £50.00 n/a Good luck JT 
Michael Durning 24/07/2006 £100.00 n/a Hope you made it to the finish line! The world needs more good souls like yourself! 
Catherine Raczynska 24/07/2006 £100.00 £28.21  
Edward Valletta 24/07/2006 £15.00 £4.23 John they just get tougher and tougher - what will you do next? Good luck 
Richard Goad 24/07/2006 £25.00 £7.05 J T I WILL BE WATCHING YOUR PROGRESS 
Pat Anderson 24/07/2006 £50.00 £14.10 Best of luck! 
Elise Hobbs 24/07/2006 £50.00 £14.10 Go for it. My admiration is boundless... 
Karen Corstorphine 24/07/2006 £25.00 £7.05 Good Luck! 
Slotty 24/07/2006 £100.00 £28.21  
John 24/07/2006 £50.00 £14.10 You're bonkers! 
Cathie Herbert 24/07/2006 £10.00 £2.82  
Kenneth Kim 21/07/2006 £50.00 n/a  
Neal Unitt-Jones 21/07/2006 £15.00 £4.23 You are soft in the head. Do it for the team and we will take credit by association. nujjer. 
DAVID BARUCH 21/07/2006 £50.00 n/a  
W. Cheney 21/07/2006 £20.00 n/a Beers on me at the Royal Exchange if you are sticking around in SF after 
Kevin and Deirdre Quinn 21/07/2006 £30.00 £8.46 Good luck for your wonderful effort. 
Kate Dale 21/07/2006 £100.00 £28.21 Such an amazing thing to do for such a fantastic cause - from Kate & Imi Dale 
David Mann 21/07/2006 £50.00 n/a Quite mad! Good Luck, JT, have every confidence you can do it! 
Andrew Short 21/07/2006 £100.00 n/a You're mad but we knew that!  
David Bulteel 21/07/2006 £50.00 £14.10  
Faye Thompson 21/07/2006 £10.00 £2.82 Way to go John. Best of luck. Watch out for rattlesnakes!! 
Stuart 21/07/2006 £10.00 £2.82  
Sam & Emma Evans 21/07/2006 £30.00 £8.46 Good luck and come and see us in Singapore for a rest afterwards.  
Tim Reeve 21/07/2006 £50.00 £14.10 "Begin at the beginning, and go till you come to the end; then stop."-Lewis Carroll  
alanbottomley 20/07/2006 £30.00 n/a This is final affirmation that you truly are nuts! Just kidding, wishing you all the best! 
David Graham 20/07/2006 £50.00 n/a Remember extra batteries for your iPod 
Cashin 20/07/2006 £34.00 n/a Good luck 'ol boy.  
Mum and Dad 19/07/2006 £100.00 £28.21 Anxious but proud!  
Richard Tyszkiewicz 19/07/2006 £40.00 £11.28 Good luck from Richard, Caroline, Ben & Louis. Wear a hat! 
Leanne Baines 18/07/2006 £20.00 £5.64  
Francesca Woolgar 10/07/2006 £5.00 n/a  
steve woolgar 26/06/2006 £20.00 £5.64 way to go, john. a fantastic feat for an excellent charity! 
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