Marshall Ulrich

Who is Marshall Ulrich?

Marshall Ulrich is an American ultramarathon runner, adventure racer and mountaineer. He holds various distinctions in several sports: he has completed 124 ultra marathons averaging over 100 miles each; has climbed the tallest summit on each continent, a feat known as the seven summits; and has finished 12 expedition-length races in adventure racing.

Arguably most famous for his exploits in the Badwater Ultramarathon across Death Valley, Ulrich has finished the race 18 times and crossed Death Valley a record 24 times, including a 586-mile 'Badwater Quad,' covering the course four times, and a self-contained, unaided solo, in which he pulled all supplies in a cart that weighed more than 200 pounds at the start. He won the Badwater 146-mile race from minus 282 feet to the 14,494-foot summit of Mount Whitney an unprecedented 4 times—and still holds the record to the summit. In the summer of 2012, he and Dave Heckman completed the first-ever trek around the entire perimeter of Death Valley National Park, a total of about 425 miles covered in 16.5 days.

Ulrich has raised over $850,000 for various charities, including the Religious Teachers Filippini, a small order with a major focus on serving children orphaned by AIDS in some of the poorest countries in the world. He provides his services as a speaker, trainer, and guide through Dreams in Action, encouraging others to "discover what you're made of: it's more than you think."