Freeport grad wins ultramarathon

                   
pittsburghlive.com     Jul 17, 2008            

By Bill Beckner Jr. VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH Thursday, July 17, 2008 People often ask Jamie (Rutkoski) Donaldson if she sees mirages when she runs through the desert. "Nope," said the Freeport graduate who lives in Littleton, Colo. "Unfortunately, I have no stories to tell like that. I get so focused on what I'm doing and what's ahead." Donaldson, 33, doesn't need mirages to make her story sound any better. Saying she ran 135 miles in just more than a day's time, in sweltering heat, in the heart of the California desert, will get most people's attention. On Monday and into Tuesday, she conquered the brutal course from Badwater in Death Valley to the near-summit of Mt. Whitney in 26 hours, 51 minutes and 33 seconds to win the Badwater Ultramarathon women's title in record fashion. Donaldson, a math teacher at Sheridan Middle... [read full story]                    

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Things are about to heat up for Utah ultramarathoner

deseretnews.com     Jul 14, 2008          

The doubts only came in the stifling, suffocating heat of the sauna. "The sauna was tough," said Lorie Hutchison, who worked her way up to 45 minutes at a time in the sauna in preparation for what is known as "the world's...                    

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Utahn endures ultramarathon

deseretnews.com     Jul 16, 2008          

Hutchison blows through grueling 135-mile race LONE PINE, Calif. — You don't get to the finish line of a 135-mile race through Death Valley in July in under 32 hours by taking too many breaks. Lorie Hutchison, 44, of Salt Lake...                    

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Littleton's Donaldson the best of Badwater

denverpost.com     Jul 16, 2008          

By Yvette Lanier The Denver Post Jamie Donaldson, a math teacher from Littleton, broke the women's mark set in 2002. Jamie Donaldson beat Death (Valley, that is). The math teacher at Sheridan Middle School in Littleton won the...                    

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Fueling through Death Valley

deseretnews.com     Jul 17, 2008          

It's hard to find your sense of humor when you're running an ultramarathon through Death Valley in July, when the air constantly feels like an oven or hair dryer blowing on you and the pavement is hot enough to melt the bottoms...                    

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