INQUIRER.net: Fil-Am makes running history, finishes 135-mile race

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Fil-Am makes running history, finishes 135-mile race Aug 1st 2013, 00:27 LOS ANGELES—Filipino-American architect Benjamin Gaetos made history this month when he became the first Filipino to ever complete the Badwater Ultramarathon, a grueling 135-mile run described as "the world's toughest race."   Gaetos, 56, finished the 36th edition of the annual invitational foot race on July 15 to 17 from Death Valley to Mt. Whitney with a time of 44 hours, eight minutes and seven seconds.   The Filipino runner is one of only 96 participants from around the world to qualify to probably the planet's most demanding and extreme run where temperatures hit 125 degrees or more.   Gaetos finished 64th among 81 elite athletes--marat... Keep on reading: Fil-Am makes running history, finishes 135-mile race Media files: badwater-ultramarathon-2013.jpg (image/jpeg)

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