Canadian high school teacher finishes 13th at Badwater 135
Marylou Corino braved what's known as the world's toughest foot race

The Badwater 135 is known as the world’s toughest foot race.
Canadian Marylou Corino of Georgetown, Ont. finished 13th female and 45th overall on Thursday in a time of 41:28:20.
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The famously difficult race starts at Badwater in Death Valley 85m below sea level (the lowest elevation in North America), taking runners 135 miles (216K) through Death Valley and up Mount Whitney, reaching 2,548m of altitude at its highest point. Temperatures have been known to soar well above 100 F (37 C). The cutoff time is 48 hours, and the average finishing time is 40 hours.
Michele Graglia was the first across the line in 24:51:47 and the winner of the men’s race. First woman was Brenda Guajardo in 28:23:10.
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Corino first ran the race in 2013, back when the race started in the morning. She was the fourth female finisher and 21st overall in the 2013 race, in a time of 33:12:46.
Since 2015, the event has started in the evening to combat high temperatures. She said that 2018 was one of the hottest Badwaters in recent history with temperatures hitting 53 degrees celsius during the day.