Badwater 135 champion
Won the women’s race in 25:07:31 and placed sixth overall.
Source-checked athlete record · Updated Aug 18, 2026
Marisa Lizak
Badwater 135 champion and elite 24-hour runner
Marisa Lizak won the 2025 Badwater 135 and has covered 252.280 km in 24 hours, with top-ten finishes at global championships and Spartathlon.
United StatesMarina del Rey, CaliforniaW45–49
The record so far
Marisa Lizak is an American road and track ultrarunner from Marina del Rey, California. Her strongest results combine fast 100-mile splits with high-level 24-hour performances and long point-to-point races.
Lizak won the 2025 Badwater 135 in 25:07:31, placing sixth overall. Later that year she covered 247.190 kilometers to finish seventh among women at the IAU 24-Hour World Championships in Albi.
Her 24-hour best is 252.280 kilometers, achieved in an outright victory at the 2022 Desert Solstice. That performance included a 14:36:09 100-mile split. She also placed second among women at the 2022 Spartathlon and fifth in 2024.
Defining performances
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Seventh at the IAU 24-Hour World Championships
Covered 247.190 kilometers in Albi to place seventh among women.
Desert Solstice outright winner
Led the full field with 252.280 kilometers and recorded a 14:36:09 100-mile split.
Spartathlon runner-up
Placed second among women and eighth overall in 25:34:18.
Performance history
| Date | Event | Performance | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IAU 24-Hour World Championships24-hour road | 247.190 km | 7th woman | View ↗ | |
| Badwater 135135-mile road | 25:07:31 | 1st woman · 6th overall | View ↗ | |
| Desert Solstice24-hour track | 244.756 km | 4th woman · 5th overall | View ↗ | |
| Spartathlon246 km road | 27:27:31 | 5th woman · 18th overall | View ↗ | |
| Desert Solstice24-hour track | 252.280 km | 1st overall | View ↗ | |
| Spartathlon246 km road | 25:34:18 | 2nd woman · 8th overall | View ↗ | |
| Six Days in the Dome — 24 Hour24-hour track | 244.456 km | 1st overall | View ↗ | |
| Desert Solstice24-hour track | 238.311 km | 1st overall | View ↗ |
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