80 Year-Old Bob Becker’s Badwater 135 Race Report

Name: 80 Year-Old Bob Becker's Badwater 135 Race Report
Uploaded: 2025-07-24T08:09:20-07:00
Channel: Scotty Sandow
Description: Host Scotty Sandow sits down with Bob Becker. As a race director and ultrarunner, Becker recently became the oldest finisher of Badwater 135 at age 80.

Scotty Sandow 07/24/2025

Host Scotty Sandow sits down with Bob Becker. As a race director and ultrarunner, Becker recently became the oldest finisher of Badwater 135 at age 80. But this isn’t the first time Becker has crossed the finish line of a major ultramarathon. As a pillar in the ultrarunning community, Becker talks more about his finish at Badwater, his ultrarunning career and what he has in store for the future.

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Scotty Sandow

Scotty Sandow has over 20 years of experience in the audio production industry. Career highlights include executive producer of a top-rated morning talk show, co-founding an influential ultrarunning podcast, launching the California Department of Public Health’s podcast and co-hosting an award-winning podcast for Placer County, The Placer Life. Scotty also consults with new podcast hosts, sharing his bag of tricks to launch podcasts. He lives in the Sierra Nevada foothills with his family and pet rabbit, Presley. Email: [email protected] Instagram: @go_scotty_go

80 Year-Old Bob Becker’s Badwater 135 Race Report

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