Ferg Hawke

Fergus Ferg Hawke, born November 16, 1957, in New Westminster, British Columbia, is an international ultra-distance runner who lives in South Surrey, British Columbia. He placed second in the Badwater Ultramarathon twice, in 2004 behind Dean Karnazes by 8 minutes in 27:30:20 and in 2005 behind Scott Jurek by 1:57 in 26:33:00, and his 2005 time is the ninth best in the history of the race. Badwater is a 135 mile ultramarathon through Death Valley in mid-July, finishing 8,300 feet up Mount Whitney. He also holds the second best time by a North American in the Marathon des Sables, 22:51:03 in 2002, and his other results include first place overall at the 1995 Chuckanut Mountain 50 km in Bellingham, Washington.