Are you a 1980s Western States 100 video junkie? Have you watched all the videos so many times that you can impress your friends by spouting classic lines even while in a food coma on a 50 mile training run? Well, here is your chance to show off your knowledge, or an excuse to go watch the videos again. Below are ten, what I consider classic quotes from Western States videos from the 1980′s. This was the decade that Western States became famous with the normal people. There was prize money. There was the allure and fascination of this crazy run from Squaw Valley to Auburn. There were dolphin shorts. There were mullets. There were six years of mainstream media coverage, beginning in 1982 and 1983 with “Desperate Dreams,” 1985 and 1986 on ABC Wide World of Sports, and then 1988 and 1989 by Golden Gaters Productions, with the last one shown on NBC. Not sure if all of these videos are still available today, but I was fortunate enough to either record most of them myself or get them from friends who recorded them.
Start of 1989 Western States 100 (photo from WS Archives)
So here’s the deal. For each quote in bold, you must identify who said it (first and last name) and the year of the race (and, if you want to be a hero, the location and context).
The contest is open until Tuesday, Jan 20 at noon PST. You can submit answers in up to eleven separate comments (one for each quote and the extra credit) until that time, but only your first submission for each quote stands. You must get the name and year correct on the first try or your answer for that quote is wrong. Each correct answer is worth 5 points. If you are the first to submit the correct answer you get a bonus 5 points for that quote so if you know some of them but have to rewatch the videos for others it would behoove you to submit the ones you know immediately to get the bonus points. You must submit your answers as comments to this post (emails to me will not be accepted), thus everybody else can see your answers and then use them. If there is a tie in points, then the person who submitted answers sooner will win. There is one extra credit quote which is worth 10 points and will go only to the first person who answers it correctly (because I don’t know who said it, but I’m sure some Californian will tell us).
Prizes will be awarded to those that score the most points. These include Sunsweet fruit and limited edition Conduct the Juices t-shirts. I’ll give out stuff commensurate with the number and quality of responses.
If you have no clue who said these but want to comment anyway, go ahead.
Have fun.
- “As the sage Demosthenes Brito once said: Everyday is not the same and that’s alright by me.”
- “They say there are three types of runners at Western States: the survivors, the runners, and the racers. Of that group I’d say that I’m one of the racers.”
- “You betcha I am. I want one of them cougars.”
- “No, I run for me. I run me. I run me hard.”
- “I like to lead the race from the beginning if possible. But, I think it’s much more important to lead the race at the finish. So, that’s my key goal.”
- “I’ve been urinating right down my legs and I think that keeps my feet saturated … maybe I shouldn’t do that anymore.”
- “Well, I’ll tell you. I’ve gone up and down to heaven and hell ten times along the way, and right now I’m coming back up.”
- “Can anyone believe they can run 100 miles? I don’t know … I do it tree to tree.”
- “These little piggies don’t go to the market.” [Don't you have money for another pair of shoes?] “No, you know how us dentists are, we barely know where our next 100,000′s coming from.”
- [You've been smiling since I saw you.] “Well, I like runnin’.”
Extra Credit (10 points to the first person to answer correctly)
“Stay cool, you know that. Stay cool. Don’t blow the wad.”
Answers to Trivia Contest posted here.
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#2, jim king, 1983, desperate dreams video
extra credit, going out on a limb here, Mo Livermore (Mo sproul, back then? or was it Mo bartley) talking to rae clark in the 1983 desperate dreams video)
#5 Jim Howard
#8 Tim Tweitmeyer
I’m still waiting for my quote.
Get out there and train!
AJW
ok, this is a stretch, haven’t seen the video in two years, #4 terri gerber
#10
Chuck Jones
is rae clark doing his krw in the photo above?
hey, twiet. magnum called, he wants his moustache back.
animal print on jim pellon. you know what that means…
btw; the leg pisser was tim ball.
oh. just saw extra credit.
that would be rae clark and repeated by rae clarks bikini clad hottie crew member while walking from the thumb aid station.
monkeyboy wins.
@MonkeyBoy – But what’s her name? And don’t forget to specify the years.
Wrong and wrong!
@segul junker – You are doing very well, SJ.
i don’t feel like i can answer these questions with the proper accuracy unless i have some members of my church standing behind me reading from the scripture while i type this post. that, an unrolling banana’s for me to consume…whole.
“c’mon, jim” (…and VOGUE)
i’m growing the mullet as we speak.
btw; tim ball was 1989 and i’m thinking he was in forest hill.
perhaps the hottie was mo @ the thumb during the chuck jones year.
chuck jones year you ask? that would be 1986. i think he was being interviewed while running between bath road and forest hill aid station.
I’m a little late to this, but I’m going to say number 3 is Bjorg Austrheim-Smith1983. #8 is Ann Trason (I’ll guess 1989). For number 5, I’ll guess Doug Lattimer, 1985. You forgot “Tiger by the tail” and “rubbing liniment” (guess that one’s not really a runner quote).
lc, i have an addition for the ManSpace. We’ll hafta have a session soon. Maybe thursday after huntin? LB?
#5 Jim King 1983
#1 Steve Warshawer 1987? You say this quote a lot LB and I can’t remember if Steve said this.
#7 Bjorg Austrheim-Smith 1983
Oooh, very close, but no cigar. I actually talked to Steve about this quote at Squaw Valley last year. Probably my favorite of all the videos.
Nope.
Steve said this in 1988 instead?
Wrong on #3 and #5
1 Steve Warshawer
2 Jim King
3 Mark Brotherton
4 Teri Gerber
5 Jim Howard
6 He was leading for so long and burned out… what was his name???
7 You got me on this one
8 Ann Trason
9 He was an old guy sitting in a chair when he said it.
10 Chuck Jones
@Keith – Wow. Impressive, Keith. Somebody has watched the videos as much as I have. Put some years with those names and you will vault into the lead. How about the extra credit?
ok lb,
when was the house you stay at for you michigan bluff camp remodeled?
sj
@Craig – Ann’s quote is from 88 I think. Tom O’Connell said #9 was Ross Walzer
Got one right. But Ann is at the finish when she says this (that’s a huge hint especially for Mr realendurance.com)
Yes, yes, Ann’s quote is from ’89.
I copied most of my videos from Tom and Janice’s. But then I went the extra step of putting them on DVD!
How about identifying that offensive line in the photo? I can get most but need help with a few.
Tim Tweitmeyer
unknown
Brian Purcell
Doug Latimer
unknown – Jim Howard?
Steve Warshawer
Rae Clark
unknown
Jim Pellon
unknown
ok, i was wrong about mo talking to rae clark about blowing his wad… she ran that year. (1983)
@Keith – Is that Rodger Daniels between Twiet and Purcell?
sean crom next to rae? that looks like herb tanzer all the way on the end on the pellon side. you can only see his head and part of his bod.
btw; crom was 7th in 1989 with a 17:14.
@MonkeyBoy – It’s not Sean Crom. He was actually to Twiet’s right at the start line which isn’t visible in this photo, but you can see him in the video. Oh, and Crom was 3rd in 1989 but you knew that.
As for the quotes, we still haven’t had anybody identify quote #7 or the extra credit.
@gary wang – Nope, Gary. Ann’s quote was from 1989. She got an IV in 1988 and did not finish. Her quote was aimed at Frank Shorter in the interview after her first win.
#6 is Tim Ball–1989.
7 is Jim Pellon, 83
@Gary wang -correction 85
Where is a good place I can get my hands on these video’s… I know Zombierunner.com has a couple of these… A couple of my running friends raced WS100 in 86,87,88, and 89… One of them is J.D. Fischer. He wrote 100 mile running odyssey . He said he was in one of the “abc” shots… any tips let me know..
ted
@Gary wang – The late Jim Pellon. Kinda sad he’s gone even though I didn’t know him.
@Ted – Yes, zombierunner.com does have the Desperate Dream videos (82 and 83). I don’t have a good source for the 85, 86, 88, and 89 videos. Mine are of poor quality. Would be cool if WS could somehow put them on DVD and sell them.
Yes, Jim was a legend. He run with his heart.
Every few years, Western States would fall on his birthday, which made it kind of special for him. One of the video showed a small segment of his live in LA, where he did the superman thing… He is truely missed by many.
Oh, that is roger next to twiet.
Roger who??
@Ted the legendary -roger daniel, who at age 52, ran 19:25 at ws.
Seans head is above the guy with the blue hat on the left. I should know that as he lived down the road from me.@Craig -
@Grae Van Hooser – Yep. You can barely see his face.
Extra credit: Unfortunately the rest of it didn’t make it on camera, “…’cause, dammit, the money shot comes at Placer.”
Extra Credit (10 points to the first person to answer correctly)
“Stay cool, you know that. Stay cool. Don’t blow the wad.”
My wife on my honeymoon….
the guy behind Purcell is charle savage
extra credit: ok, my answer doesn’t count anymore but i’m going with…
Jacqueline Hansen, 1983, talking to rae clark at devils thumb.
i’m slow but i still enjoy running states. yes, i said “states”. afterall, you run faster if you call it “states” according to L.B., and i’m going with that.
see you all at the big dance…
s.j.
oh, and don’t worry L.B. i wasn’t watching the videos at work to get some of the information to answer the questions… just like i didn’t do any of my power point for the ’06 race…
@seagul junker – Do you mind revealing your source for the extra credit?
@Craig – Bonus! I deserve a prize. A bag of Sunsweet “Flaming Reds”!
when i finally sat down and really thought about it who else could it be…
i mean how could i forget watching a world record marathon in eugene in 1975??? gad, and she had ultra experience too. maybe it was me that took a nap on the street after leaving foresthill…
Jim Pellon was my father.
@Kevin Pellon – I would love to hear about your experiences with your dad and WS. How old are you now? Do you run? Do you go to the race?
I admit it. I googled myself. I found my name on this forum. Who wants to know what??? Cheers, Robin Rossow Dohne
@Robin Rossow Dohne – So was it indeed you who said “Stay cool, you know that. Stay cool. Don’t blow the wad” to Rae Clark at Devil’s Thumb in 1983? One of the best quotes of all the WS videos. Awesome.
YEEEESSSSSS!
Don’t blow the wad!