I remember the first time I stood in the pre-race check-in line in Squaw Valley in June of 2001. I met a veteran runner who was more than willing to give this first-time Western States runner advice.  We talked about all sorts of course specific things like the heat and how to stay cool, what …

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The idea was simple. Five of us were to write a series of posts on our respective blogs leading up to Western States. We’d each write about an agreed upon topic and share the links with each other ahead of publishing so we could include them in our own posts. We’d then schedule our posts …

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