Burning Fat at 2011 WS 100

Finish line at #WS100 is an awesome display of human achievement and exhaustion. Wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. That was my tweet a little after 5am on Sunday, after the last 24-hour finisher pushed around the track to cross the line with about 15 seconds to spare before the clock reached 5am.  She got …

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2010 Western States 100 Race Report

“No IV,” I told the medical volunteers at highway 49 as I stumbled into the 93 mile aid station with Ticer at about 11:30pm and tried to balance on the scale.  I didn’t want to disqualify myself by getting an IV even though two liters of saline and an antiemetic sounded really tempting.  With those …

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2009 Western States 100 Race Report

“When you see grown men crying at the finish, you know you’re doing something that is important,” said Western States Board President Tim Twietmeyer at the start of the awards ceremony on Sunday after the 2009 WS 100 Mile Endurance Run.  I imagine it sounds corny or ironic to some that a 100 mile run …

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2007 Western States 100 Race Report

After missing last year due to an injury I got 21 days before the start of the 2006 race, I was determined to get to the starting line of the 2007 race healthy so I could run when Dr Lind fired the shotgun at Squaw Valley. I really wanted to get in the top ten …

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2005 Western States 100 Race Report

Executive Summary: I run my normal conservative pace early and work up to 15th by Michigan Bluff (55 miles) and into 9th just past Green Gate (80 miles). A bad patch between 83-91 miles slows me down and I fall back to 11th before rallying to finish strong in 18:25, a 21 minute PR, in …

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