Anything related to California’s Western States Endurance Run
Guest Post by Lewis (lowercase) Taylor Hi. lc, here. I’ll be conducting the juices in Thornley’s absence for the next seven days. In case you haven’t heard, LB, Bili, TW, MB, GM, SLF, et. al., have headed off to the annual Michigan Bluff Training Camp. I’ve been to this camp before. It’s a blast. Basically, …
All you WS runners, tell me you’re as tired as I am. I am one old cooked goose. Actually, it’s been a couple of weeks now. Sleep requirements have skyrocketed (10 hours last night). My easy runs have included bits a walking in between 8-10 minute mile shuffles. My races and workouts have been going …
Guest Post by Greg (Cougarbait) Eyerly Problems are part of the plan. “If you plan to have problems, then when you have problems, problems are part of the plan. “ I said this quote last week. It had nothing to do with ultrarunning, rather I was explaining to the City Manager and Mayor of Cedar …
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As one might expect, since the Western States Endurance Run (WSER) evolved from the Western States Trail Ride (a.k.a. The Tevis Cup ride) – after Gordy Ainsleigh started and finished the 1974 ride without a horse – many of the traditions from the horse race found their way into the run. There’s the 5 a.m. …
Guest Post by Tim Twietmeyer Hey folks, thanks for the insights on the course change question. The reason I ask is not some kind of indictment of Cool or Julie as that was a great event and we need more race directors like Julie willing to pour their heart and soul into race management (she’s …
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