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Answers to WSER Course Trivia Contest Who would have thought the second WS trivia contest would be over within an hour of posting it? Who would have thought that Greg Soderlund, RD, would want a Conduct The Juices t-shirt? And who would have thought that Soderlund would school AJizzleWizzle in WSER course trivia? I mean, …
Last year, before I had my own blog, I wrote a guest post on AJW’s site about my obsession with the Western States 100 (see post). I wrote about my inadvertent inauguration into the event in 1978 while camping down on American Canyon Creek with my brother — how these tired, dirty runners kept coming …
Are you jonesing for a little time on the WS trail like I am? Can’t wait to smell the dust and the manzanita? Well, for those of us that don’t live close to the trail, let’s live vicariously through another trivia contest. If you don’t have a lot of experience on the trail this might …
Soon after starting Conduct the Juices in December 2008, I had this idea. It might be fun, entertaining, unique, and possibly informative, provocative and impactful, to get a group of bloggers together who share a passion for the Western States 100 and synchronously post on different topics leading up to the June 27, 2009 race. …
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You ever wonder why Tim Twietmeyer, the five-time champion with 25 sub-24-hour finishes, including a streak of 15 consecutive top-five finishes, and now president of the board, retired from racing Western States 100 in 2006? Here are the top ten reasons. 10. He ran out of belts for any new silver buckles. 9. So he …