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We got a lot of responses to the 1980s WS video trivia contest. Here are the results and the answers. Monkeyboy and Seagul Junker tie for first. lc and Gary Wang tie for third. 1. “As the sage Demosthenes Brito once said: Everyday is not the same and that’s alright by me.” Steve Warshawer 1988. …
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In the spring of 2007 there’s a group of us Western States runners hanging out in Michigan Bluff talking smack like we always do. Who’s gonna kick whose butt in the race. Who’s the fittest. Who’s the fattest. And on and on. Then my friend AJizzleWizzle, a.k.a. AJW, a.k.a. Tan Mitts, a.k.a. Three Names, the …
In politics, they say Social Security is like the electrified third rail on the subway. Nobody wants to touch it because they can only get hurt doing so. In ultrarunning, mandatory volunteerism is a similarly charged subject. How could you argue with something so noble as volunteering. Well, at the risk of electrocuting myself, I’m …
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10. Your crew replaced your Aleve with the other blue pills, and, while it worked as a cooling mechanism, the priapism left little blood for the stomach or leg muscles. 9. You got lost somewhere around Chicken Hawk Rd (sorry lc). 8. You’re old. 7. You couldn’t tell if you were peeing blood or if …
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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 …