Anything related to California’s Western States Endurance Run
Last year I was asked by several first time Western States runners in Eugene what they needed to do to prepare for the race and that prompted me to write these thoughts down. If you’re running WS this year for the first time this might help you. If you’ve run it before but bombed then …
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 …
For 2006 course onward updated June 23, 2011 At the suggestion of OD, the one-eyed guy who has a stride that looks like he’s hopping over newts, I recently wrote a detailed description of the Western States Endurance Run course (beginning in 2006). If you’ve never run the race this might help you visualize the …
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 …
My Reflections on “States” This one was fun. Not that my previous four 100 milers weren’t fun, but I have never been able to run as consistently through the full 100 miles. The short story is this. I see a rattlesnake, puke for the first time in about 35 ultras, run Cal St in three …