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Guest Post By Lewis (lowercase) Taylor Hi. lc, here. Time for another installment of the Virtual Michigan Bluff Training Camp. LB, GM, Bili and Tapeworm are all at training camp now. They’re staying in Michigan Bluff, at mile 55.7 on the WS course. If you’ve never been to camp, I highly recommend it. Basically, you …
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I know WS polling is AJW‘s specialty, but I figured I’d take a stab at one myself, in Conduct The Juices style. You can vote for at most three of the following 2011 WS predictions until the end of May: Did I miss any?
This is year number ten for me preparing to run Western States. Yes, I only have seven finishes; in 2006 I got injured and couldn’t start, and 2008 we all got rejected because of the fires. Ten years of preparing for one big race means that all the pieces of the training are dialed in …
Ultrarunning Magazine announced the 2010 Ultrarunners of the Year today (see results). Hard not to notice that both the top two men, Geoff Roes and Anton Krupicka, and the top two women, Tracy Garneau and Meghan Arbogast also finished top two, respectively, at Western States 100 last June. Can we conclude that WS was indeed …
Guest Post by AJW It’s time once again to reflect on my year of ultrarunning. 2010 was one of my best years ever: three 100 milers with two victories and a top ten finish at Western States, three other top-five finishes at ultras, a road marathon, and a PR in the mile at historic Hayward …