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2017 Western States Endurance Run

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Western States is this weekend. The run starts Saturday morning at 5am PDT. The iRunFar website will have pretty good live coverage. Also Andy Jones-Wilkins is a good Twitter follow for live updates.

The #1 story, IMO, is Jim Walmsley's redemption after going off course at mile 93 last year while he was on pace to crush the course record. Story #2 is how stacked the Women's field is going to be.

If you're looking for some good WS-related content leading up to the race, here's an interview of Walmsley from last night:

Also, one up-and-coming runner this year is Chris Mocko. He started a pretty hilarious youtube channel while he was building up mileage for WS. Check out his Mocko Show Youtube Channel and start with his "Hell Week #1" video and work your way through. It's pretty entertaining.

My wife and I will be volunteering at the Foresthill aid station (mile 62) all day, then packing up and heading to the finish line. I'll try to get some good pics of the race and report back here when I can.
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coop-aero-06 said:

My wife and I will be volunteering at the Foresthill aid station (mile 62) all day, then packing up and heading to the finish line. I'll try to get some good pics of the race and report back here when I can.
yes, please.

Only have one friend running this year. He's an *******. second time he's run. He's gotten in on the lottery on year 1 both times he's applied.
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My boss is running
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if you haven't seen this on Walmsley, watch it now:

https://www.outsideonline.com/2193271/jim-walmsleys-wrong-turn-was-catalyst-his-career
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AggieOO said:

if you haven't seen this on Walmsley, watch it now:

https://www.outsideonline.com/2193271/jim-walmsleys-wrong-turn-was-catalyst-his-career

Dang, that was great. He's been on such an amazing run over the last 18 months that it's easy to forget that he's actually human.
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Also, this just dropped today:

AggieOO
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had to watch it in pieces throughout the day, but finally finished it. Gives a great look into Walmsley's attitude after missing that turn. I can't say I'd have handled it that well. I'm sure it was killing him inside, but you could hardly tell. Class act.
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About to leave the office and head over to Foresthill to set up camp and I just saw this:



Unfortunately though, that leaves one of our friends from our running club as #3 on the wait list, and they are officially done taking names off the list.
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Sucks, but I don't think anyone thought the waitlist would even make it this deep.
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Our aid station is set up in Foresthill. Waiting for Walmsley.
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He's absolutely crushing it right now. Only a minute behind last year's pace, and it's much warmer this year.

One of my teammates is bouncing in and out of top 10 on the women's side.
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My boss is bib 245..
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Ragoo said:

My boss is bib 245..

Cool. I'm actually on the mic announcing the runners as they come into Foresthill so if there's like a 1-sentence blurb that you think would be cool to say when he comes through, let me know.

Something like hometown, how many times he's run WS, qualifying race, etc.
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How far out is Walmsley?
coop-aero-06
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Jim should be here any second now. The buzz around here is insane.
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Jim came through a few minutes after 2pm. There was a huge mass of people following him into the aid station with cameras. Then he went into the area that's roped off from spectators and they all just huddled up against the fence getting pictures. I've never seen anything like this at an ultra.
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Here's a video I got from the GoPro.

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Nicole from Dallas is 6th female currently.
coop-aero-06
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She just came through. Looked pretty strong. Apparently the defending champ, Kaci Lickteig, is slowing down a lot right now.
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Walmsley is now in 3rd!
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coop-aero-06 said:

Walmsley is now in 3rd!
did he stop? His splits haven't been updated for 4 hours.
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The Pilot said:

Nicole from Dallas is 6th female currently.


5th now. She's a spectrum teammate.

Walmsley seems to have blown up.
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Ragoo said:

coop-aero-06 said:

Walmsley is now in 3rd!
did he stop? His splits haven't been updated for 4 hours.

No idea. We are are sitting around refreshing twitter.
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Looks like he is done
AggieOO
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Yes, he will drop.
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Yeah, sounds like Jim is dropping out at the river and Cat Bradley is leading the women.
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Also, when Kaci came through Foresthill she had just been passed by a handful of runners and looked (to me at least) like she was fighting back tears. What a crazy day with lots of emotion from everyone.
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Wouldn't count out magda.
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Nicole up to 4th!
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Just gave a high five to bib 245! Houston, TX in the house!
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coop-aero-06 said:

Just gave a high five to bib 245! Houston, TX in the house!
awesome!
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Surprised Jim dropped so early.
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