How to Finish Top 10 at Western States
November 15, 2010 by Bryon Powell · 4 Comments
With the Western States lottery opening over the weekend those who can come up with $370 and enter might be thinking about how to skip the lottery for Western States 2012 if they are so fortunate as to gain a spot in 2011 edition race. It’s easy… just finish top 10 in your gender. Since we like to help you out, we found a man with an on-going streak of six straight top 10 finishes to his name. That’d be Andy Jones-Wilkins. Here are his tips for finishing Top 10 at Western States.
[Note: The delusional reporter has since rescinded any statements regarding himself and top 10 at the 2011 Western States 100.]
Related articles:
- 2009 Western States Field Developing – Updated Oct 22 During the first half of this year there was a ton of chatter about how stacked the field was for the 2008 Western States 100… and then the race was...
- Live Western States 100 Coverage Live 2011 Western States 100 coverage on iRunFar....
- Reflections on the Western States 100 Lottery System Musings on the shortcomings of the current Western States 100 lottery system....
Bryon Powell is the Editor-in-Chief of iRunFar.com, which he founded five years ago. Also the author of Relentless Forward Progress: A Guide to Running Ultramarathons and a contributing editor at Trail Runner magazine, he's quickly approaching 10 years as an ultrarunner and 20 years as a trail runner. These days he calls Park City, Utah and its trails home.
All posts by Bryon Powell
I love Andy’s obvious passion for running and competing at the level that he does at Western States! You have to root for a guy like that!
have never heard him talk before… dude is awesome! AJW has a very contagious drive/passion for the sport!
Jizzle Wizzle is the rizzle dizzle. One of the coolest guys I’ve ever had the pleasure of running with… which is why I’ve paced him at 4 100 milers.