Pre-2011 Western States 100 Story Roundup
June 22, 2011 by Bryon Powell · 9 Comments
[With this year's race in the history books, we've posted a similar collection of post-race 2011 Western States 100 stories.]
While we think we’ve pulled together some great pre-Western States content (see the righthand sidebar) and 
will be interviewing numerous runners over the next few days, many others have written worthwhile stories about the race or interviewed top contenders. Below, we share some of these with you and we encourage you to let iRunFar readers know of additional pre-race stories in the comments. We’ll be updating this article as we learn of other resources.
Before we get started, we’d like to remind you that if you don’t want to miss any of our Western States coverage, you can subscribe via RSS or via email.
Also, if you want to follow along on race day, we’ll be tweeting live from the course all day, so be sure to follow iRunFar on Twitter.
Competitor Pre-Race Blog Posts
- Jez Bragg
- Nick Clark
- Andy Jones-Wilkins (his whole blog is WS-centric of late)
- Aliza Lapierre – Reflecting Back
- Geoff Roes – Where I’m At
- Geoff Roes – My Next Run (Added 6/23)
- Ian Sharman
Competitor Interviews (in alphabetical order)
- Jez Bragg – Mud, Sweat & Tears
- Graham Cooper – A Runner’s Trip
- Lon Freeman – Footfeathers Blog
- Kilian Jornet – Mud, Sweat & Tears
- Kilian Jornet – Salomon Running
- Goeff Roes – Competitor
Race Overviews
- Karl Meltzer’s Odds
- Running Times
- Competitor – Bryon Powell’s Overview of the Western States 100
- Competitor – Men’s Preview
- Competitor – Women’s Preview
- Competitor – Western States 411 or Is It 101
- Runner’s World Trail Heads – Men’s Preview
- Runner’s World Trail Heads – Women’s Preview
- Craig Thorney’s Update Trail Description
- Mud, Sweat & Tears
[Last Updated: June 27, 2:00 p.m. PDT]
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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.
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I think AJW’s whole life becomes WS centric this time of year, not just his blog.
I wasn’t going to say it. ;-)
Will the race be streaming anywhere on the web?
The Western States website, http://www.ws100.com, will have time updates from many aid stations ad video from two or three.
We’ll be providing live updates on Twitter, @iRunFar.
Hey guys – here’s one more: my Q&A with Hal Koerner, which I posted this morning, http://www.therunnerstrip.com/2011/06/ultrarunner-hal-koerner/
and an earlier one with Graham Cooper,
http://www.therunnerstrip.com/2011/05/graham-cooper-interview/
Bryon, go for it Saturday!
Oops… Sorry, Sarah, I’d meant to include your interviews. That’s what happens when I write late at night. I’ve added those links.
Hey Bryon,
I also got some of big Mackey’s thoughts (and Karl Meltzer, for that matter).
http://footfeathers.blogspot.com/2011/06/dave-mackey-interview-quiet-giant-and.html
Have a great run and enjoy it tomorrow!
tim
Thanks for all of the race coverage. Great to see iRunFar at the race! Caught your rep up a Duncan Canyon. You can view race photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/encouragement/sets/72157626927761979/