Pre-2011 Western States 100 Story Roundup

[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.

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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 [broken link removed]
• 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 [broken link removed]
• 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 [broken link removed]

[Last Updated: February 20, 2018]