8/6/2023 0 Comments Western states trail runI was one of the few people there without designated crew or pacers but I didn't mind, given that there were 24 aid stations over the 100 miles plus 10 places you could leave drop bags. If our weights differ from that at registration by 7% or more we would be pulled from the course on medical grounds (either dehydration or hyponatraemia). The weight thing is good but annoying, they check us regularly throughout the race and if our weight differed by more than 3% up or down of registration weight, we may be asked to wait at an aid station to drink/ eat/ pee until our weight normalised before we can go on. Then followed the medical check where they took our blood pressure, pulse and weight. I spent the Friday morning before race day going through runner registration involving signing the usual liability waivers, picking up a medical card, having a photo and short video clip taken for the webcast and then picking up the free race swag (Mountain Hardwear Pack, calf and arm sleeves, 2 race t shirts, fleece etc - all in all $$$s of free stuff). I guess this was really an experiment in whether I could finish a tough 100 on just cross training and some mental stones. sadly I hadn't run downhill since early February. I recommend doing some running before doing WS and particularly, doing long downhills to get your legs used to being battered by descending. I had never really had trashed quads before but let me tell you it hurts bad. In the race manual it gives 'Trashed Quads' as one of the main reasons for not finishing Western States 100.
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