Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run June 24-25, 2006 Photo Gallery by lbliss at pbase.com

Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run June 24-25, 2006

The runners thought they were going to face miles of snow in the high country...and they did. What they did not expect was the record 107 degree heat that blanketed the trail from Squaw to Auburn. 50% of runners DNF'd and overall finish times were about 2 hours slower than usual. It was a tough day for everyone and those who did not finish were in the company of some phenomenal runners. I was touched by the perseverence of the runners.

Mary eats	Mary eats with eye contact	Mary eats with whipped cream on nose	Mary eats for the camera
Sunnyside gang	Friday's pre-race dinner	Kristin Jossi eats Hula Pie	David in line for the Friday AM check in
Kristin with the great smile!	Keith Knipling	Scott Jacaway gets his blood pressure measured	Olga Varlamova & Catra
Maura Schwartz & me		Terri Rhodes paints one nail for each WS aid station	Marty Hoffman's box seats for the pre-race meeting (he will finish in 25:25)
Leah Jurek helps at 4am Saturday with the runner number pick up	Scott Jurek M1, 7X consecutive WS100 winner, greets the runners the morning on the race	David gets his number "111" (a number he can't wear upside down!)
David & RD Greg Soderlund	Davd & RD Greg Soderlund	David	David & Scott Jurek
David & Scott Jurek	Bob Lind, MD	Mary Gorski	Mary, Ian Stevens & David
David & me	David & me	Dan Moores, owner of the Auburn Running Store, will finish his first 100-miler in 25:30	Dave Remington pins his number
Royce	Stan Nowakowski	Barry Fisher hands out the numbers	Keith Knipling (will finish in 25:46)
pins his number	Stan	Kristin's crew: Mark, Chris & sister Heather	getting pinned up
Kristin & her crew/pacer	Kari Borka (will finish in 29:07)	Olga gets her number (will finish in 28:25)	Mark Swanson
Olga	positive thoughts reminder	pre-race food....	....eaten by Guess Who?!?
everybody loves Mary	Mike Ashcraft (medical aid captain), Jay Batchen (25:22) & me at Robinson Flat	Bob Lind & me at Michigan Bluff	runner & pacer
David Nieman & the Appalachian State University researchers from Boone, NC & Dr. Jack Bukowski	Runner into Devil's Thumb Aid Station	Chuck Dumke at work	Tim Twietmeyer finishes 25 (20:33) and Nikki Kimball steals first place female (19:25, 3rd overall)
post-race foot soak	ASU Quercetin study	Gordy finishes	tries to spit for the study
	Gordy

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Guest		29-Jun-2006 01:46
Who is that woman who can't stop putting food in her mouth? She seems to turn up whenever there is food in a picture! :)

Guest		28-Jun-2006 05:15
What fun the BEFORE photos show runners having! Now, what about those AFTER photos??? Thanks for sharing the pics and your medical advice. (Stan & Maura)

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