Western States 100
I am told that the Western States 1oo is the Hawaii Ironman equivlant for Endurance Runs. I was told this by my new friend Jerry Armstrong - you may recall me writing about Jerry in a previous BLOG. I met him while doing Ironman Louisville last summer. Jerry’s wife has type 1 diabetes and he created the Run The Coast event -www.runthecoast.com to raise money for the Iron Andy Foundation. Jerry just won a lottery slot into Western States 100 - http://www.ws100.com/ He will run 100 miles in ONE DAY…from Squaw Valley to Auburn, CA. I guess this is just a tune-up for next November when he will run 500 miles from San Francisco to San Diego during the Run The Coast event.
I have yet to determine what my involvement will be for Run The Coast, but I am thinking I would like to ride the distance while Jerry and his friend Jason run…anyone interested in joining me?
Iron Andy
January 13th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
I’m eagerly awaiting the posting of the run schedule. I would love to make the trip to the coast to run with the guys for a few miles.
Great news about Jerry Armstrong getting into Western States. Best wishes to him for a great race.
January 14th, 2010 at 4:21 pm
Thank you for your comment. You can read more about the run on www.runthecoast.com Thanks, Andy Holder
January 15th, 2010 at 3:05 am
Amanda McIntosh works/runs out of the local tri shop here. She won Leadville twice. Amazing. A totally different breed of runner.