Me & Connie at a benefit for Ron who helped us train for WS by driving us up Mt. Spokane many times just so we could run down |
Tropical John, Lisa Henson, Ian Stevens, Lisa, Dave Bursler, & friend |
Pacer Dave Bursler |
David & Lisa and pacer Dave Bursler |
Connie Ridenour's first Western States |
David Bliss, crew extraordinaire ,listens at the pre-race meeting |
Monica Scholz, one of ultrarunning's finest |
Greg Soderlund, RD |
Dean signs his book for a fan |
Glenn Tachiyama, part of Scott Jurek's crew team for the second year |
Sunnyside on Tahoe for the 5th year in a row |
Nick Palazzo , the Badwater "soup" guy & David Bliss |
Olga Varlamova & Maura Schwartz, who will pace her husband Stan |
Wendy O'Neal & Stan Nowakowski |
Energy |
We think this is why Olga did so well! |
Stan helps |
Dave Bursler, Ian Stevens & Lisa race morning |
Stan Jensen. |
I am surprised by Jennie Stenzel at Squaw. |
Spokanites Gunhild Swanson & Lisa |
Dave Bursler will pace me to my best finish, 25:32 |
Michigan Bluff |
picture by Steve Reagen |
Passing over No Hands Bridge. We run almost the entire distance to the finish after this. |
Gunhild & Chris her pacer are right behind us |
off they go for her Age Group record |
David and I at the finish |
Davd and I at the finish |
Finish line labs |
post-run, post-shower |
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The Lisa's |
Leah & Scott Jurek, 7 time consecutive winner of the WSER |
Scott helped me rehab my knee injury this past winter. He kept me positive about running WS. Thanks Scott! |
The beautiful Leah |
Gunhild & Lisa |