Sam Woodside-Pacing Strangers

06/25/21 • 110 min

We sat down with Sam Woodside who had the distinct pleasure of pacing me from mile 62 to the finish of the Western States 100 endurance run. Sam shares her history with running and how she came to love ultra marathoning. Since 2016 she completed a couple of degrees and continues adventuring. She even shared a "room" with Jim Walmsley.

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Craig Thornley-Race Director Western States 100

I sat down with Craig Thornley whose day job is race directing the Western States 100. Craig has been the race director since 2013 and he shared details and stories that extend beyond just the running part. He has also run the race on several occasions and is one race shy of having run the event ten times. Prior to his RD duties for Western he was a co-founder of the very popular Waldo 100k and he’s also an avid rock climber. At the time of our conversation they were still up in the air about whether or not Western would be a go but if you’re following the race you know its ON!!! You can learn more about Western States at www.wser.org.

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Jill Homer-Adventure Cycling

Jill Homer claims not to be very athletic but her race resume tells a different tale. After a move to Alaska she started a blog to keep her friends updated on her transition to living up north. She then decided to sign up for a 100 mile winter mountain bike race and turned the blog into a training diary. The rest as they say is history. She eventually decided to ride the divide and tackled the longest and hardest mountain bike race in North America. You can read about her adventures at http://www.jilloutside.com/. Learn about the Tour divide here: https://bikepacking.com/event/tour-divide-2021/