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2025 Gorge Waterfalls 100k & 50k Preview & Fantasy Trail Picks · Let's Talk Trail Running

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SPEAKER_00: Hello, and welcome back to Let's Talk Trail Running.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm your host, Robert Prosser.
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SPEAKER_00: This time I'll be coming to you live from an undisclosed location.
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SPEAKER_00: I am no longer in Colorado Springs.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm on deployment right now.
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SPEAKER_00: So that's going to make things,
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SPEAKER_00: hence why I wasn't able to do a Calamar Sky Race pre-race prediction.
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SPEAKER_00: But on today's episode, I am going to give you my picks.
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SPEAKER_00: It's a little bit too late.
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SPEAKER_00: As I look at it, there's only about eight hours left.
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SPEAKER_00: But I will kind of give you a quick...
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SPEAKER_00: Just probably who I've got picked for my top five.
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SPEAKER_00: But more importantly, I want to talk about Gorge Waterfalls 100K and 50K.
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SPEAKER_00: The 100K will be the U.S.
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SPEAKER_00: long trail qualifier for this year, which is very, very exciting.
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SPEAKER_00: As you would expect,
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it's going to attract quite a robust and dense race list of
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competition for the top
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SPEAKER_00: 10 on both sides.
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SPEAKER_00: I know there's some speculation,
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SPEAKER_00: not speculation,
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SPEAKER_00: but really discussion about Gorge and whether it's like a
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SPEAKER_00: proper world qualifier.
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I think it's really tough to find anything that's mountainous
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or steep this early
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SPEAKER_00: in the season and pick a proper team compared to Europe,
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maybe Spain that has more mountainous races that you can race
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earlier in the season.
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SPEAKER_00: But with that being said, I think it's an awesome race to choose.
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SPEAKER_00: And I think that it having a large race quantity,
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SPEAKER_00: like the number of racers that it can infield,
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SPEAKER_00: that's what I'm trying to go for,
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SPEAKER_00: makes it valuable for
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SPEAKER_00: being a world qualifier.
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SPEAKER_00: So I'm excited to say Gorge.
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SPEAKER_00: I think Gorge has a cool history.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm stoked that Daybreak got the nomination for the world qualifier.
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SPEAKER_00: And yeah, we'll talk about that in a bit.
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SPEAKER_00: In the meantime, yeah, so some housekeeping.
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SPEAKER_00: Big news, like I said, I am currently on deployment.
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SPEAKER_00: So that's going to make things a little different.
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SPEAKER_00: I have one day off and that's what I'm recording this on.
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And I'll probably from the time forward kind of keep recording
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on my days off
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SPEAKER_00: Right now, I don't have my mic.
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SPEAKER_00: So hopefully the audio quality is good and holds up.
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SPEAKER_00: But yeah, that's kind of what's up with me.
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SPEAKER_00: Was in transit.
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SPEAKER_00: That's kind of why I wasn't able to get the Calamaro preview out in time.
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SPEAKER_00: So my apologies for that.
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And just kind of adjusting to some life changes and getting
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used to my first
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SPEAKER_00: deployment and working kind of a night shift and
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SPEAKER_00: And being a night owl, essentially I sleep from like 2 to 10 p.m.
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SPEAKER_00: and then I'm up for the rest of the day.
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SPEAKER_00: So that's definitely a big adjustment for me.
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SPEAKER_00: But yeah, so that's the first thing.
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SPEAKER_00: The second thing is since I last spoke with you guys,
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SPEAKER_00: I got to race the big Alta 28K and Caitlin raced the 50K big Alta.
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SPEAKER_00: I can't say enough things about it.
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SPEAKER_00: I can't speak highly enough about it basically is what I'm trying to say.
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SPEAKER_00: It's a gorgeous race.
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SPEAKER_00: It's a gorgeous time of year.
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SPEAKER_00: The vibes were awesome.
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SPEAKER_00: The people were awesome.
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SPEAKER_00: The racing was awesome.
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SPEAKER_00: It was just a great time.
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SPEAKER_00: Caitlin and Kat,
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SPEAKER_00: which is Caitlin's friend,
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SPEAKER_00: they both did their first 50K race and finished,
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SPEAKER_00: had a great time.
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SPEAKER_00: So I crewed Caitlin.
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SPEAKER_00: I was out there for the 50K.
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SPEAKER_00: But to be honest,
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I didn't see a lot of the lead pack other than just the
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beginning of the race
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because I was kind of working with Caitlin's dad to get to and
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from the different
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SPEAKER_00: crew stations.
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SPEAKER_00: And because he lived so close, we were going back to his house
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um to do some stuff in between seeing caitlin at aid stations
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so i didn't really
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see too much of the lead race i pretty much was just crew and
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caitlin the whole
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time um caitlin and cat as well and then on the sunday was the
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race uh the 28k that
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i raced um and it went it went so so freaking well i was super
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stoked um raced i
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don't really know what i expected i i think i based off last
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year's times i was
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SPEAKER_00: looking um
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SPEAKER_00: to go somewhere around 215.
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SPEAKER_00: And I ended up racing 209 and snuck into 10th place,
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SPEAKER_00: passed somebody maybe with about two to three miles to go.
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And then really just bombed the last couple of downhill miles
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and raced a really awesome race.
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SPEAKER_00: I had such a blast.
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It's the first time I've really felt the advantage of living
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and training at
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SPEAKER_00: altitude in Colorado Springs and then coming to sea level.
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SPEAKER_00: It's the best I've ever felt on climbs.
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SPEAKER_00: And then I just really, really unleashed it on my legs for the descent.
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SPEAKER_00: Um,
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SPEAKER_00: strangely enough,
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SPEAKER_00: it wasn't my quads that were sore is more kind of like the outside of my,
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SPEAKER_00: um,
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SPEAKER_00: like butt or hip,
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SPEAKER_00: like kind of like my glute medius area,
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SPEAKER_00: I guess.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, that was really what was the most sore.
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Um,
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but yeah,
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I mean,
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it was,
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it was an amazing race and I was really stoked.
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SPEAKER_00: I even had some,
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I had one or two segments on the downhills at the end where I
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think I even like had
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SPEAKER_00: one where I was ahead of Eli Hemming,
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SPEAKER_00: who obviously he was racing the 50 K.
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SPEAKER_00: Um,
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SPEAKER_00: but I had some top 10 segments,
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SPEAKER_00: I think like a third and a fifth place or fifth and a seven,
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SPEAKER_00: something like that.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, and I was really, really stoked.
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SPEAKER_00: I had a really, really awesome race.
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SPEAKER_00: It was a blast, um, exceeded every expectation I could have had.
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SPEAKER_00: Um,
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SPEAKER_00: and then the other cool thing too,
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SPEAKER_00: is not only did I race in a 10th place,
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SPEAKER_00: but for the picks on the 28K,
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SPEAKER_00: I got 11th place.
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SPEAKER_00: So I raced and finished 10th place.
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SPEAKER_00: Could have got myself fantasy points.
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SPEAKER_00: If I picked myself, I didn't have that much faith in myself.
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SPEAKER_00: And then, uh, got 11th place on the picks.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, shout out to Travis Longcar.
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SPEAKER_00: I messaged him jokingly saying, do I get an award?
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SPEAKER_00: Uh,
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SPEAKER_00: Um, but then, yeah, it was really cool.
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SPEAKER_00: And,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: he told me to go see harmony for a little,
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SPEAKER_00: a little gift and,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: yeah,
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SPEAKER_00: and got some free trail swag.
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SPEAKER_00: Um,
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SPEAKER_00: and also at the race,
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SPEAKER_00: I was wearing some free trail sleeves and the new free trail race kit,
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SPEAKER_00: the factory race kit,
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SPEAKER_00: both of which highly,
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SPEAKER_00: highly recommend.
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SPEAKER_00: I think the sleeves are back in stock.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, they were awesome.
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SPEAKER_00: And then the factory race kit is super breathable,
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SPEAKER_00: super comfortable and the colors are cool too.
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Um,
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so I wore the more light blue one,
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uh,
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as opposed to like the forest green one.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, and it was awesome for the day.
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SPEAKER_00: So
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, Big Alta, super stoked on that.
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SPEAKER_00: And then on top of that too,
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SPEAKER_00: I snuck into,
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SPEAKER_00: I think I was in second place in the overall points after Big Alta,
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but I think we just had another race recently and that bumped
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me back to third.
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But either way,
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solidly in the top 10,
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yeah,
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Tenerife Blue Trail,
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excuse me.
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And that's another thing too,
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I guess I forgot to talk about Tenerife Blue Trail.
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SPEAKER_00: I wasn't as intrigued by Tenerife.
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SPEAKER_00: I didn't feel like I had much to say.
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SPEAKER_00: I would have liked to talk about Calamaro.
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SPEAKER_00: I feel like I had more to say about Calamaro.
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so yeah that's kind of that's kind of where we're at i'm still
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going to try to
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SPEAKER_00: record and try to get these a week out early so
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um you know this week gorge preview next weekend i'm looking to
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do first golden
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trail series of the year kobe trail looking to do that preview
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and then looking
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forward it'll be canyons uh in madeira on the same weekend and
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then great wall too
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which is a golden trail so i'm thinking that that weekend will
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probably be a
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two-parter i'll do canyons uh in one half and then madeira and
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the great wall in
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SPEAKER_00: the other half
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um so that's kind of what i'm looking forward to um yeah so
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just kind of getting
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used to to being out here um kind of been a change change of
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pace for sure but
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super excited to be back to podcasting and back to recording so
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that's kind of
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where we're at and so real quick i just want to go over i'm
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gonna mention i imagine
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SPEAKER_00: by the time anyone listens to this it'll probably be too little too late
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SPEAKER_00: But I'll kind of mention who I'm looking at for my top five on Calamaro.
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SPEAKER_00: If you get to hear this in time, maybe it helps you.
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SPEAKER_00: If not, then you can just skip over this part.
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SPEAKER_00: So on the men's side,
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SPEAKER_00: top five,
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SPEAKER_00: I'm looking at Luca Delpero for the win,
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SPEAKER_00: Roberto Di Lorenzi for second,
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SPEAKER_00: Alejandro Forcatas for third,
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SPEAKER_00: EUNET for fourth,
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SPEAKER_00: and Lorenzo Rota for fifth.
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SPEAKER_00: On the considerations for men,
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SPEAKER_00: I had Alon Santamaria up there in my top five,
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SPEAKER_00: but he was a scratch.
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SPEAKER_00: And then I would also be on the lookout for Nico Molina.
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SPEAKER_00: I think Morgan Elliott will go somewhere in the five through 10 spot.
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SPEAKER_00: Luis Puigvert, I would also look out for.
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SPEAKER_00: And that's kind of some of my considerations.
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SPEAKER_00: Roberto won the course last year.
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But Lucas seems to just be in really,
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really good shape and really good fitness.
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SPEAKER_00: So.
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um that's kind of my thoughts on that uh race on the women's
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side I've got in one
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through five first place Marta Martinez coming off of her win
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and the Consolados
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del Norte uh Lide I'm not even gonna try to say her last name
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but Lide in second
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place Denise Dragomir in third place Nayara Irigoyen in fourth
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place and Ariadna
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SPEAKER_00: Fennes in fifth place
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SPEAKER_00: Um,
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SPEAKER_00: had Daniela,
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SPEAKER_00: we miss,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: the German athlete,
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SPEAKER_00: Nike,
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SPEAKER_00: um,
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SPEAKER_00: who races a lot of golden trail,
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SPEAKER_00: had her up there in my top five,
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SPEAKER_00: but she was a drop.
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SPEAKER_00: Um,
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SPEAKER_00: and then other people to look out for,
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SPEAKER_00: I think Iris Pesci will be somewhere in the five through 10.
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SPEAKER_00: She's really consistent racer.
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SPEAKER_00: And I'm sure there's got to be some Spanish woman that I'm missing.
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SPEAKER_00: Patricia Pineda potentially.
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SPEAKER_00: That's kind of, yeah, I feel a little bit more decent about those picks.
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SPEAKER_00: I had to guess.
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SPEAKER_00: I think there's going to be a lot of Spanish women in the top five.
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SPEAKER_00: So I think if you've got fewer than three, you're probably incorrect.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, so that's just real quick my Calamar Skyrace picks.
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SPEAKER_00: And moving on to Gorge, I'm going to talk about the 50K first.
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SPEAKER_00: I don't think it's quite as deep.
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SPEAKER_00: And then because, well, it isn't quite as deep because it's not the U.S.
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SPEAKER_00: qualifier.
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So I'm going to talk about the 50K first and then we'll get on
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to the main,
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SPEAKER_00: I might say the main event,
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SPEAKER_00: but we'll get on to the U.S.
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SPEAKER_00: qualifier, which is the 100K.
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SPEAKER_00: So Gorge 50K.
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SPEAKER_00: I put on my daybreak.
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SPEAKER_00: It's in Cascade Lots, Oregon.
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SPEAKER_00: Seems like it can be a really sloppy,
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SPEAKER_00: muddy type of race and just seems like a good time as well.
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Did my first daybreak racing event with Big Alta and I cannot
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speak highly enough
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SPEAKER_00: about Big Alta and also Jeremy Long,
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SPEAKER_00: the co-founder slash owner of Daybreak.
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SPEAKER_00: He was extremely quick to communicate with me.
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I actually initially pulled out a big also 28k because I
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thought I was going to
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SPEAKER_00: have to deploy before I could race,
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SPEAKER_00: be able to race it.
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And then so I pull myself out and then I asked to put myself
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back in and he both
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SPEAKER_00: times responded immediately and got me back in.
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SPEAKER_00: So I thanked him about as quickly as I could.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, but it was really awesome.
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SPEAKER_00: Super responsive, super awesome race organizer and super cool races.
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SPEAKER_00: So with that being said, course 50 K on the women's side.
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Um,
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some people to look out for,
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uh,
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just reading names off the list to begin with.
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SPEAKER_00: So Rachel Lemke,
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SPEAKER_00: Sarah Alaban,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: Christina Randrup,
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SPEAKER_00: Melissa Ostaszewski,
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SPEAKER_00: Taylor Bacon,
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SPEAKER_00: nice last name,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: Chrissy Lofgren,
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SPEAKER_00: Courtney Boucher and Amy Sturgill.
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SPEAKER_00: So that's on the woman's side.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, looking at these 50 K racers,
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SPEAKER_00: The race isn't open to make your picks yet.
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SPEAKER_00: So I haven't per se picked a one through five.
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I'm going to talk about each and then I'll kind of pick them
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off the top of my head
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SPEAKER_00: if I had to guess.
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SPEAKER_00: It's a little bit easier when I can put the picks in,
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SPEAKER_00: but right now,
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just for the sake of time and because this is the only time I
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think I can record
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SPEAKER_00: the podcast in a timely manner,
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SPEAKER_00: I will make my picks,
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SPEAKER_00: but I don't feel like they'll be as ironclad as if we could make them,
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SPEAKER_00: as if they were open to being picked yet on the website.
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Yeah,
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so looking at those names,
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so Rachel Lemke,
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she was in Colorado Springs.
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SPEAKER_00: She's friends with Hannah Allgood, who I run with sometimes.
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SPEAKER_00: Recently moved to Montana, Rachel did.
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And this year she got second at Behind the Rocks,
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30K,
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fourth at Way Too Cool,
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50K.
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SPEAKER_00: Last year got seventh at Gorge, 100K.
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So she has that course familiarity,
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knows the course and has run it before.
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And then,
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although that was 100K,
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I guess,
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and then third the year before.
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And then she's also got fifth place at Run Robert Run and 10th
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at Broken Arrow.
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SPEAKER_00: uh, in her past.
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SPEAKER_00: So definitely no stranger to trail racing,
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SPEAKER_00: originally from the East coast transplant to,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: the West and Colorado Springs.
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SPEAKER_00: And then most recently, I think Bozeman, Montana.
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SPEAKER_00: Next one up,
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SPEAKER_00: Sarah Alaban,
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SPEAKER_00: 19th at Black Canyon this year,
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SPEAKER_00: third at Big Alta 50K in 2024,
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SPEAKER_00: and second at Run Rock 50K in 2023.
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SPEAKER_00: I don't have much to say other than her results.
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SPEAKER_00: First came across her name when she got third at Big Alta.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm curious to see what she can do in this race.
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SPEAKER_00: Next one up is Christina Randrup.
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SPEAKER_00: She's a Brooks athlete.
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SPEAKER_00: She's from the Pacific Northwest.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm pretty sure getting her PhD in something smart and science-y.
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She also came across my radar for the first time when she got
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second at 50K for Big
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SPEAKER_00: Alta last year.
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More recently,
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she's won McDowell 50 miler at the end of last year in Arizona.
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She got third at the Squamish 50 miler last year and third also
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at Gorge 100K last year.
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um she was eighth at lake sonoma 50 miler in 2023 when it was
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the u.s world's team
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qualifier so not her first uh excuse me this is not the u.s
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qualifier that she's
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racing in but um she has raced in a u.s qualifier before next
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one up is melissa
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SPEAKER_00: ostazewski she's a nike athlete um and
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SPEAKER_00: Uh, her and her sister, Sarah do lots of different cool types of racing.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, she's gotten 35th at black Canyon this year.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh,
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last year she won the saddles 50 miler fifth at high lonesome
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100 miler and fifth
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SPEAKER_00: at the Wasatch 100 miler.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, also looking, so, uh, next name on the list, Taylor bacon.
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SPEAKER_00: She got third at run rabbit run 50 miler and first at never summer 60 K.
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SPEAKER_00: So kind of a sleeper pick,
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SPEAKER_00: um,
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SPEAKER_00: The 50-mile for Run Rabbit Run isn't typically as competitive.
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SPEAKER_00: But, yeah, not a bad result at all.
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SPEAKER_00: And with a cool last name like Bacon, I feel like anything is possible.
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SPEAKER_00: Other people to look out for on the women's list, I've got three left.
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SPEAKER_00: Chrissy Lofgren, 7th at Pikes Peak Marathon last year.
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SPEAKER_00: That's all I put.
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SPEAKER_00: And then Courtney Boucher, now we're somewhere 60K 5th in 2024.
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SPEAKER_00: And Quadrac, 25-miler 3rd in 2023.
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SPEAKER_00: Another name, Amy Sturgill.
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SPEAKER_00: She got eighth at the big all at the 28K just recently.
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SPEAKER_00: And then sixth at Marin Ultra Challenge, 50K last year.
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SPEAKER_00: So if I had to look at these 50K and make a top five pick for the women,
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SPEAKER_00: I'd probably go Christina Randrup in first place,
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SPEAKER_00: Sarah Alabin in second,
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SPEAKER_00: Rachel Lemke in third,
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SPEAKER_00: and maybe Chrissy Lofgren in third.
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SPEAKER_00: fourth, and Melissa Ostaszewski in fifth.
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SPEAKER_00: That's my tentative picks for right now.
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On the men's side of the race,
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not a ton of names that I had written down.
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SPEAKER_00: Big ones to stand out are going to be Liam Miro.
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SPEAKER_00: He's the Nike trail athlete, super speedy guy.
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He's gotten,
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let's see,
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second in the 30K last year and then won the 30K the year before.
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SPEAKER_00: Last year, he lost it to Matt Daniels.
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The only thing I have for a question mark for Liam is he's only
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done one at 50K and
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SPEAKER_00: it was Y East and he got fourth.
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SPEAKER_00: to Alex King, Blake Slatton, Grant, and Jeffrey Stern.
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SPEAKER_00: He doesn't have a lot of ultra experience.
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SPEAKER_00: He's super-duper fast.
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He's definitely,
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if I had to guess,
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the most talented runner in the field.
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SPEAKER_00: I think he's got a sub-four minute.
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mile under his belt i'm not exactly sure how fast but he
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doesn't have a ton of 50k
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experience so i think uh he's probably the hands down favorite
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other named cameron
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yeaman uh 15 at 15th at run the rut 50k and 609 which is a
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pretty fast time for
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SPEAKER_00: that course and fifth at black and 60k last year other names matt leanaw
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20th at Canyons 50K last year,
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which was a speedy one,
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and 4th at Never Summer 100K in 23.
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We have a couple of Canadians to look out for,
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Mike Siddick and Marcus Rebe.
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Mike Siddick got 16th at Checkernut this year,
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so that's his most recent race I saw.
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But in his history,
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he's won the Squamish 50-Miler in 2021,
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and he's also won D-Vista in 2019.
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Those are both big,
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excuse me,
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British Columbia races and good markers of some Canadian speed.
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SPEAKER_00: Marcus Ribby is also a fast Canadian.
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SPEAKER_00: He got first at Suamish 50 miler last year in a time,
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SPEAKER_00: I think it was like 719 or seven something.
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Uh,
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it would have been the fastest time,
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but apparently they changed the course.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, but he beat everyone pretty soundly.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh, and that's more competitive race up there.
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SPEAKER_00: He got second at the Quebec mega trail 50 K and a close,
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SPEAKER_00: close battle with Eric LaPuma,
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SPEAKER_00: like less than a minute on a four hour race.
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Um,
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so they were going back and forth and we know Eric LaPuma is a
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fit boy.
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And then he got first a D-Vista 50K and a course record first
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under four hours in
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SPEAKER_00: an event that's been around since 1997.
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SPEAKER_00: When I used to run in Florida,
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SPEAKER_00: the guy,
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SPEAKER_00: one of the guys who got me into ultra running,
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SPEAKER_00: Andy Nickel,
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SPEAKER_00: he told me about D-Vista 50K.
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SPEAKER_00: And it's kind of been a staple there.
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SPEAKER_00: It's been going on since like I mentioned 1997.
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SPEAKER_00: It's had people like Gary Robbins,
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SPEAKER_00: a lot of really good British Columbian runners come through,
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SPEAKER_00: and nobody had ever gone under four hours.
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SPEAKER_00: And he went like 350 and won it last year.
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SPEAKER_00: So I think he's definitely somebody to look out for.
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SPEAKER_00: Other names to include Nick De La Rosa.
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He just raced Chuck and I and got 40th,
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24th at Broken Arrow,
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46K last year.
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SPEAKER_00: And he...
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SPEAKER_00: He's a Barkley finisher.
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SPEAKER_00: And then on top of that, we got David Yausling, my boy from Boise.
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SPEAKER_00: Just wanted to shout him out and wish him luck.
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SPEAKER_00: But I could see him going top 10 in this, honestly, as well.
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SPEAKER_00: So on the men's side, I've had to go.
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SPEAKER_00: I think my first pick would be between Marcus Ribby and Liam Miro.
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SPEAKER_00: Liam's probably faster, but Marcus has better race experience.
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I think I might lean towards Marcus just because the limited
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sample size of Liam
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SPEAKER_00: and a 50K and figuring out fueling and things like that.
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don't know but it is on his home trails I could go I could
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really go either I'll
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probably flip-flop him until the end I'll probably go with race
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experience right
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now so I'll go Marcus in first Liam in second uh and then I'd
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probably go Mike
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Siddick in third and uh Cam Yeaman in fourth and Matt Lena in
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fifth um so that's it
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SPEAKER_00: for the men's
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SPEAKER_00: 50K, like I said, not quite as deep on either side for the gorge, 50K.
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SPEAKER_00: But on the 100K, it is going to be very, very deep.
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SPEAKER_00: So let me pull up my notes for the 100K.
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SPEAKER_00: All right.
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SPEAKER_00: So for the 100K, we're going to start off with the females.
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SPEAKER_00: Just looking through some of the names real quick, we've got...
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SPEAKER_00: Claire Rhodes,
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SPEAKER_00: Michelle Bunke,
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SPEAKER_00: Shea Aquilano,
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SPEAKER_00: Barrett Gray,
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SPEAKER_00: Colleen Sands,
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SPEAKER_00: Jane Mouse,
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SPEAKER_00: Addie Bracey,
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SPEAKER_00: Lauren Puritz,
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SPEAKER_00: Jade Bellsberg,
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SPEAKER_00: Robin Lesch,
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SPEAKER_00: Corinne Chavoy,
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SPEAKER_00: Amy Rusiecki,
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SPEAKER_00: Hannah Rowe,
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SPEAKER_00: and that is everyone that I have on the women's side.
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for the 100k like i said is the one is the long trail qualifier
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for the u.s team
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for the upcoming race this year which is going to take place in
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spain it's going to
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take place um where is it oh i'm blanking i looked to race
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there last year i'll
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think of it uh but it's going to take a place in a very very
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mountainous region of
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spain so that's very very exciting and uh from my understanding
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i think the the
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SPEAKER_00: long course is going to have like
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20k vert in a 50 miler so it is going to be quite impressive um
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with regards to
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that so yes uh top two i think we'll get the the auto bid if
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i'm not mistaken and
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SPEAKER_00: then um i think they also leave spots open for resume i know there's a
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SPEAKER_00: That should be curious.
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But yeah,
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top two,
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I believe,
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go to the US team,
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get an auto qualifier if they are top two.
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SPEAKER_00: So with that being said,
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SPEAKER_00: looking at this female list,
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SPEAKER_00: Claire Rhodes,
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SPEAKER_00: I think we've already established from previous podcasts,
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SPEAKER_00: big,
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SPEAKER_00: big fan of hers.
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SPEAKER_00: North Face athlete from Alaska and just a super consistent up and coming,
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SPEAKER_00: really talented runner.
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SPEAKER_00: And I'm really excited to see.
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SPEAKER_00: I think she's got a very bright future in the sport.
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SPEAKER_00: She's just consistently been getting better and better.
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SPEAKER_00: I just talked about her last or two weeks ago at Chuckanut.
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SPEAKER_00: She got second at Chuckanut.
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SPEAKER_00: And I think I had her either second or third.
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uh in my picks so i wasn't surprised by that at all she got
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second at kodiak 50k
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last year uh run the ruck course record last year second broken
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arrow 46k last year
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and then she's made a world team in austria she doesn't have
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any 100ks under her
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belt though so i'd say that's the only thing working against
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her but the races that
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she's done have been really difficult and a lot of those 50ks
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are much much longer
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SPEAKER_00: than your typical 50k
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SPEAKER_00: So, yeah, I have a lot of faith, even though she's got no 100Ks.
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SPEAKER_00: And then her partner,
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SPEAKER_00: Tracy Knopp,
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SPEAKER_00: who we'll talk about later,
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SPEAKER_00: has raced 50K,
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SPEAKER_00: excuse me,
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SPEAKER_00: 100Ks,
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SPEAKER_00: and she's crewed them.
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So I imagine he has lots of good advice for her and that she
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will do plenty well.
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SPEAKER_00: Looking at next name on the list,
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SPEAKER_00: Michelle Bunke won Kodiak 100K last year and Mount Hood 50-miler as well.
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SPEAKER_00: She got 13th at CCC in 2023 and raced Gorge in 2022 to 7th place.
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And it looks like she's sponsored by Speedland,
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or at least that's what her page says.
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SPEAKER_00: Shea Aquilano is in... This next one I'll talk about.
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So she just is coming off a sixth at Black Canyon this year in
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an awesome time.
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She had a previous sixth,
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and this year it was 15 minutes faster than her previous sixth place.
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SPEAKER_00: I think she was around like 8.53, if I'm not mistaken.
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SPEAKER_00: I feel like this course really suits her.
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SPEAKER_00: She's kind of good at... She runs a lot of 100Ks, honestly, longer stuff.
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SPEAKER_00: Depending on how sloppy...
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SPEAKER_00: the course gets based off the reins,
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SPEAKER_00: that might work to her disadvantage,
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SPEAKER_00: but also has 11th at Canyons 100K last year,
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SPEAKER_00: and she made the US team in 2023,
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SPEAKER_00: so she'll be looking to be a repeat
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SPEAKER_00: U.S.
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SPEAKER_00: team member for the long trail.
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Barrett Gray's next one on the list,
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she got third at Run Rabbit Run 100 last year.
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SPEAKER_00: I think she beat out Leah Yangling, if I'm not mistaken.
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SPEAKER_00: Eighth at Broken Arrow, 46K, and she minded DNF'd at Chuckanut.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm pretty sure we talked about her at Chuckanut,
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SPEAKER_00: and I didn't see her name on the finish list,
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SPEAKER_00: but it's tough because Chuckanut doesn't get reported on Ultra Signup.
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Well,
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it sometimes gets reported on Ultra Signup,
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but it doesn't get reported on UTMB,
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and then
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SPEAKER_00: Sometimes I have to go dig in ultrarunning.com results.
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SPEAKER_00: And also a recent Brooks athlete for Bear Gray.
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SPEAKER_00: Next one on the list is Colleen Sands.
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SPEAKER_00: She's a New Englander from New Hampshire with some pretty good results.
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SPEAKER_00: She won Bandera 100K last year and was second at Vermont 100K.
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SPEAKER_00: And she also races some of those like Sun to Peace Scramble type events.
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SPEAKER_00: So somebody to look out for there.
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SPEAKER_00: Could be a sleeper pick.
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SPEAKER_00: Jane Moss is the next one I want to talk about.
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SPEAKER_00: She is a La Sportiva athlete,
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SPEAKER_00: second at Javalino 100K last year to,
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SPEAKER_00: blanking on the name,
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SPEAKER_00: Flowers,
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SPEAKER_00: I want to say,
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SPEAKER_00: from Colorado Springs.
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SPEAKER_00: A very speedy woman that Hannah says is very speedy.
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SPEAKER_00: Um,
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and then she also got second at Never Summer 100K last year and
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seventh at Broken
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SPEAKER_00: Arrow 46K in 2022.
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SPEAKER_00: She also won a Quad Rock 50 in 2022.
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SPEAKER_00: So Jane Moss, uh, I haven't been too familiar with her.
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SPEAKER_00: I think mainly just cause I haven't seen her race as much recently.
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SPEAKER_00: Um,
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SPEAKER_00: but it seems like she's been in the sport for a long time,
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SPEAKER_00: um,
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SPEAKER_00: and has a lot of Sportiva sponsorship,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: and has some good results under her name.
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uh addy bracy's next one on the list she's made from my
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understanding i think
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multiple u.s teams um and then i know we talked about her
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earlier in the year i
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feel like her name was on the start list for b for black canyon
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but she didn't have
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a finish um i don't need to talk too much about her results
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she's a nike athlete
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she's been in the sport for a long time i feel like there's not
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a lot of stuff
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recently that favors her but she has been a very very good
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athlete for a very long
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SPEAKER_00: time so
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SPEAKER_00: Next one to look out for,
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SPEAKER_00: Lauren Puritz,
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SPEAKER_00: eighth at Black Canyon,
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although she did mention that she's dealing with some injury
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stuff coming off of
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SPEAKER_00: Black Canyon.
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SPEAKER_00: Third at Javelina 100 miler last year just out of the golden ticket,
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SPEAKER_00: and then she did get a golden ticket the year before at Black Canyon.
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SPEAKER_00: So what's the third place finish?
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Next one,
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and somebody I think definitely to look out for is Jade Bellsberg.
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SPEAKER_00: She is coming off the win at Chuckanut, and she likes to race U.S.
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SPEAKER_00: qualifiers just for the competition.
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SPEAKER_00: I think that this race is right in her wheelhouse.
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SPEAKER_00: She'll be coming down from Canada with her partner,
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SPEAKER_00: Nicodemus De La Rosa,
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SPEAKER_00: and I think that she is going to have
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SPEAKER_00: a good race.
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SPEAKER_00: I think that even though she can't qualify for the team,
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SPEAKER_00: I could see her being in the top three,
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SPEAKER_00: maybe even that top two qualifying spot.
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So I could potentially see the US spot rolling down to third
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place because Jade
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SPEAKER_00: could have finished in those top three,
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SPEAKER_00: honestly.
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SPEAKER_00: Next person on the list to look out for,
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SPEAKER_00: and somebody that I'm excited and I think is kind of a sleeper pick,
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SPEAKER_00: maybe not as well known,
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SPEAKER_00: is Robin Lesch.
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SPEAKER_00: She has a lot of international racing under her belt.
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SPEAKER_00: She's sponsored by Vibram.
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And she just has quietly kind of been getting better and better
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and racking up some really,
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SPEAKER_00: really good results.
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SPEAKER_00: She got a third at Black Canyon 50K this year, so in a speedy field.
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And then she got third at JFK last year,
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just behind the two women that won the course record.
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SPEAKER_00: Rachel
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rachel drake excuse me and mary denholm and then uh she won
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spigo 28k last year and
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sixth then speedy canyons 50k last year as well with a lot of
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fast women up there
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she also raced tara where 50k got third and keontae 50k got
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sixth and a sky race or
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two i think she had like meet the minotaur or something like
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that um and had a top
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five result so she's super versatile she can run the fat flask
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fat stuff like
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SPEAKER_00: excuse me
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SPEAKER_00: Fast,
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SPEAKER_00: flat stuff like JFK,
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SPEAKER_00: third at JFK,
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SPEAKER_00: and she can run the really mountainous stuff,
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SPEAKER_00: wanting speed to go 28K or getting top five in a sky race or,
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SPEAKER_00: yeah,
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SPEAKER_00: things like that.
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SPEAKER_00: So I think she's a really versatile athlete,
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SPEAKER_00: and I feel like she could have a really good day out here.
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SPEAKER_00: Other people to look out for,
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SPEAKER_00: Corinne Chalvoy is a AeroVipa athlete,
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SPEAKER_00: has her own podcast,
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SPEAKER_00: pretty involved with AeroVipa commentating.
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She got seventh at Black Canyon 50K this year and 12th at Black
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Canyon 100K last year.
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SPEAKER_00: And then Amy Rusiecki, she is the race director of Vermont 100.
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She races more 100 mile races and things like that,
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but just wanted to shout her out.
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SPEAKER_00: No social media profile, but just from some searching.
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found out that she is the race director of vermont 100 a
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beloved and classic event
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vermont and a few other vermont trail races she's also an
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engineer and maybe
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SPEAKER_00: related or married to brian rusiecki who
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SPEAKER_00: who is a New England crusher who has a lot of really,
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SPEAKER_00: really good times at 100 milers and 100 k's in the New England area.
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SPEAKER_00: Last one to look out for is Hannah Rowe.
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SPEAKER_00: She got fifth at Loon Mountain last year, which was some type of U.S.
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SPEAKER_00: qualifier.
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SPEAKER_00: I don't know if it was for the team that got sent to Italy,
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SPEAKER_00: but she was just three minutes behind Lauren Gregory.
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SPEAKER_00: This was like a 53-minute race,
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SPEAKER_00: so Lauren Gregory went like 53 and changed,
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SPEAKER_00: and she went like 56.
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It was only a minute and a half behind Rachel Tomaszczyk,
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however you say it.
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And she also beat some really good names,
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Haley Hafferman and Casey Enman.
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Haley Hafferman,
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I think,
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did really good in the VK at Broken Arrow last year.
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SPEAKER_00: And then Casey Enman is a New England crusher,
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SPEAKER_00: I think,
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SPEAKER_00: from Vermont or New Hampshire,
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SPEAKER_00: who is often winning races up there.
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So that's kind of the preview for the female 100K on the Gorge
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side for this U.S.
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SPEAKER_00: qualifier.
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SPEAKER_00: If I had to take a stab at the top five and for my picks,
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SPEAKER_00: I would probably have to go with Claire Rhodes in first,
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SPEAKER_00: Jade Bellsberg in second,
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SPEAKER_00: Robin Lesch in third place,
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SPEAKER_00: Shea Aquilano in fourth,
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SPEAKER_00: and then maybe Jane Mouse in fifth,
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SPEAKER_00: potentially Lauren Puritz.
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SPEAKER_00: So something along those lines.
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SPEAKER_00: I could also see Shea going top three as well.
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SPEAKER_00: And honestly,
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SPEAKER_00: Michelle Bunke,
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SPEAKER_00: I don't know much about her,
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but her results lead me to think that she could do pretty good
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in this race as well.
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SPEAKER_00: So she also knows the course.
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SPEAKER_00: So that's kind of my tentative picks.
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I think that Claire and Claire Rhodes and Jade Bellsberg are
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locks for top five and
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SPEAKER_00: for getting some points.
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I think Shea will pretty confidently be in the three through
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sixth area and might
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SPEAKER_00: even get that second spot.
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SPEAKER_00: And then I think...
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SPEAKER_00: I think if I had to put bats on anything, that's what I'd put bats on.
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SPEAKER_00: So those are my picks for Gorge 100K female side.
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SPEAKER_00: And then on the men's side, I just need to check my battery.
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SPEAKER_00: Okay, sweet.
28:14
SPEAKER_00: We're not going to die.
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SPEAKER_00: On the men's side, just looking at some names in the list.
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SPEAKER_00: So Nick Handel,
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SPEAKER_00: Adam Loomis,
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SPEAKER_00: Blake Slatt and Grant,
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SPEAKER_00: Ryan Miller,
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SPEAKER_00: Ryan Sullivan,
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SPEAKER_00: Adam Peterman,
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SPEAKER_00: Darren Thomas,
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SPEAKER_00: Tracen Knopp,
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SPEAKER_00: Josh Park,
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SPEAKER_00: John Ray,
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SPEAKER_00: Jeff Colt,
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SPEAKER_00: Andrew Reilersdom,
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Matt Seidel,
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Dylan Humberger,
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Alex King,
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Dan Button,
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Jeff Burns,
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and Aaron Slaback.
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SPEAKER_00: If I had to...
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SPEAKER_00: Okay,
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SPEAKER_00: so talking about some of these gentlemen...
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SPEAKER_00: Sorry,
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I had to pull up results for one more person who I didn't have
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pulled up yet.
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SPEAKER_00: So talking about some of these gentlemen.
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SPEAKER_00: So from the top, Nick Handel, no races so far this year, but he has won.
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SPEAKER_00: The more I'm looking at his results, the more impressed I am with him.
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SPEAKER_00: Last year, he won Quad Dipsy.
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He has multiple wins at Quad Dipsy,
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and he won Big All to 28K in his inaugural year.
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SPEAKER_00: He also got 13th at OCC last year and 11th the year before,
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SPEAKER_00: so he's really good on the world stage,
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SPEAKER_00: just outside of that top 10 for the 50K,
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SPEAKER_00: essentially the 50K world champs.
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SPEAKER_00: Only 100K was the DNF at CCC in 2022,
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SPEAKER_00: but he races super competitive events,
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SPEAKER_00: and he does not really miss or DNF from what I can tell.
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SPEAKER_00: The only one I could find was CCC DNF.
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He's got many top fives at Spigo and Broken Arrow,
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Quad Dipsy,
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and Canyons.
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SPEAKER_00: I think that he is a very consistent and very dialed athlete,
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SPEAKER_00: and I'd be hard-pressed to have him outside of your top five.
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SPEAKER_00: So that's Nick Handel.
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SPEAKER_00: Next one on the list, Adam Loomis.
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SPEAKER_00: He's a DNA fit guy.
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SPEAKER_00: Um,
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SPEAKER_00: also somebody that the more I look at his results,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: the more impressed I am with him does not DNF and really doesn't miss.
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I think he had like a 20th place in one of his races,
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uh,
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in the past two or three years.
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SPEAKER_00: But, um, other than that, he won Gorge 100K last year, very soundly.
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SPEAKER_00: So he's got that course familiarity.
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SPEAKER_00: I think it's a huge advantage out here in Gorge.
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SPEAKER_00: He knows where to push and where,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: he wants to make moves and kind of what effort to run it at.
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SPEAKER_00: He also got second at run rabbit run last year.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, so got that, let's see, maybe $10,000 a
30:24
prize person want to save for second place at run rabbit run he
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also won cheshire's 100 game
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Fifth at Meet the Minotaur Sky Race,
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which is a Skyrunning World Series event.
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SPEAKER_00: So he's got some really good versatility,
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SPEAKER_00: you know,
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SPEAKER_00: Gorge being a flatter and faster,
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SPEAKER_00: maybe a little bit,
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SPEAKER_00: but not as technical,
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SPEAKER_00: 100K.
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SPEAKER_00: And then Meet the Minotaur is like a super technical Sky Race.
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So he's got tons of versatility,
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and I think that he will be pretty dialed as well.
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SPEAKER_00: He's,
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SPEAKER_00: yeah,
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SPEAKER_00: he's also got previous results,
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SPEAKER_00: top five at Speedgoat,
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SPEAKER_00: and I think eighth place as well.
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SPEAKER_00: He's really good and known as more of like a mountainous guy,
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but Gorge gave me some pretty good confidence that he can also
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win this type of
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SPEAKER_00: race because,
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SPEAKER_00: I mean,
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SPEAKER_00: he already has one Gorge.
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SPEAKER_00: He's a big Schemo guy as well,
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SPEAKER_00: so I imagine his endurance will really be there,
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SPEAKER_00: and it's just a matter of how much running he's been doing to get ready.
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SPEAKER_00: He's also from the Salt Lake City area, if I'm not mistaken.
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SPEAKER_00: So that's Adam Loomis.
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SPEAKER_00: Next on the list is going to be Blake Slattengren,
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SPEAKER_00: Brooks guy from Seattle,
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SPEAKER_00: Washington,
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SPEAKER_00: if I'm not mistaken.
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Ninth at Black Canyon 100K in a sprint finish this year with
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Canyon Woodward.
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SPEAKER_00: He lost by two freaking seconds.
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SPEAKER_00: He got 11th at Western last year.
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SPEAKER_00: He was the bridesmaid,
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SPEAKER_00: also was in a sprint finish trying to catch up with Chris Myers,
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SPEAKER_00: and I think he just ran out of.
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SPEAKER_00: ran out of real estate.
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SPEAKER_00: I think he was within 10 or 15 seconds behind him.
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SPEAKER_00: So 11 plays out Western.
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SPEAKER_00: Seems like he wants to get back based off a lot of the racing he does.
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SPEAKER_00: He gets second at Gorge 100K in 2023.
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And quick piece of trivia,
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does anyone know who beat him at Gorge 100K in 2023?
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SPEAKER_00: I'll give you a hint and some time to think about it.
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This person just raced recently in a golden ticket race and got
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a golden ticket.
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SPEAKER_00: And this person...
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blew up the world last year when they won a certain UTMB race
32:13
and were basically
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SPEAKER_00: unknown until then.
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SPEAKER_00: That, of course, would be Vincent Bouillard.
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SPEAKER_00: He got second.
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So Blake Slatengren got second at Gorge 100K in 2023,
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only to Vincent Bouillard.
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SPEAKER_00: I think he was about 10 minutes behind him.
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And then other results from Blake,
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second at Havalina 100K,
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or excuse me,
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100 miler in 2023.
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SPEAKER_00: That's what got him his golden ticket.
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And he got fourth at Havalina last year,
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presumably also going back for that golden ticket.
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SPEAKER_00: Next one on the list is going to be Ryan Miller.
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SPEAKER_00: I think he's been sponsored by Nike in the past.
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He hasn't raced a lot in the past two years,
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or at least,
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let's see,
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2024.
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SPEAKER_00: Hellbender, 100-miler.
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Yeah,
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he's kind of a speedy guy who has raced and won a lot of flat,
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fast race type of stuff.
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SPEAKER_00: Last year, he did Timelpie Headlands 50K and got fifth place.
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SPEAKER_00: He did the 100K Mad City.
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SPEAKER_00: I think that was a U.S.
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SPEAKER_00: road qualifier.
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SPEAKER_00: He got 647 and got second place for that.
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SPEAKER_00: And then previously,
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SPEAKER_00: he's won the Kauai 50-miler,
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SPEAKER_00: which was only around for one year,
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SPEAKER_00: but I think he got a $10,000 or $15,000 prize purse for that.
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SPEAKER_00: And then he's raced some of these.
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SPEAKER_00: He's raced Gorge before 50K, though, and he got first place.
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And then he's won Bandera as well in 2021,
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back when it was still a golden ticket race.
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SPEAKER_00: So a little bit of course familiarity,
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but doesn't tend to do quite as good at these 100Ks as he does
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at like 50K type of stuff.
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SPEAKER_00: So curious to see how he will do.
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SPEAKER_00: That's Ryan Miller.
33:47
SPEAKER_00: Next one on the list, Battle of the Ryans.
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SPEAKER_00: We got Ryan Sullivan.
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SPEAKER_00: I think I've already established I'm a pretty dang big fan of this guy.
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I think he's only sponsored by Aravipa,
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but hopefully that changes if that's what he wants.
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SPEAKER_00: So this year, I just talked about him earlier at Chuckanut.
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SPEAKER_00: He did go top five.
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SPEAKER_00: He got fifth place at Chuckanut this year,
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SPEAKER_00: and I think I had him in second or third,
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SPEAKER_00: so not too far off.
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SPEAKER_00: He's coming off a 108 half marathon at Mesa this February,
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SPEAKER_00: which is like a 512 pace or something like that.
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SPEAKER_00: And then he got second at JFK last year in the sixth fastest time ever.
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SPEAKER_00: I had to go look that up.
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SPEAKER_00: And then he also went off to the world team in 2023 at Lake Sonoma 15.
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SPEAKER_00: He got seventh, fourth at Leadville last year too.
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SPEAKER_00: Just a big fan.
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SPEAKER_00: Seems like a really, really nice guy.
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And I think he could definitely be a sleeper pick,
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somebody that might surprise some people.
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SPEAKER_00: Next one, super excited to talk about the return of the Peter God.
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SPEAKER_00: That is Adam Peterman, of course, Hoka athlete,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: lives in Missoula,
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SPEAKER_00: Montana,
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SPEAKER_00: um,
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SPEAKER_00: raced at CU Boulder,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: and just all around world's nicest guy,
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SPEAKER_00: huge fan,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
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SPEAKER_00: super humble,
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SPEAKER_00: super nice,
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SPEAKER_00: super kind.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh,
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SPEAKER_00: so two years ago,
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SPEAKER_00: you know,
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had a year that was essentially a no-go because of an injury
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that he had in early February.
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I think I just like some local Missoula race that he said he
35:07
was trying to
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break the course record out that had stood forever and that he
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tried a couple cracks at.
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SPEAKER_00: But anyways, what do you need to say about Adam Peterman?
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SPEAKER_00: Hopefully not that much.
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SPEAKER_00: This dude has won Western States, his first and only try.
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SPEAKER_00: Canyons, his first and only try.
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SPEAKER_00: 100K, that is.
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SPEAKER_00: He's the world long trail champion from the Thailand year.
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He's also the people's champ,
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you know,
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so he's basically won everything,
35:31
including our hearts.
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SPEAKER_00: He had what I thought was a light year of racing last year.
35:36
SPEAKER_00: But now that I look at it more,
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SPEAKER_00: I think it actually was a pretty decent and pretty smart year of racing.
35:42
I think we all were a little bit surprised when he came out at
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Canyons and got 13th.
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SPEAKER_00: He was up there with a lead pack,
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SPEAKER_00: putting his nose in it for a while,
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SPEAKER_00: and then he just kind of blew up and went to the pain cave,
35:52
SPEAKER_00: I think,
35:52
SPEAKER_00: or the box or something like that is what he said.
35:56
SPEAKER_00: But bouncing back from that year, he actually had a really good year.
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SPEAKER_00: Not Peter God-esque, but a really good year.
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If you put this on anyone else's result page,
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you'd be like,
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damn,
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that was a really good year.
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SPEAKER_00: He got third at CCC behind Hayden and
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SPEAKER_00: Maybe Peter Frano, I want to say.
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SPEAKER_00: Definitely behind Hayden.
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SPEAKER_00: So third at CCC, fifth at Speed Goat.
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SPEAKER_00: Wasn't quite the day I thought he'd have out there.
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SPEAKER_00: I thought he'd go a little bit higher.
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SPEAKER_00: And then he also got third at Broken Arrow,
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SPEAKER_00: 46K,
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SPEAKER_00: just behind David Sinclair,
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SPEAKER_00: who dominated the world last year.
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SPEAKER_00: And then Jeff Mogovero, his close buddy.
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SPEAKER_00: He only beat him by like a minute or so.
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Actually,
36:35
a good year for Peterman,
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but not the Peter God that we're used to.
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SPEAKER_00: Super curious how this will play into his year of,
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SPEAKER_00: well,
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SPEAKER_00: he's going to race Western States,
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SPEAKER_00: first of all.
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And then second of all,
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he could be going into a Western and Worlds double.
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And if we recall correctly,
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the last year he did that,
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he won both Western and Worlds.
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SPEAKER_00: So that would be pretty epic if he did it yet again.
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And I think he got Ultron of the Year that year from Ultroning Mag,
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if not mistaken.
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SPEAKER_00: So, yeah, and that might have even been before...
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trail runner of the year was the thing with uh with free trail
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but i could be wrong
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um or maybe he went top three and killing beat him that year so
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um next one list
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darren thomas he's coming off second at the big alta 28k he
37:24
smoked me pretty good
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uh he was second only to a very very fit and very very fast
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andy wacker who just
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SPEAKER_00: came off like a stupidly fast gate river 15k um
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um and ran like a sub 28 10k within the middle of that race so
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uh not within the
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middle of big also but middle of gate river so um yeah darren
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thomas he's been in
37:46
this war for a long time he's really versatile he can win short
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and fast stuff he
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can win long stuff he's raced kind of a range of everything so
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uh he also got 13
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SPEAKER_00: that black canyon 100k this year um so
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uh race black canyon and then last year he was fifth at pikes
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peak marathon but it
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was a shortened course a super weird uh thing that not a lot of
38:04
people were ready
38:04
for it basically ended up just being a half marathon
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essentially became bar trail
38:08
race which kind of went up and down and bombed it uh he got
38:11
11th at broken arrow
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23k and 10th of the vk last year um so it doesn't sound that
38:15
great but when you
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consider broken arrow was so so so stacked and was was it a
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golden trail it was
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SPEAKER_00: like a golden trail and vile seer world cup race so
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SPEAKER_00: and then 10th in the VK,
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SPEAKER_00: and then he won Silver State 50K,
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SPEAKER_00: only time David Sinclair got beat last year.
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SPEAKER_00: Pretty crazy.
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SPEAKER_00: And then he's got – Darren Thomas just has lots of ultra experience,
38:37
SPEAKER_00: and I'm not sure if he's made a U.S.
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SPEAKER_00: team or not, so I'm curious to see.
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SPEAKER_00: Next on the list is going to be Trace and Knopp,
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SPEAKER_00: also from Alaska,
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SPEAKER_00: also coming off 4th at Chuckanut,
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SPEAKER_00: 4th at JFK last year,
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SPEAKER_00: 13th at Broken Arrow,
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SPEAKER_00: and 6th at Black Cannon 100K last year.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, he was second at UTMB Port of Arts at 100k in 2023.
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So,
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um,
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Tracian is somebody who I think could do really well on this
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type of course.
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SPEAKER_00: He's a very good and consistent 100k racer.
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SPEAKER_00: I think he's only dropped like one or maybe he hasn't dropped 100k yet.
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Um,
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and with that being said,
39:10
I think that this type of course is going to favor him.
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SPEAKER_00: training in Alaska,
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SPEAKER_00: living in Alaska,
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SPEAKER_00: that rocky,
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SPEAKER_00: rudy,
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SPEAKER_00: not really rudy,
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SPEAKER_00: but rocky and wet and sloppy.
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SPEAKER_00: There's a lot of that in Alaska.
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And I think that if it's the wetter and sloppier it is,
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I think the better he's going to do.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm not saying he's not fast because he is very, very fast.
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SPEAKER_00: If you get a fourth at JFK, you're pretty freaking fast.
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But I think this course could really suit him and I could see
39:35
him making a push.
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That'd be pretty sick if him and his partner,
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Claire Rhodes,
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both made it.
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SPEAKER_00: That'd be pretty cool.
39:43
SPEAKER_00: a little vacation to go to worlds together.
39:45
SPEAKER_00: So next one on the list is could be a sleeper pick.
39:49
SPEAKER_00: And some people,
39:50
SPEAKER_00: some that people don't really see coming,
39:52
SPEAKER_00: but that's Mr.
39:53
SPEAKER_00: Josh park coming out of Ohio.
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SPEAKER_00: He's coming fresh off of 50 K fifth place at the big altar 50 K.
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SPEAKER_00: And he won the formidable 50 K as well.
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SPEAKER_00: And a tight battle with Casey Campbell.
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SPEAKER_00: Looking at some of his previous times and kind of lurking his Strava,
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thanks to ATH and Fireball for putting out some of his times in
40:12
the big Alta 50k preview,
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SPEAKER_00: and then I went and found him on Strava and looked at some more.
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SPEAKER_00: He also ran the Gate River 15k,
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SPEAKER_00: which for those of you who don't know,
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SPEAKER_00: is the 15k USATF National Championship.
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SPEAKER_00: It's in Jacksonville, Florida every year.
40:26
Seems like an obscure distance,
40:27
but it gets a lot of really,
40:29
really fast guys.
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SPEAKER_00: And he went there and raced it in 2022, and he ran a 45.02.
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SPEAKER_00: For those of you that can't translate a 15K, I am for sure in that list.
40:40
SPEAKER_00: Just think about it, right?
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SPEAKER_00: So that's three 5Ks in a row at essentially a 15-minute pace.
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SPEAKER_00: Or break it down for a minute per mile, that's a 454.
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minute and 50 second uh pace in 2022 he ran that so uh in that
40:55
and then yeah
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basically and he broke he split a 10k in 29 44 which is a 447
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pace so that's pretty
41:03
stinking fast uh no 100k races from what i can tell from his
41:06
history um but he did
41:08
run super smart at big alta and just kind of was in the mix but
41:11
didn't overextend
41:11
himself the whole day he also got seventh at jfk last year in
41:14
542 but he was
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SPEAKER_00: disappointed with it from his
41:18
post it seems like he was up there at the beginning of the race
41:21
I think in kind of
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that lead pack and then he started experiencing cramps at like
41:25
mile 35 and just
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feel like he didn't really race to his fitness level so super
41:29
curious to see what
41:30
he can do and I think he could be a sleeper pick that really
41:33
could kind of catch
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people off guard other people to look out for John Ray run over
41:41
with Hoka he just
41:45
SPEAKER_00: raced at
41:48
SPEAKER_00: run through time marathon and got second only to gesture run small who is
41:53
absolutely insanely fast and fit and probably one of the best
41:56
at a mountainous 50k
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SPEAKER_00: or
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SPEAKER_00: uh, trail marathon, probably honestly in the world right now.
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SPEAKER_00: I mean, he is really that, that good of a racer.
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SPEAKER_00: So, um, John Ray's other recent results.
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SPEAKER_00: Uh, he raced CCC to a DNF last year.
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SPEAKER_00: He did get ninth in, uh, Western States.
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SPEAKER_00: So he does have a auto return, uh, bib, uh, to Western States this year.
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SPEAKER_00: He got,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
42:20
SPEAKER_00: had a bad race at black cannon and finished 20th,
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SPEAKER_00: but he did when the year before have Alina and then got fourth at CCC.
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SPEAKER_00: So, um,
42:30
SPEAKER_00: So curious to see how he races this,
42:32
curious to see what kind of shape he's in and just kind of
42:34
curious to see.
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SPEAKER_00: I feel like he can be up and down when he's really good.
42:38
SPEAKER_00: He's really, really good.
42:41
SPEAKER_00: I can say when he's bad, he's bad.
42:42
SPEAKER_00: But I mean,
42:43
he had took him a couple of years to get Western States figured
42:45
out because he was
42:46
SPEAKER_00: always kind of just outside that top 10.
42:49
SPEAKER_00: And then Javelina, he always kills it at.
42:51
SPEAKER_00: And then Black Canyon, he hasn't had as much success at.
42:55
Um,
42:55
but then the CCC really kind of took me by surprise when he did that.
42:58
SPEAKER_00: So curious to see where John Ray's at.
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SPEAKER_00: Um,
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SPEAKER_00: second at run through time marathon to Josh is,
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SPEAKER_00: um,
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SPEAKER_00: good,
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SPEAKER_00: but obviously it's nothing,
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SPEAKER_00: uh,
43:06
SPEAKER_00: that's not necessarily known as like a super duper fast race.
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SPEAKER_00: He also raced Moab, uh, 55 K, um, but didn't have much competition.
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SPEAKER_00: He won that this year.
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SPEAKER_00: And then, yeah, that's kind of the big stuff for John Ray.
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SPEAKER_00: So I'm curious to see where his fitness is at.
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SPEAKER_00: Next one on the list is going to be Jeff Colt on running athlete.
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He's coming off the eighth place at Chianti Marathon and a
43:27
sixth at Black Canyon 50K.
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SPEAKER_00: Last year, he was injured for most of the year.
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SPEAKER_00: So fun to see where he's at.
43:37
SPEAKER_00: I don't know if he, I don't know.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm really curious.
43:40
SPEAKER_00: He's a very tough runner.
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And when he won Bandera,
43:43
I remember being kind of surprised that he was that good that year.
43:46
SPEAKER_00: No shade against him.
43:48
SPEAKER_00: But I'd be curious to see.
43:49
I think he could race a really smart race and be somewhere in
43:51
five through 10 this year,
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SPEAKER_00: if I had to guess.
43:53
SPEAKER_00: Other names to look out for, Andrew Reilersdom.
43:55
SPEAKER_00: He's coming fresh off of a third place at Chuckanut.
43:58
SPEAKER_00: I did talk about him last time.
43:59
He's a speedy guy who's gotten third at SamuPi Headlands 50K
44:02
last year and third at
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SPEAKER_00: Gorge 30K last year,
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SPEAKER_00: just behind Liam Miro.
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SPEAKER_00: Really curious to see.
44:08
SPEAKER_00: I don't think he's racing any 100Ks from what I could tell,
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SPEAKER_00: but I think that he could be a dark horse as well.
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SPEAKER_00: Other names on the list,
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SPEAKER_00: Matt Seidel,
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SPEAKER_00: seventh at Chuckanut this year,
44:17
SPEAKER_00: eighth at Canyons 100K last year,
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SPEAKER_00: and third at JFK.
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SPEAKER_00: Third at JFK last year as well.
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SPEAKER_00: Norda athlete.
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SPEAKER_00: He's from Seattle.
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SPEAKER_00: He also got eighth at 2023 Lake Sonoma, which was the U.S.
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SPEAKER_00: long trail qualifier that year.
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SPEAKER_00: And then another fourth place at JFK in 2022.
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SPEAKER_00: So this is a course that I feel like he could do pretty good at.
44:39
SPEAKER_00: He did just race Chuckanut.
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SPEAKER_00: And he's from PNW, so he's used to that type of weather.
44:45
SPEAKER_00: Probably has been scouting out the course.
44:47
SPEAKER_00: and then just has good foot speed.
44:51
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I'm curious to see where he's at.
44:54
SPEAKER_00: Dylan Humburger is the next one to look at.
44:56
SPEAKER_00: So he's from Ashland,
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SPEAKER_00: Oregon,
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SPEAKER_00: younger guy,
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SPEAKER_00: super speedy,
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SPEAKER_00: third at Kodiak 50K last year and third at Chuckanut last year as well,
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SPEAKER_00: second at Corch 50K and third at Corch 50K the year before.
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SPEAKER_00: So he knows the course well and is familiar with it.
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From what I could tell,
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has not raced any 100K,
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so this will be a step up.
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SPEAKER_00: But I think he could also be a sleeper pick as well.
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SPEAKER_00: And then some other people just look out for in no particular order.
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SPEAKER_00: So Alex King,
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SPEAKER_00: founder of Terragnota,
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SPEAKER_00: a low-cost gear company,
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SPEAKER_00: but that seems to be a very quality gear company as well.
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SPEAKER_00: Pacific Northwest Crusher, he got fourth at Gorge 50K last year.
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SPEAKER_00: Hasn't been racing as much recently,
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presumably because he's been really trying to get his business
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off the ground.
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SPEAKER_00: But definitely somebody to look out for it.
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SPEAKER_00: Dan Button, he's from Boise.
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SPEAKER_00: He runs,
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SPEAKER_00: we run with him occasionally,
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SPEAKER_00: or excuse me,
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SPEAKER_00: I run with him occasionally at Boise Calgill.
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SPEAKER_00: He has made a U.S.
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SPEAKER_00: team, I think, for the NACAC championships.
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He got 8th at Cannes 50K last year and 11th at Chuckanut last
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year as well.
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SPEAKER_00: Other people to look out for,
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SPEAKER_00: Jeff Burns,
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SPEAKER_00: a few 5th places at JFK and top 5s in the Mad City 100K,
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SPEAKER_00: which is usually a U.S.
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SPEAKER_00: Rhodes qualifier for the 100Ks, I'm pretty sure.
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SPEAKER_00: He has a 100K time of 6...
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hours and 30 minutes so he ran you know 62 miles in six hours
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and 30 minutes that's
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kind of crazy um but that one's from a little further back but
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just as recently as
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last year he ran 659 and 100k so he's really fast on that uh
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flat and runnable
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stuff um another one to look out for aaron slobek uh potential
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sleeper pick sixth
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at run rabbit run last year second at odu 100 john kelly one
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hellgate 100k and
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SPEAKER_00: eighth at grindstone as well so that kind of runs out the men's
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side of the 100k uh men's side of the 100k if i had to take my
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pick uh for the
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men's 100k for gorge who were sending in the u.s like i said
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i'm pretty sure it's
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the top two spots um i think i would put my faith in oh this is
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tough this is a lot
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SPEAKER_00: tougher than i thought
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SPEAKER_00: Cool, this is tough.
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SPEAKER_00: I think I'm going to put Faith in the Peter God coming in first.
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SPEAKER_00: Second place,
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I think that Nick Handel or potentially John Ray would be
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taking that second place spot.
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SPEAKER_00: Let's go Nick Handel.
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SPEAKER_00: I'll go John Ray in third.
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SPEAKER_00: Blake, this is tough.
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SPEAKER_00: Potentially Trace and Knopp in fourth.
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SPEAKER_00: And then fifth,
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SPEAKER_00: I'd be somewhere between Blake Slattengren and Adam Loomis,
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SPEAKER_00: although I'm totally subject to change those.
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SPEAKER_00: But I think that locks for the top 10 point getters,
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SPEAKER_00: I think that for sure Ryan Sullivan is going to be in the top 10.
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SPEAKER_00: I'll put my money on that.
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SPEAKER_00: I think that Adam Loomis is going to be in the top 10.
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SPEAKER_00: He doesn't really miss or DNF, so I'd probably put my money on that.
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SPEAKER_00: I think Trace and Knopp is pretty soundly in four through six,
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SPEAKER_00: could even potentially go a little bit higher.
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SPEAKER_00: But I think Trace and Race is really smart, almost never DNFs.
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SPEAKER_00: And I think this course really, really suits him.
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SPEAKER_00: So I put some money on that as well.
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SPEAKER_00: And then with regards to potential for winning it,
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SPEAKER_00: I really think that Adam Peterman has a chance to win.
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SPEAKER_00: I think that John Ray has a chance to win.
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SPEAKER_00: And let's see.
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SPEAKER_00: I think those two probably have the biggest chance to win.
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And then I know Adam Loomis has won this before,
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but he hasn't won quite as big of a race.
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SPEAKER_00: So I'd probably go with Peterman or John Ray.
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SPEAKER_00: And then,
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SPEAKER_00: yeah,
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SPEAKER_00: that's probably if I had to pick somebody to win,
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SPEAKER_00: I'd probably be between those two.
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SPEAKER_00: Nick Handel, I think, could be really good and really dialed.
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SPEAKER_00: I just have hesitation with people that haven't raced 100K,
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SPEAKER_00: but I could be totally wrong about that.
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SPEAKER_00: So that's kind of what I'm looking at.
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SPEAKER_00: Maybe Peterman.
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and then John Ray,
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and then Tracy Knopp,
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Nick Handel,
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and Blake Slattengren.
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SPEAKER_00: I don't know.
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SPEAKER_00: It's going to be tough.
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I'm definitely going to oscillate a lot on this before the
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final picks come out.
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SPEAKER_00: So anyways, yeah, so I think if I had to pick who's going for the U.S.
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SPEAKER_00: teams, I think Peterman and Ray would probably be my top two picks.
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SPEAKER_00: But I also think there's some potential that –
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SPEAKER_00: somebody else's niece and proves me wrong.
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SPEAKER_00: So that's kind of my preview for the Gorge 50K and 100K.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm sorry if it sounded a little bit disjointed.
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I'm still getting used to just kind of this setup and I was
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able to find kind of a
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SPEAKER_00: soundproof room and this is kind of a not busy time of the day.
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So I probably will try to record my future podcast in here and
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hopefully the audio
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SPEAKER_00: quality was up to snuff.
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It's just on my MacBook Pro right now and I'm going to break
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out the recording equipment.
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SPEAKER_00: I did bring my
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SPEAKER_00: microphone and stuff but just i didn't have it on me and i kind of saw an
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opportunity to be able to report the podcast um so with that
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being said yeah that's
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kind of wrapping up uh today's episode of let's talk trail
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running and with that
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being said if uh if you agree with me disagree with me if you
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want to share your
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picks if you want to disagree with my picks or some of my takes
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feel free to reach
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SPEAKER_00: out at rob runs round um is my handle on
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SPEAKER_00: It's my handle on Instagram.
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SPEAKER_00: And also most of you guys listen to this, your sub stack.
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SPEAKER_00: So feel free to leave comments or anything on sub stack.
50:24
SPEAKER_00: And then also with it being said too,
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SPEAKER_00: if you want to get a feel for big all to 20 AK,
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SPEAKER_00: I wrote a race recap on it.
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SPEAKER_00: So for those of you on sub stack, you can just see it.
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SPEAKER_00: I'll also try to put it in the show notes if I think of it.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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Just really awesome race,
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really awesome time and really awesome pictures too.
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SPEAKER_00: There's really,
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really good photography in the race between Tony with a Sony
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Ryan thrower and,
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SPEAKER_00: um,
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SPEAKER_00: I'm blanking on the last name,
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SPEAKER_00: but his handle and photocrat,
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SPEAKER_00: James Hope,
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SPEAKER_00: that's his name,
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SPEAKER_00: is in the photos.
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SPEAKER_00: So if you've ever considered doing Big Alta, it's awesome.
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SPEAKER_00: You can go into San Fran,
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SPEAKER_00: visit friends,
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SPEAKER_00: visit family,
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SPEAKER_00: make new friends,
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SPEAKER_00: make new family,
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SPEAKER_00: do all the things you can do in San Francisco,
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SPEAKER_00: eat delicious food,
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SPEAKER_00: see cool things,
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SPEAKER_00: enjoy the beautiful weather,
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SPEAKER_00: escape whatever winter or spring you're in.
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SPEAKER_00: And then just race a really awesome race and hang out all day.
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SPEAKER_00: So that's my plug for Big Alta.
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SPEAKER_00: That's the end of my recap for the Gorge 50K and 100K.
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And I can't wait to record the next one and look forward to
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talking to you guys.