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2017 Western States 100 Preview with Andy Jones-Wilkins

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Fitness, Sports, Running, Health & Fitness

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2017

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

AJW joins us in Studio G two days prior to The Big Dance.  Andy just came off his own 100-mile adventure, Bighorn 100, last week.  We talk about skating on mud, Biblical rain storms, concussions, and "shared suffering".

We then get into this years WS100;

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0:00.0

I hear you laughing. It's because it makes me smile.

0:10.5

Well, that's a good reason. I'm thinking about the savory flavor and just makes me smile.

0:14.6

You know, we're looking up here on this Western States podcast. It's an annual tradition

0:19.7

that we have. It's a journey.

0:21.0

And we have AJW here with us, the prognosticator and well-known predictor for Western States

0:28.3

finishes to talk to us today. But we're talking a little bit about tailwind nutrition and

0:33.2

he has some experienced hard rock 100 with tailwind. Tell us why you chose it and why you

0:39.5

stuck with it.

0:40.5

Well, it had a 41 hour journey at hard rock last year. And so I had plenty of time to

0:47.2

guzzle down to enjoy it, all kinds of different flavors, the fruity flavors. And it just never

0:54.5

got old. So I think it's a great drink. I also was a race director for a number of years

0:59.6

and we used tailwind at the Thomas Jefferson 100K. And universally, people loved it. So

1:06.2

great drink.

1:07.2

I highly recommend it.

1:08.2

You're a man of maturity. That was very delicate, Scott.

1:14.7

Do you remember when Gatorade first came out and it wasn't so sweet? It was more like

1:19.0

tailwind flavor. It was very savory, almost salty. It did have a savory taste to it.

1:24.5

That's what it reminded me when I first tried tailwind. I thought of that old Gatorade or

1:28.3

that quench gum, I don't know if you remember that.

1:30.3

Yeah, the Gatorade and the glass bottle. Remember that?

1:33.6

Now you go, I'm not that old. Go to our partner's page and click on over to tailwind site

1:40.3

and go shopping.

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