2024 Western States 100 Men's Field Preview

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Finn Melanson

Wilderness, Trail Running, Sports, Sports News, Mountain Running, Running, Ultrarunning, Ultra Running, News, Ultramarathon

5 • 897 Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2024

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes!Brett Hornig and Mike McMonagle join the show to help preview the men’s field at the 2024 Western States 100. We cover top storylines and what to watch for, we answer some listener mail about the race, we analyze the field and categorize who we see as contenders for the win, for the podium, and the top 10, and we close with some of Mike’s bold predictions for Saturday. Buckle up, because it’s an entertaining one. Special th...

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0:00.0	Welcome back or welcome to the single track podcast. I'm your host, Finn Melanson, and in this episode,
0:05.9	I'm joined by friends and colleagues Brett Hornig and Mike McMonigle to preview the men's field of the
0:10.7	24 Western States 100. We cover top storylines and what to watch for. We answer some listener mail about
0:17.3	the race. We analyze the field and categorize who we see as contenders for the
0:21.5	win, for the podium, and the top 10, and we close out with some of Mike's bold predictions for
0:26.5	Saturday. Buckle up because this is an entertaining one. Big thanks to Brooks, the presenting sponsor
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1:19.2	preview episode. We are back. As Brett just described, this is the Men's Field preview
1:24.5	episode with two people that I am just stoked to riff on this
1:29.6	width.
1:30.5	Before we get into it with Brett Hornig and Mike McDonagal, a shout out to our presenting sponsor,
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