Welcome back or welcome to the single track podcast. I'm your host, Finn Melanson, and in this

episode, I'm joined by friends and colleagues, Brett Hornig and Corinne Malcolm, to preview the

women's field at the 24 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,

the podium, and the top 10. And we close out with some of Corin's bold predictions for Saturday.

Buckle up again because this is another entertaining one. Do note that in the podcast version,

the first three minutes of audio are accidentally cut due to some technical difficulties. So

it does start as we are

beginning to chat about our favorite storylines. If you want to watch the entire conversation,

head over to the single track YouTube channel where it is unaffected. Big thanks to Brooks, the

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this preview episode with Corinne Malcolm and Brett Hornig.

I'm talking with Mike McMonigle in the background about this, the women's masters race.

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