2026 Western States 100 Men's Field Preview | Analysis, Storylines, Predictions

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Finn Melanson

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4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2026

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Finn Melanson, Brett Hornig, Jeff Colt, and Rod Farvard provide in-depth analysis, commentary, and predictions for the competition in this year’s men's field at the Western States 100. Partners: Precision Fuel and Hydration - use code SINGLETRACK at checkout for 15% off your next orderNorda - check out the 005: the lightest, fastest, most stable trail racing shoe ever madeRaide - Making equipment for efficient human-powered movement in the mountains Support the show

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0:00.0	Norta is the official footwear partner of our 2026 Western States 100 coverage.
0:04.9	All the Rage this summer is the imminent release of their new model, the 055,
0:09.2	the shoe that Rachel Entrican wore start to finish en route to her course record victory
0:13.5	at the Kokadona 250 earlier this year.
0:16.3	Go check it out at norda run.com and make sure you are subscribed to their mailing list
0:20.6	to get exclusive
0:21.8	early access to the shoe. I've put a bunch of training miles in it. It's the real deal.
0:26.8	We are back with one of our final shows of the week. It's the 26 men's field preview. I'm joined
0:32.1	by friends, colleagues. We got Brett Hornig, who is not present with us. That's okay.
0:37.3	We've got, but excited heavy here, obviously, with the exercise fisher. We've got Hornig, who is not present with us. That's okay. We've got, but excited
0:38.5	heavy here, obviously, with the exercise fisher. We've got Jeff, easy dog, Cole, and because we
0:43.4	never sleep on the east side of the Sierra, we've also invited Rod Farr, right on to the studio.
0:48.4	Starting with you, Rod, how are you doing today? I'm doing great. It feels very strange to be here in Olympic Valley during Western States Week, and I'll be racing and drinking a cider. Shout out. Lone Madrone winery. Thank you. But it's fun to be sitting on this couch with you guys, and this is going to be an exciting race to spectate.
1:12.0	Jeff, you're also joining us for the first time this week. How are you doing?
1:15.5	Doing pretty well. I flew in from Colorado today and yeah, the energy in Olympic Valley is
1:23.1	popping off. I think there's a lot of potential for Saturday and just feeling the vibes.
1:32.2	And Brett, I mean, we've been crushing it on the content front. Yeah, there's been a lot of great
1:38.7	conversations in the single track studio this week. I feel like this is going to be another good one.
1:47.5	And yeah, you mentioned them earlier, but we got to give one final shout out here to Lone Madrone.
1:52.8	This is one of the coolest sponsors that we've had.
1:56.6	And this is credit to you.
1:58.2	You can tell the alcohol is working on Finn.
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