Hey, fam. Welcome back to our coverage of Western States Week. This is the audio from our

third annual pre-race live

interview show that I co-host with Corinne Malcolm from the heart of Olympic Valley. This is the

morning session from Friday, June 23rd, our third of three sessions ahead of the 50th Western

States taking place on Saturday. Today's guests include

Katie Asmuth, Matthew Blanchard, Megan Morgan, Nico Mermude, Leah Yingling, and of course,

the annual analysis and prognostication session this year with myself, Corinne, 2022 champion

Adam Peterman, and I run Far Editor-in-Chief,

Megan Hicks will play all six interviews back-to-back-to-back.

Hope you enjoy the show.

Okay, we are back. Good morning, everybody, from Olympic Valley. We are less than 24 hours removed from the 2023 Western States 100. The 50th Western States. What a celebration. What a beautiful morning. My name is Dylan Bowman, joined by Corinne Malcolm.

Corinne, good morning. How are you?

Good morning. I am caffeinated. Thank goodness.

Did you get some sleep last night?

I tried, but I think sleep is going to come Sunday.

It's like the whole no sleep till Auburn situation.

I think is for more than just the runners.

Oh, I got to pause my computer here. Anyway, we are joined by Katie Asmith, two-time finisher here for her third try at Western States.

We'll get to her in just a second.

Before we do that, a big thank you to Hoka.

We had a little chair mishap here for those who are watching us live online.

Try the next one.

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