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Two-Time Losers take note...
All remaining Two-Time Losers are designated as
"automatics" for the 2011 WS Run. Each runner on the TTL list can expect to receive an email notice from our
registration service, UltraSignup.com, on September 1st inviting them to
register between September 1 and November 12, 2010.
If you are on the TTL list and you do NOT receive your
invitation by September 2nd, please
Send an
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The 2011 Application Period has been moved back three
weeks!
The Lottery application period will open on Saturday, November 13, 2010, at 12:01 AM and will close
two weeks later on Saturday, November 27, 2010, at 11:59 PM (Pacific time.) All
applications will be taken online via
UltraSignup.com.
The dates for the application period have been adjusted
(as of 8/21/2010) so as to fall within 30 days of the Lottery, a security
constraint imposed by our credit card processor.
The date of the 2011 Lottery remains the same:
Saturday, December 4, 2010. |
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Got Photos?
Take some good snaps at this year's Run? Why not share them
with the rest of us?
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The finish line of the Western States 100 is thick
with news crews, video teams, and professional journalists. But Larry is the
only one there with a mobile portrait studio shooting in classic
medium format, with black and white film. See his 2010 portfolio at
LarryGassan.com.
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Seventeen new video clips of WS 2010 added to our
YouTube
site! |
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There's a world of WS 2010 blogs, videos and online news
coverage out there!
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"100 Miles to Forty"
New Biographical Documentary due out this year, written and
directed by Chris Halsne. View the trailer
HERE. |

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This is a time-lapse video done here in Placer County in the
style of the 1982
Koyaanisqatsi documentary. It has a couple of sequences from the WS
Run that you might find entertaining. |
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Take the WSER Warehouse Tour!
In case you thought we operate out of a closet somewhere,
here's a peek at the real deal: Click HERE
(1.6Mb WMV file) |
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What Ultrarunners should know about their trails...
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 MedEvac Helicopter at Lyon
Ridge, 2006 |
MedEvac at a Discount:
Leaving the canyon on a medevac helicopter is not a
prospect any of us wish to ponder. The odds are very small that you or a family
member will need to be life-flighted out of the canyons on Race Weekend, but if
it were necessary (and depending on your health insurance coverage) the
helicopter ride to the hospital could cost you $3,000 or more.
If the call goes out to evacuate someone from the
American River canyons during the event, the folks who take to the air will be
CALSTAR, the
California Shock/Trauma Air Rescue service.
Their helipad is visible from I-80, next to the Bowman exit just east of
Auburn.
If your health coverage is limited or carries a high
deductable, CALSTAR offers very affordable individual and family
memberships that can be
purchased online.The coverage includes not only the entire Western
States Trail, but any CALSTAR medevac in Northern California, Oregon and most
of Idaho and Wyoming. As a Member of CALSTAR, they will bill your insurance
plan (if you have one) for their services. You will not be billed for any
remaining balance. |
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Meet the WSER Board of Directors:
Photos
HERE. |