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The 2009 Event in 5 minutes!

WS Site Splash Page has been updated!

The Google Earth Flyover has been updated...

Go HERE.

2010 Entrant List now includes Form Submission confirmations...

The entrant list has been modified to include receipt of the Service Requirement and General Information forms. To confirm that your form has been received, check the entrant list several days after mailing in your forms. Go HERE.

Training Run Signups are now Open...

Go HERE.

2009 Splits are now available...

Go HERE.

Need a Pacer for the 2010 Run?

Sign Up online HERE.

2010 Participant's Guide now available...

Web Page Version
Printable version (47 pages)
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Volunteer to help maintain the WS Trail!

2010 Schedule of Trailwork Events is now available. Details HERE.

If you are running the WSER event,
we encourage you to use these project events to help satisfy your 2010 or 2011 volunteer requirement.

The trail needs you!


Join One of Our Mailing Lists

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Video coverage of the 2009 24- and 30-Hour Finishers

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Blogs with coverage about WS 2009...

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WS 2009 Photos and Videos by Matt Hart: Visit his blog HERE.

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WS 2009 Trailside & Finish Photos HERE.

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The view from Inspiration Point

See it HERE.

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Take the Photo Tour of the WS Trail!

View over 700 photos taken along the course taken in Spring, 2007, all keyed to a series of detailed topographic maps. Each map can also be swapped for sattelite imagery at the same scale. Start your tour HERE.

Special thanks to Ken Gregorich, seven-time sub-24 finisher, for this unique contribution.

Trail Projects

What Ultrarunners should know about their trails...

"Healthy Trails Need Healthy Forests"
Commentary by Thomas M. Bonnicksen, Ph.D.

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Meet the WSER Board of Directors:

Photos HERE.

Video: PLACERQATSI

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.

Video Documentary: The Week After WS

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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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MedEvac at Lyon Ridge, 2006
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.

Very Special Item: Western States Poem & Photo


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Jennifer Mitchell, poet, and Keith Sutter, well-known photograper, both long-time Auburn residents and American River lovers, have collaborated to create

"A River Run,"

-- a poetic composition commemorating the Western States Endurance Race.

Now also available as an Engraved Marble Plaque!

Order Yours HERE!

For that WSER Finisher on your gift list...

Milestones of Achievement

Official Plaques from Milestones of Achievement™

A Race for the Soul
Now available as a 2-DVD set with bonus footage.

Race for the Soul