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E48 | Western States 100 Recap with Wil & Jeremy

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Abby Hall won after coming back from a knee injury and chasing pressure all day.

1. The Hobby Jogger Podcast E48 centers on a Western States 100 recap with Wil, Robert Myers, and Jeremy Pope. 2. Wil is the host, Robert Myers and Jeremy Pope are guests, and they matter because all three watched or followed Western States closely. 3. The episode asks what Western States 100 changed this year, from gear to pacing to crew rules. 4. The first topic is Caleb Olson’s Nike trail kit, which the hosts describe as a fishnet-style prototype that looked like something a grandmother knitted. 5. The crew says Western States racing started fast, with a dozen men near the front and 10 miles covered at course-record pace. 6. Wil compares the race to the Super Bowl of ultras and UTMB to the World Cup. 7. Jeremy says the race may be moving toward a more solved meta, with cooling, nutrition, and super shoes becoming standard. 8. The hosts use 2019 as a comparison point, when Jim Walmsley and Jared Hazen held very different splits and aid-station times. 9. They note that modern aid-station work now looks like NASCAR pit stops, with athletes spending far less time in each station. 10. Robert raises the question of whether Western States should add rule changes for elite racing. 11. One of the biggest debates is pacers, with Wil arguing elites should not have them while regular runners still can. 12. The crew says pacers can relay gap information by phone and help crews prepare before an athlete arrives. 13. The second major rule topic is crew access, especially at Forest Hill, Green Gate, and Duncan Canyon. 14. The hosts describe clarifications that limit crew actions to specific points and reduce moving assistance inside aid stations. 15. Jeremy points out that runners from the Southwest often have a logistics advantage because they can bring more crew to the course. 16. The conversation also mentions time-in and time-out tracking at aid stations as a possible future improvement. 17. The tone is conversational, competitive, and detail-heavy, with a lot of back-and-forth around rules and race tactics. 18. The format is a group recap that mixes race analysis, practical course details, and personal reactions from people who follow the sport. 19. Listeners who follow Western States, elite ultrarunning, or race rules will get the most from it. 20. Listeners who want a simple race result roundup without rule debate may skip it.

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