Category Ultra Running at Deb Peter – Auburn-Cool Real Estate

As of May 16^th, there are 411 entries for the 40^th Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run. Of those, 2 are from Cool and the Georgetown Divide: Jeremy Meyers and Bettie Smith. We wish you a safe journey from Start to Finish and a memorable one, good luck!

Fleet Feet Sacramento is again offering a training program for trail runners, coached by Tim Tweitmeyer (5-time winner & 25 time finisher of the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run) and Mo Bartley (5-time finisher of the WS100). You’ll have to act fast; the first scheduled workout is June 16^th. On June 8^th, the inaugural Twilight Trail Adventure offers novice and veteran runners an opportunity to run at night, safely.

On December 8^th 2012, 398 entries were chosen by lottery for the 40^th Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run on June 29^th and 30^th.  Cool resident, Jeremy Meyers was one of those selected.  Jeremy was also picked to compete with nearly 20 other Cool runners for the 17^th annual Way Too Cool 50K Run.  Keeping him company will be Paul Amaral, William Drescher, Kirk Edgerton, Dustin & Michaella Burgess, Diana Lundy, James Anderson, Shauna Shultz, Richard Grimm, Herb Tanimoto, Chris Conwell, Randall Harris, Frank Lieberman, Marcia & Jimmy Kroefsky, Heather Hunter, Douglas Straight and Rich Blair.

Qualified runners have an opportunity to run 50 miles of the “challenging and scenic” Western States Trail at this year’s Wildest Run in the West 100K, which starts in Soda Springs and finishes in Foresthill.  Shuttles deliver you from Foresthill to the start.  The same event also offers 10K and 13.1 Mile Runs.  Register at www.wildestrun.com.

My story is that of a 1st time “Ultra” competitor. On December 21st, my name was drawn from the 2010 lottery. It was only then, that I dedicated nights and Sundays to train. Were it not for a husband’s support, years of training for endurance events on horseback, a track and field background, and support from a host of volunteers, a completion would not have been possible.
The forecast was for a stormy Friday and a beautiful weekend. Rain replenished the low-flowing streams and revealed slick, muddy trails. Five miles out, the runner I followed stepped into a bog and lost her shoe. “Don’t step there”, she said! Somewhere along a single track Robie Trail, lead runners stormed by from the opposite direction, racing to the finish line. It was as if the barn door had opened and the horses were heading home. With each passing, the words “good job” was shouted out to those of us forced to step off the trail. Imagine that! A world class athlete telling me – good job!

Years of crewing and preparing for other events taught me to relax tension to limit muscle soreness, eat whatever I could consume, and drink sufficient quantities of water and electrolytes. If I could limit time at aid stations and keep moving, I might just finish. It was 8 hours 7 minutes from start to finish. The completion was not just the culmination of weeks of training, it was an adventure shared with world class athletes, a personal challenge for young and old, and a return to living for competitors recently overcoming serious illness. We were family, sharing a love of nature, physical challenges we could each understand, and mental toughness summoned for this special day.