It's what everyone has been waiting for! The East Coast perspective on Western States!

But first! The burliest 50ish mile race in the country just happened in the Catskills. Manitou's Revenge! We talk a little about this race, that we hope to give you more of later. Congrats to everyone who attempted the race this year!

Then we dive into Western! We talk about many of the people with East Coast Street Cred and how they might perform as well as the little known fact that "Walmsley Watch" is still on!

And finally we make our winner's circle picks as well DNF Predictions! It's fun, it's mean and we are pretty sure none of this will reach the ears of the athletes so hopefully, no harm no foul..

What was originally planned as a Western States Pre-Race Interview became more of an exploration into other things. Will talks with us about how he has grown as an athlete after his impressive Black Canyon performance and about the events that led to his withdrawal from this year's race.

We talk about the fears in this sport and Will's use of self-talk as a mental strategy and how this has been an important part of his ultra-running success.

With Will now a spectator for the 2025 WSER, we get into picks and East Coast favorites!

I mean really! It's just in one state!

Well, we don't get into that but we do get into the news and story lines evolving out of the lead up to American trail running's biggest day of the year! This takes center stage in today's episode. Afterward we talk about big races that happened across the east coast over the past several weeks and finish up with a super fun "Would you rather?" trail runner edition!