The following race report from Gary Robbins recounts his experience racing in the legendary Western States Endurance Run, which is 100 miles of off-road torture through California’s backcountry. Gary is one of Canada’s premier endurance runners and gives an entertaining account of his adventure.

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Here it is, finally, my 2009 Tour De France race report…err, umm, oh yeah, Western States race report…has it really been almost two weeks already!

The Drive Down took us almost two full days, including one stop in ummm, I can’t even remember where we spent the first night? Somewhere south of Portland. We smuggled Melcher into the hotel room to save on the additional $3 charge for a third person, which would of course be added to the post race beer fund!

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