Western States: Canceled

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For the first time ever the WS100 has been canceled. This must have been an excruciatingly difficult decision for the RD. People have been training for a long, long time and put in a lot of miles for this race. Knowing the disappointment and backlash the RD would face had to make the decision even more painful. I can only think of the disappointment if I were to receive news that my 50 miler had been canceled. Then I have to take that and double it. Runner's for the WS100 have trained much harder and much longer than I have for my race.

I can only wonder what they will do for entries in 2009. The fair thing would be to transfer all 2008 entries over and have a waiting list for new entrants. However, I was planning on throwing my name into the lottery, so I selfishly hope that they don't go the fair route. It will be interesting to see how this pans out. I also wonder if any of the other 100 mile races near the same time period (Vermont comes to mind) will see an influx of runners.