One of the greatest honors of my career! Thank you @wser. I love this race and this sport so much. Excited to learn from this incredible group, whom I deeply respect, and to contribute however I can. Let’s get to work!

It’s Broken Arrow Week!!

Nineteen minutes of sleep. Fifty-six hours of running. And she beat everyone in the race. TOMORROW on the podcast: Rachel Entrekin. Get psyched.

LVMH-backed L Catterton is in exclusive talks to buy a stake in extreme-fitness brand Hyrox. The firm has been negotiating for some time with Hyrox's owner, Switzerland's Infront Sports & Media. It fits a deep fitness playbook. L Catterton took a majority of Pilates brand Solidcore at a roughly $700mm valuation in 2024, and the same year joined the $1.8bn deal for Equinox. The scale behind it is vast. L Catterton's portfolio generated about $59bn in revenue and $12bn in EBITDA in 2025, giving it ample firepower to bet on the booming functional-fitness craze.

If you’ve spent any time around the @wser, you’ve likely heard the saying “the race starts at Foresthill” — shorthand advice for “leave gas in the tank for the final, very runnable 38 miles.” While the spirit of the advice is commendable, as it relates to the professional race, the opposite is more often true. The race ENDS at Foresthill. Some stats: — Of the last 26 WS champions, 20 held the lead at Foresthill — Of those 20 champions, 17 extended their lead after Foresthill — Of the six athletes who held a lead at Foresthill but who didn’t win, three DNFed while three went on to finish While past doesn’t always predict the future, recent history shows that the leaders to Foresthill win 77% of the time. Will this pattern continue in 2026??

For all of you @wser runners out there- just came across this article that might help out! @DrGregGrosicki has done research at WSER and Dr. Goldman helped us out at project Further. link.springer.com/article/10…

Hot take people should run walk more, there is 0% shame there. If you're getting super tired running your slow pace, run-walk. That's literally what ultra-running is but they made it a race.

I did the Taos Traverse with some awesome local guys yesterday — all-time day on an underrated route. Almost 11hrs in the saddle, a crucial pre-Hardrock shred in the bank! ☑️

Hard to believe but yesterday marked 9 years since I free soloed El Cap. I celebrated the occasion by looking through some of the old photos and I was struck by how much I appreciated all the photos of friends - all the camera folks, riggers, climbing partners, and community that came together to help make the film Free Solo happen. This is a random carousel of behind the scenes images, all taken by @jimkchin. Mikey Schaefer appears in a lot of them since he was on the wall shooting so much. David Allfrey did a lot of rigging, @tommycaldwell1 was such a key partner for so much of the climbing. Basically, 9 years later I remember it all as a great time with friends. What an adventure! Ps - the climbing photo is from the Good Book, a super classic 5.10d I soloed for practice along the way.

We Are Here to Play | When the Body Speaks youtu.be/rJlxHc-fSbk

The Dean Potter documentary on HBO is unbelievable. So intense. So Beautiful. An honest, human look at a transformational artist/athlete. Best sports film in years.

Holy bleep.

Huge finding — Study shows @ketone helps with EPO production, ie your body's ability to transport oxygen. Straight EPO doping is illegal, but the next best things are altitude training and @ketone.

It’s almost time for the Western States 100 & Hardrock 100! Of course, iRunFar will be covering both races. We’re looking for volunteers who’d like to help on-site. Interested & local to the events? Get in touch, thank you! i-rn.fr/iRFvolunteer

SHAWN LYGHT IS THE 2026 TEWAARATON AWARD WINNER 🏆 He's the first defender ever to win the award 🍀

Ojo! La OCC de @UTMBMontBlanc cambia de recorrido y aumenta de 55 km a 60 con 3.500. Cada vez más una ‘ultra corta’ (tipo @Transvulcania) que una ‘maratón larga’ más apta para cierto tipo de atletas ¿Opiniones?