36th annual Western States 100-mile endurance runLoading
  • A canopy of stars light the pre-dawn skies at 8,300 feet before the 36th annual Western States 100-mile endurance run Saturday, June 27, 2009 near Squaw Valley.
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  • Dan Barger, of San Jose, arrives at 8,300 feet on the first climb of the 36th annual Western States 100-mile endurance run Saturday, June 27.
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  • Erik Skaden, of Folsom, crests 8,300 feet during the 36th annual Western States 100-mile endurance run Saturday, June 27, near Squaw Valley.
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  • Nikki Kimball crests 8,300 feet during the 36th annual Western States 100-mile endurance run Saturday, June 27, near Squaw Valley. Kimball was the women's winner of the last running of the Western States.
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  • Runners reach 8,300 feet during the 36th annual Western States 100-mile endurance run Saturday, June 27.
    Carl Costas | ccostas@sacbee.com
  • Runners crest 8,300 feet at the end of the first climb of the 36th annual Western States 100-mile endurance run Saturday, June 27.
    Carl Costas | ccostas@sacbee.com
  • Runners reach 8,300 feet during the 36th annual Western States 100-mile endurance run Saturday, June 27, near Squaw Valley.
    Carl Costas | ccostas@sacbee.com
  • Hal Koerner, of Ashland, Ore., crests 8,300 feet during the 36th annual Western States 100-mile endurance run Saturday, June 27, near Squaw Valley. Koerner was the overall winner of the last running of the Western States in 2007.
    Carl Costas | ccostas@sacbee.com
  • Justine Morrison, of Washington D.C., sports pink leopardskin gators enroute to the 8,300-foot summit of the first climb of the 36th annual Western States 100-mile endurance run Saturday, June 27, near Squaw Valley.
    Carl Costas | ccostas@sacbee.com
  • Beverley Anderson-Abbs, of Red Bluff, crests 8,300 feet during the 36th annual Western States 100-mile endurance run Saturday, June 27, near Squaw Valley. Some 400 athletes started the race from Lake Tahoe's Squaw Valley Resort and will end at Placer High School in Auburn.
    Carl Costas | ccostas@sacbee.com
  • Volunteers tend to Beverley Anderson-Abbs during the 36th annual Western States 100-mile endurance run Saturday, June 27, at the Devil's Thumb aid station in Placer County.
    Carl Costas | ccostas@sacbee.com
  • Volunteers tend to Beverley Anderson-Abbs during the 36th annual Western States 100-mile endurance run Saturday, June 27, at the Devil's Thumb aid station in Placer County.
    Carl Costas | ccostas@sacbee.com
  • Volunteers tend to Eric Grossman during the 36th annual Western States 100-mile endurance run Saturday, June 27, at the Devil's Thumb aid station in Placer County.
    Carl Costas | ccostas@sacbee.com
  • Hal Koerner refuels during the 36th annual Western States 100-mile endurance run Saturday, June 27, at the Devil's Thumb aid station in Placer County.
    Carl Costas | ccostas@sacbee.com
  • Six-time Western States 100-mile endurance run winner Scott Jurek pulls himself from competition Saturday, June 27, at the Devil's Thumb aid station in Placer County.
    Carl Costas | ccostas@sacbee.com
  • Hal Koerner fords the American River at the Ruck-A-Chucky aid station Saturday, June 27, 2009 during the 36th annual Western States 100 mile endurance run. Some 400 athletes started the race from Lake Tahoe's Squaw Valley Resort and will end at Placer High School in Auburn.
    Carl Costas | ccostas@sacbee.com
  • Hal Koerner crosses the finishline of the 36th annual Western States 100 mile endurance run Saturday, June 27, 2009 at Placer High School. Saturday's victory is Koerner's second consecutive.
    Carl Costas | ccostas@sacbee.com
  • Hal Koerner is congratulated by his mother Diane Koerner after winning the 36th annual Western States 100 mile endurance run Saturday, June 27, 2009 at Placer High School. Saturday's victory is Koerner's second consecutive.
    Carl Costas | ccostas@sacbee.com
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