See it before you sign up for it

10h 25m

The race's own multi-hour official livestream broadcast of the 2023 race, with course footage, aid station cameras, and race-day commentary in real time.

1h 00m

A first-person crew/pacer's-eye documentary of the 2024 race, showing real aid-station handoffs, night pacing legs, and what crewing Western States actually involves logistically.

1h 23m

The race's own panel discussion covering Western States' specific crew and pacer rules (where pacers can join, aid station access, crew logistics) directly from race organizers.

4 min

2015 Western States champion Magda Boulet walks through the course terrain and gives tips for tackling it, section by section.

10 min

Real, unnarrated trail footage (no sound) of the long climb up to Devil's Thumb, shot during a Memorial Day training run on the actual course; part 1 of a 5-part series covering the climb in full.

32 min

Behind-the-scenes footage of HOKA's men's team (Jim Walmsley, Vincent Bouillard, Francesco Puppi, Hans Troyer, Adam Peterman, Hayden Hawks) preparing for and racing the historically fast 2026 Western States 100.

36 min

A behind-the-scenes look at a runner's build-up to and execution of a 2025 Western States 100 attempt that did not go to plan, told through the lens the finish-line highlight reels usually cut out.

21 min

Billy Yang's own first-person account of running the 2015 Western States 100, shot by his crew and pacers along the course.

1h 02m

Covers the 2016 women's race from Squaw Valley to Auburn, centered on Magdalena Boulet defending her title against three other top-10 contenders.

28 min

Follows Sally McRae's first Western States 100 in June 2014, including her qualifying races and her personal struggles leading into the event.

1h 45m

Follows the 2010 men's race showdown between Hal Koerner, Geoff Roes, Anton Krupicka and Kilian Jornet from Squaw Valley through the Sierra, the American River canyons, and the finish in Auburn.

A community discussion thread breaking down a Mountain Outpost race-coverage video shot-by-shot (the escarpment crowds, aid-station pit stops, David Roche's race unraveling), with runners debating what the footage shows about how elites operate at Western States.

A personal photo set from race day showing runners and course scenes including No Hands Bridge, part of a larger album of real spectator/crew photography from the race.

iRunFar's full written results article for the 2026 race, with splits, field analysis, and how the cool-weather course records were set, the standard format iRunFar has used for every edition since 2009.

A data-driven written breakdown of Kilian Jornet's pacing and heart-rate strategy in his 3rd-place, 15-years-later return to Western States, using his own watch splits.

A detailed, mile-by-mile first-person written race report from a non-elite finisher covering the lottery, crew logistics, every canyon and aid station, the river crossing, and the Auburn track finish, with a linked Strava activity.

2 min

2017 Western States champion Cat Bradley walks through the specific gear she carries for this race, including heat-management items particular to the canyons.

4 min

A drone/aerial flyover animation of the full 100.2-mile course from Olympic Valley to Auburn, giving a top-down view of the canyons and terrain a ground-level video can't show.

8 min

On-course footage of the final stretch of the course from Green Gate into Auburn, the section that ends on the Placer High School track finish.

1 min

Real footage of the lead runner fording the Rucky Chucky river crossing at mile 78 during the 2016 race, showing exactly what that crossing looks like in the water.

16 min

A runner's own breakdown of not finishing Western States, walking through where and why the race went wrong rather than cutting to a highlight reel.

21 min

Follows a crew member's side of Western States 2014, showing the aid-station handoffs, waiting, and logistics from the perspective of the people supporting a runner rather than the runner.

10 min

An ordinary runner's real-time reaction video to the Western States lottery draw after six years of entering, showing what the multi-year entry process actually feels like for a non-elite.

A recorded keynote by Topher Gaylord, a longtime trail-running industry leader and WSER board figure, on what the race means and how it has shaped the sport.

An audio interview with the Western States race directors themselves, covering how the race is actually organized and run behind the scenes.