67: Training for Western States 100 Mile to finishing 7th Female: Talking with Jackie Merritt

MR67: In this week's episode, I talked with Jackie Merritt. In 2017 Western States 100, Jackie was the 7th overall female finisher. During this interview, Jackie talks about training for WS100, differnt parts of WS100 course, racing the WS100, finishing 7th overall, and more. It was fun catching up with Jackie. If you want to learn more about Jackie's running history, please listen to MRuns' podcast episode #37. As I am training for Pinhoti 100, it is great to listen Jackie's training and racing method for the WS100. Fun interview! In this episode, Jackie and I talked about - Racing and training for The Georgia Death Race - Wester States Golden ticket - Western States training – hill/heat/more - Western States course - Running through Ice/mud/hills/heat/more - Racing Western States fast - Finishing WS100 7th overall female -More Enjoy the episode! Previous podcast episode: MRuns.com/podcast/mr37/ Music by: bensound.com Photo by: Paul Nelson