Welcome to Part One of a special Western States 100 two-part series featuring athletes of the 2025 the elite women's field!

In this episode, you'll hear from athletes who have been here before and are returning for another shot at the oldest, and most competitive, 100 mile foot race in the U.S.!

Purely in order of recording, Part One pre-race interviews (and personal hype song choice) include:

-Riley Brady (01:29 )

"Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys", Willie Nelson

-Eszter Csillag (13:35 )

"Eye of the Tiger", Survivor

-Emily Hawgood (26:31 )

"Fight of my Life", Rend Collective

-Ida Nilsson (37:40 )

Anything by Jens Lekman

-Marianne Hogan (51:09 )

"Leader of the Landslide", The Lumineers

-Heather Jackson (01:03:56 )

"So What", Pink

-Abby Hall (01:21:24 )

"What You Know", T.I.

-Erin Clark (01:36:06 )

"Hot to Go", Chappell Roan

-Nancy Jiang (01:49:00 )

"Infinity 2008", Guru Josh Project

-Fuzhau Xiang (02:05:04 )

"The Road to Ordinary", Pu Shu

Find the complete WSER Women's Field Playlist here:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0bjWszFeubURxy1VMhLhBZ?si=0jtOW5UjQ4eHX4W17p7WBQ&pi=oDr7u1c-Tnijv

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