At 5:00 a.m. on June 28, 369 elite runners gathered at the Western States Endurance Run starting line at Palisades Tahoe in Olympic Valley, California. Crews, f ...

Three Chicago area endurance athletes finished the “Super Bowl” of running. The Western States 100 is the world’s oldest ...

So why is Western States such a big deal in ultra running? In this article, we took a look at this iconic endurance race, from its unlikely origins to the details that make a silver belt buckle one of ...

Meanwhile, Abby Hall returned to her dominant running and won the women’s race in 16:36:16 just two years after suffering a ...

The Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run, a historic event that took place this past Saturday, is the world’s oldest ...

At 3:10 a.m. Sunday morning on a remote trail near Foresthill, California, Jan Vleck was in a desperate place. He was 78 ...

This year's edition of Western States 100 dished out plenty of heat, heartbreak and a few good reminders for the rest of us ...

Hermantown's Michael Koppy tried his hand at the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run, which is the world's oldest 100-mile ...

American ultra-trail runner Caleb Olson was a surprise winner of California's grueling Western States Endurance Run on ...

Michael Koppy of Duluth, MN, set out Saturday to take on the grueling Western States 100-mile endurance run in Olympic Valley ...

The iconic Western States 100, or the Western States Endurance Run (WSER), began in 1977, and will run on Saturday, June 28 at 7:15 a.m. ET. The inaugural race ...

The Western States 100 has remained the most prominent trail race in North America amid a period of big growth, in part by ...