Tara Dower | 2026 Western States 100 Pre-Race Interview
About this episode
Tara Dower discusses her journey and challenges leading up to the 2026 Western States 100 race.
One of the most exciting and versatile athletes in our sport, Tara Dower joins us in the studio to reflect on this year’s mission to race the vaunted Western States-Hardrock double. There’s a bit of a “revenge” narrative at play here as illness forced her to DNF at last year’s Western States and she was the very first person on the wait list at last year’s Hardrock, even suiting up for the start line the morning of the race in hopes that magic would happen. Ultimately, the stars didn’t ...
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