Western States 2002
Steve Patt's Splits

I ran this race with my watch face taped, so I wouldn't know the times, but I very much wanted to know them later. The numbers I recorded are here; hopefully they will be beneficial to others. One thing you should learn is that the published "24-hour pace" numbers should be taken with a large grain of salt. The data shows me just behind 24-hour pace at Red Star Ridge, then suddenly 20-minutes ahead at Robinson Flat. This is, of course, nonsense. Note also, for example, how the 24-hour pace numbers show 40 minutes from Dusty Corners to last Chance, a distance of 5.3 miles. That's a pace of 7:32 per mile! I don't think so!! This is just one reason why I chose to tape my watch and ignore these numbers during the race itself; you can get yourself all worked up over absolutely nothing, over anomolies in the data itself. Just run.

Location Distance Total Distance from Last Cumulative Time (Into Station) "24-Hour Pace" Time Spent in Aid Station Time from Last Aid Station Pace from Last

Start

0

0

0

0:00

0

0

0

Escarpment

4.5

4.5

57:40

55:00

0:40

57:40

12:49

Lyon Ridge

11.5

7.0

2:20:22

2:00:00

1:12

1:22:02

11:43

Red Star Ridge

17.0

5.5

3:35:23

3:30:00

1:13

1:13:49

13:25

Robinson Flat

24.6

7.6

5:05:58

5:25:00

2:46

1:29:22

11:45

Little Bald Mtn.

28.6

4.0

6:03:53

6:25:00

1:47

55:09

13:47

Deep Canyon

33.7

4.9

7:08:15

7:30:00

0:16

1:02:35

12:46

Dusty Corners

38.0

4.3

8:02:09

8:20:00

2:03

53:38

12:28

Last Chance

43.3

5.3

9:06:56

9:00:00

3:03

1:02:44

11:50

Devil's Thumb

47.8

4.5

10:48:29

10:30:00

15:01

1:38:30

21:53

El Dorado Creek

52.9

5.1

12:16:31

11:25:00

1:26

1:13:01

14:19

Michigan Bluff

55.7

2.8

13:19:06

12:30:00

1:34

1:01:09

21:50

Bath Rd.

60.6

4.9

14:35:55

13:45:00

-

1:15:15

15:21

Foresthill

62.0

1.4

15:06:26

14:00:00

7:05

30:31

21:47

Dardanelles

65.7

3.7

16:03:10

14:50:00

1:03

49:39

13:25

Peachstone

70.7

5.0

17:30:57

15:50:00

2:31

1:26:44

17:21

Ford's Bar

73.0

2.3

18:19:34

16:25:00

0:56

46:06

20:02

Rucky Chucky Near

78.0

5.0

19:50:00

18:00:00

-

1:29:30

17:54

Rucky Chuck Far

78.0

0.0

19:58:36 (lv)

 

 

 

 

Green Gate

79.8

1.8

20:33:28

18:40:000

-

34:52

19:22

Auburn Lake Trails

85.2

5.4

22:13:27

20:00:00

3:03

1:38:59

18:19

Brown's Bar

89.9

4.7

23:52:17

21:20:00

0:55

1:35:47

20:23

Highway 49

93.5

3.6

25:09:xx

22:10:00

-

1:16:xx

21:06

No Hands Bridge

96.8

3.3

Watch failure

 

 

 

 

Robie Pt.

98.9

2.1

 

 

 

 

 

FINISH

100.2

1.3

27:28:15

24:00:00

 

2:19:xx

20:44


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