
Last year’s winner Beth Pascall was absent from the start list for 2022, but there was still plenty of talent toeing the line. Photo: iRunFar/Bryon Powell 2022 Western States 100 Women’s Race The start of the 2022 Western States 100 on June 25 in Olympic Valley, California. If you like what we’re doing, here are the ways you can help support iRunFar. Thanks also to BUFF® and Squirrel’s Nut Butter for their support of our Western States coverage. In doing so, she ran the third-best time in the race’s 49-year history.Ī special thanks to HOKA for making our coverage of the Western States 100 possible! The heat wasn’t enough to slow down Adam Peterman ( post-race interview), who decisively won his first 100 miler in a superb 15:13:48, or Ruth Croft ( post-race interview), who returned following a second-place finish last year to take the win in 17:21:30, shaving 12 minutes off her previous time. on Saturday, June 25, 2022.Īfter unusually chilly and wet weather in the days beforehand, normal service resumed on race day with another scorcher of a day for this year’s race. Roughly 380 runners from 32 countries began their journey from Olympic Valley to Auburn, California, at 5 a.m.

Thanks to HOKA for sponsoring iRunFar’s coverage of the 2022 Western States 100.Īfter the COVID-19-pandemic-year cancellation of 2020, followed by a year of travel restrictions, which reduced the numbers of overseas runners, the 2022 Western States 100 was back to being a truly international celebration of ultrarunning.
