Just nine days before the race Melissa Tucker got the call off the wait list and got to fulfill her dream to run Western States. This week on Singletrack she shares how she dealt with being undertrained, how she was not being able to eat due to the heat and how she still made it to Auburn in one piece.

Melissa is also the new race director for Secret Beach in Gold Beach, Oregon and we chat about the challenge and beauty of putting on a race right on the beach.

LINKS

• WS Twitter announcement of Melissa getting picked off the wait list
• Melissa Tucker on Instagram
• All Terrain Adventures, Melissa’s racing company
• Secret Beach on Instagram
• Secret Beach on UltraSignup

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