Tom Evans On His Win Of The 2023 Western States 100 Ultra Marathon

In this episode Tom Evans joins his coach Scott Johnston to do a debrief of his recent victory of the Western States 100 ultra endurance run, the world’s oldest hundred-mile race.

With his win, Tom became one of three men to have been on the podium both at the UTMB (Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc) and the Western States. Tom talks about how his race unfolded as well as the grass-roots support that this race has, and the inspiration and respect he feels for all those who completed it. Afterward they take a deep-dive into the training Tom did leading into his race, including numbers from his training dairy,  periodization, the use of strength training, lactate monitoring of his intensity sessions, and much more…