Western States Endurance Run Foundation

Completed the second year of a multi-year project with US Forest Service to re-route and improve 6 miles of the Western States trail in the Granite Chief Wilderness Area, a federally designated Wilderness Area. Successfully completed annual trail work on 100 miles of the Western States trail using our volunteer steward program, a partnership between Western States Endurance Run Foundation, US Forest Service, Auburn State Recreation Area and Western States Trail Foundation, modeled after the Pacific Crest Trail Association. (Continued on Schedule O)Worked in partnership with the US Forest Service, Auburn State Recreation Area and the Western States Trail Foundation, to continue to restore 16 miles of trail damaged in the Mosquito fire in the fall of 2022. Included both financial commitment from WSER and coordinated volunteer work on trail.

Sponsored two medical studies at the 2024 Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run entitled: "Rhabdomyolysis & Renal Injury Surveillance Consortium (R.I.S.C.) Trial conducted by researchers from the UC Davis Medical School and "Examining Biomarkers Across Training in Ultramarathon Trail Runners," conducted by the Stanford University Medical Center. Both studies were successfully completed and the results of these studies will be published in medical journals for the benefit of the medical community, runners and the general public.The WSER Foundation hosted a pre-race medical conference in Auburn on May 24, 2024 with 60 attendees. (Continued on Schedule O)The Foundation's Medical Director presented pre-race zoom conferences to discuss medical issues of concern for WSER entrants with reference to a case report entitled "Four Cases of Acute Kidney Injury Requiring Dialysis in Ultramarathoners."