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Jim Walmsley's Story: the Boy Who Got Lost in His Western States Debut and Ended up Winning It Four Times

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Jim Walmsley’s mistake at the 2016 Western States is the best known example of the world’s ultratrail. Arizona’s long distance racer, without HOKA as the main sponsor, was leading the race with more than an hour’s lead over the second ranked being an ‘outsider’ in esat edition. He was a few miles away from the finish line, on Auburn’s final stretch, when he turned in the wrong direction. When he realized and returned to the right path, he had wa…
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Jim Walmsley’s mistake at the 2016 Western States is the best known example of the world’s ultratrail. Arizona’s long distance racer, without HOKA as the main sponsor, was leading the race with more than an hour’s lead over the second ranked being an ‘outsider’ in esat edition. He was a few miles away from the finish line, on Auburn’s final stretch, when he turned in the wrong direction. When he realized and returned to the right path, he had wa…

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sport.es broke the news on Thursday, June 25, 2026.
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