2010 Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run winner Geoff Roes (34) showed Anton Krupicka (26) and Kilian Jornet (22) that you can't beat experience. The trio ran together most of the way, although the two youngsters managed to escape with a little gap around halfway. Roes patiently waited in third position until their wheels came off, and took the lead towards the end.
Roes went on to finish strong with a new course record 15:05:04, smashing Scott Jurek's 15:36:37 set in 2004. Also the second-place finisher Krupicka beat the old course record with 15:13:53.
Best European Jornet came in third with 16:04:49, beating Nick Clark by a minute and change. Second European Ian Sharman came in 8th with 17:26:19.
First woman to arrive at Auburn finish line was Tracey Garneau with 19:01:55.
Roes has never lost a 100-miler since his his ultrarunning career began in 2006 and is known for setting a new course record in almost every race he enters.
Some experts estimated that a course record would not be possible this year due to excessive snow. However in his last blog posting before the race Roes wrote: "the more snow the better". The posting was titled "Liking the way things are going".
Roes will get another chance to race with Jornet in August, when they both will participate in Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc. Jornet wasn't able to win his first race in America. It will be interesting to see how Roes will do in his first race in Europe.
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