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Just after 10 A.M. on June 21, Jim Walsmley scaled the iron ladder forged into the bald rock face of Washeshu Peak looming above Palisades Tahoe ski resort. Poles in either hand, he then marched up the steps carved into the lingering patch of snow to the 9,000-foot summit to claim second in the Broken Arrow Skyrace Vertical Kilometer race.
Ten minutes later, a neon pink Brooks crop top-clad Anna Gibson sprinted across the same finish line to take second in the women’s race.
While Walmsley and Gibson both finished in the same place in the same race, they could not be coming into the race from more different walks (ehrm, runs?) of life.
Starting at 5 A.M. on June 29, Walmsley will vye for his fourth Western States 100 title. At 4:53 P.M. on June 27, Gibson will compete in the preliminary round of the 1500 meters at the U.S. Olympic Trials…
