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The Story of a 72-Year-Old Ultrarunner’s Quest to Finish Western States

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Seventy-two-year-old Wally Hesseltine聽started running at age 37. And for 35 years he's run in at least one race聽per month. With so many races under his belt, he recently set his eyes on one of ultrarunning's greatest:聽. In 2016, after six years of trying to get into the race,聽he finally got a bid and had the chance to complete his goal of becoming the oldest finisher聽in the history of this event. We're going to let you think about that for a minute: 72 years old, running 100 miles in under 30 hours. Thirty Hours is a short film from聽Alex Massey that documents Hesseltine's incredible story, and is well worth the watch鈥撯揾is finish is unforgettable.聽Find more from Filmmaker Alex Massey .

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