Western States 100: Hayden Hawks and the long road to recovery 

In his first race since undergoing surgery, pro ultrarunner Hayden Hawks booked his Golden Ticket for WSER by winning the Black Canyon 100k in a course-record time.
It's been a long road to recovery from a knee injury that forced him to DNF at the 2023 Western States 100-mile ultra.
The 2022 WSER runner-up shares his brutally honest account of the highs and lows of a challenging 12 months...