If you had asked the experts in advance of the Western States 100, "Who will win?", you wouldn't have heard the name Anita Ortiz. Ortiz wouldn't have told you she'd win either. But she did win. Today on Endurance Planet we hear from the veteran mountain runner who entered her first 100-miler and surprised everyone.

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