Lotti Brinks | 2026 Western States 100 Pre-Race Interview

Simply put, Lotti Brinks is one of the best ultrarunners in the sport right now.

Over the last 2 years, she’s secured multiple top 10s at CCC, wins at Way Too Cool and Desert Rats, and a course record at the Gorge Waterfalls 100K this past spring that heralded her arrival into the upper echelon of the sport.

This is her second time at Western States. She was here in 2024, placing 14th in 18:53. But many expect her to be a podium contender in 2026.

Since this is our first ever interview with Lotti on Singletrack, we use the opportunity to learn more about her: her background, what motivates her pursuit of excellence in the ultra world, being coached by the great Tyler Green, and her race-day goals.

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Transcript

SPEAKER_03 0:00

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SPEAKER_02 0:45

Woo! It's race week.

SPEAKER_03 0:47

Are you excited?

SPEAKER_02 0:48

I am very excited. Yeah, I've been excited for like what feels like months now. So I'm glad it's finally here.

SPEAKER_03 0:54

I'm sure Brett and Leah are gonna have a lot of questions. The burning question in my mind right now is and I've never asked this to anyone that has had to deal with this, but tickets roll down all the time. You took sixth place at CCC last year. One of, I think it was maybe the best women's race in all of 2025, like the deepest, the most thrilling. Talk about what it feels like to learn that you're racing Western states like three months out.

SPEAKER_02 1:20

It was it was, I wouldn't call it a shock, but I didn't count like I it wasn't like on my radar that that would happen. Um I've won a golden ticket race before where I got my first entry into states, and that was Grindstone, which was way before the race. Like it was I think September, like the year before 2023. Um so that time I had a ton of leeway to like think about it and prep for it. This year I I heard that I got the roll down like at some point end of March, maybe early April, something around that time. And uh I at first I thought it was like I got like an email from Craig Thornley, and I thought it wasn't real, like I thought it was scam. Yeah, like I looked at it, I'm like, there's no way. And then I did end up texting Sylvia and I'm like, Sylvia, is this real? And she's like, Yeah, I'm pregnant, like I'm not racing, ticket roll ticket rolls. So, and then it was a pretty easy decision. Like my season has changed a ton this year. Like, I feel like every racer I signed up, I had to do a different race instead, and this is just another one of those. Like, I planned on running Terrawera, couldn't do it because I broke my wrist, did the Cyan FKT instead, then I planned on racing Puerto Vallarta in Mexico, couldn't do it because that got cancelled, ran Ray to Pool instead. Then I planned on racing Ultra Trail Australia, couldn't do it because of work stuff, and did Gorge instead. And now I'm also doing states. So it's like there's a silver lining because all these races I did instead of the races I had originally planned are way better for Western states. So it ended up being all good.

SPEAKER_04 3:10

Yeah, it does feel like it almost turned into a purposeful Western states yeah, race schedule. Most recent race you did was Gorge 100k.

SPEAKER_02 3:21

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 3:21

All right, okay, yeah. You were there, you saw that. I was there, I got to witness.

SPEAKER_02 3:24

Yeah, I passed you.

SPEAKER_04 3:26

Yeah, you sure did. You sure did. Why was I ever in front of you? I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 3:33

But you were also in front of Drew Holman, weren't you that?

SPEAKER_04 3:37

I was in front of everyone. Uh me and Dylan Humberger after the very first aid station.

SPEAKER_02 3:44

We did like Shay and I took it in the like very beginning, like, where is everyone?

SPEAKER_04 3:48

And then you didn't we didn't stop at that aid station, yeah, and everyone else started with nothing and then grabbed all their stuff there. So then all of a sudden we were alone in the front. I was like, I this is wrong. This is not correct. But it was really exciting to see your race and just the way you tackled every section of that course and seemed to be getting stronger as the race went on. Were you how did you did you approach that race as like a relatively like a goal type race, or where were you in your training for Western states?

SPEAKER_02 4:26

Um I well, I signed up for Gorge before knowing that I was gonna get into Western states, and by the time I knew I was in states, most of my training for Gorge was done. So I definitely treated treated Gorge as an A-race, and I knew that if I wanted to win Gorge, I would have to break the course record because Shay was there and Shay is the course record holder. Um, so I went in like fully knowing I have to run fast and I have to really go for it, and it all worked out. So, but yeah, I was definitely like I trained for it, I tapered for it. It was definitely a goal race.

SPEAKER_04 5:05

Do you feel like doing 100K perhaps on that like kind of close to the race, but still far enough where you can get back into a training group? Did that give you some nice, like tangible things to work on in the short term leading up to Western states?

SPEAKER_02 5:22

Yeah, I think I mean at the very least, it's a good confidence builder and a good dress rehearsal. Like I'm just gonna use the same exact kit, essentially, from like head to toe that I use at Gorge. Um and essentially the same nutrition strategy. So it's it's good to know that like something has worked previously that's not like super far away, like it's been a couple months. And I was able to after Gorge, essentially, like I had like one down week or something where I recovered, but I was feeling pretty good post-gorge, so I could kind of roll straight into Western States training, which was good.

SPEAKER_01 6:00

So a couple years ago, I guess last year, Torawera, you missed a golden ticket by a couple spots again with a really fast women's race. I think third through six were all like sprint finishes. Yeah, it was crazy. And that's that's tough to miss out on a golden ticket by a few spots like that. Um, you said after the fact that that was actually like a good thing because you wanted to focus on 100Ks for a little bit um at this part of your career. What has changed since then that has made you feel more up to running the 100-mile distance here again in Western States?

SPEAKER_02 6:31

I think that I feel super comfortable with 100Ks. I love 100Ks. Um, they're fast, they're still like, you still have a day out there, you still get to like, I don't know, see a whole bunch of things. But I kind of I don't want to chink sit here, knock on some wood, but I feel like I have the 100K kind of somewhat figured out. Like it's not like I know how to execute a hundred K and feel good the whole way and race race it hard. With a hundred miles, they're still like like I don't have a hundred miles figured out. I've done two so far. And they've both gone like okay. And I really want to have like a a great hundred miler, and that's what excites me about states.

SPEAKER_01 7:18

Yeah, that reminds me of your CCC this past year. Like from an outsider looking in, that seemed like a pretty perfect day for you. You had raised CCC prior, been top 10, and came back this year and shaved off like an hour and 20 minutes. You've been here at Western States before, and I think you probably know that you have places where you can shave off a lot of time. Um are you looking at your race this year at Western States similar to how you approach CCC in those back to back years?

SPEAKER_02 7:44

Yeah, I think it's it's similar with both Gorge and CCC. Like I had a I had a good race at CCC in 2025, uh 2024, but I just across the finished line, I'm like, I know I have more to give here. Like I I know I can like find time on this course. And it was the same with Gorge. I had a really like I won Gorge in, I don't know, 24 and had a really good day there. But I knew that I could have a better day and shave more time off. And I feel the same about states. In 24, I had a pretty good day through like Michigan Bluff, like to Forest Hill, and then like things like started to be like, oh, this is really hard. Like this is a long way to go. And I essentially, like the last 20 miles, I essentially walked it in. So there's like two hours right there. Um so I do have I know that I have like they I left some time on the table in the canyons. I left a ton of time on the table, like after Forest Hill. So I'm I'm excited to see like how much I can shape my own time down.

SPEAKER_03 8:52

You mentioned having the 100k distance figured out. For people that don't know your history in the sport, uh what are what are your strengths as a runner? What do you bring to the table at this race?

SPEAKER_02 9:06

I think I'm I don't know if I have like any crazy strengths or crazy weaknesses. I feel like I'm just like kind of like solid across the board, but I'm not an amazing climber, what an amazing downhiller. Like I can run decently fast. Like I have a track and cross-country background. Like I went I raced in college and uh feel like I also have like that mountain runner in me from like just growing up outside of the Alps. So I don't know. I wouldn't say I'm like a 10 out of 10, like amazing at any one particular thing, but I'm like a you know seven out of ten in everything.

SPEAKER_04 9:48

I think that that is a strength. That is definitely a strength, especially for a course like Western States where there's a little well, there is a little bit of everything.

SPEAKER_02 9:58

Yeah, but just don't put me in a VK or something like that.

unknown 10:01

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 10:07

That's true. Unfortunately, the finish line is you know, 98 more miles on the top of the escarpment.

SPEAKER_01 10:11

Yeah. No. What? You have to hear first.

SPEAKER_03 10:18

Well, let me ask you this too, because I I we talk a lot about prominent coaches in the sport. John Fitzgerald has been getting a lot of air, you know, very well-deserved coupe, the Roches, uh, Trails and Tarmac. How did you link up with Tyler Green and talk about like his philosophy working together for a race like Western States?

SPEAKER_02 10:37

I started working with Tyler in 24 before I first ran States. Um how did I how did it start? I think it was Keeley uh Henninger who recommended Tyler. Um oh yeah, because we were at Havelina together in 23, and I was like looking to like find someone to coach me for States. And um it just worked out and Tyler has been a great coach ever since. Like it's been yeah, it's been it's been awesome. Like I feel like we have a we keep training really fun, which I like. Um there we do a lot of like different things every now and then he like introduces like something we haven't done before to just keep things uh fresh. But yeah, I also like get plenty of like time on the bike and like kind of do my own stuff. Um so it's been it's been great.

SPEAKER_03 11:32

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SPEAKER_01 12:39

So something I've been lamenting about literally the entire field at Western States this year is how so many people are Strava Dark. And one of mine and Brett's favorite pastimes are to send each other different files we see of people on Strava. And I think your name comes up quite often when we see you throw down an amazing workout. And unfortunately, we haven't been able to see any of those amazing workouts on Strava in a long time. Um, I think you had a post on Instagram a couple months back that was like, okay, I think it's about time to go Strava Dark. Um, can you talk about any workouts in this block or any training runs that you did that you're drawing from for Western states that is giving you like the utmost confidence as you wind up this weekend?

SPEAKER_02 13:18

Yeah, there were some good ones. Um people figured out that you can still follow people on like Sunto. I know you gotta go you gotta go dark lots of other places too. But not Sunto dog can't hide that. Um but I had some good ones. Um I did a training camp in Flagstaff with the whole like Hoka gang. And uh that was just super fun. Um, it's really great to train there. And it was I always thought like I just always told myself altitude isn't real to like not think about it too much. Um I'm like it's just hard, you know, but um it was great to actually like go to like 7,000 feet and train between 7,000 and 10 and kind of see how you progress over that was like three and a half weeks that we were there, maybe four. And I had some like really good back-to-back long runs. It seems like everyone is doing crazy volume these days. And it was just kind of cool to see like how my body holds up on like like a 25-mile run Friday, 35 Saturday, then another like 26 on Sunday or something like that with some quality in it. And that gives me good confidence because a 30-mile run is just like another training day now. And that is something that wasn't the case a couple years ago where I was like, oh 30 30 miles, it's like a almost a 50k, that's crazy, but now it's just like another day. Um, and then I had one really good confidence builder that I sometimes do that, and Tyler probably doesn't like that, or like I feel good, and then I just when I have like one of those days I'm like, oh yeah, like I feel great. Like I just like try way too hard and go way too fast. And I had like one, I went to like a pretty I think it's like somewhat famous, like it's called A1 in Fagstaff. It's like a dirt road that's like a little rolling. And I had a it ended up being like a 22-mile workout with I think was like three by 30 minutes of effort. And uh that went so good, and I finished, I'm like, wow, like what even is altitude? Like this is fine. Like I can hit my boysy paces, no problem. And that felt that made me feel really good, but I've been toning it down since then.

SPEAKER_04 15:39

So after the race, will you go back and publicize all of your training?

SPEAKER_02 15:46

Or you keep it easy to do. I don't know. Do you have to do it one by one? Or can you just like Caleb did it last year?

SPEAKER_04 15:55

We'll figure it out. We'll we'll get a we'll get a script written.

SPEAKER_01 15:58

And I think you could say like make them all private, make them all public. If it's easy, I'll just do that.

SPEAKER_03 16:04

I didn't realize Sunto and Chorus.

SPEAKER_02 16:06

Yeah, you can and Garmin too. So they all have like their own like feeds that you can stalk people on.

SPEAKER_04 16:11

Well, then that would just be a chore of like you upload a run, you're like, gotta make it private on this, this, this, this, and this.

SPEAKER_02 16:18

Yeah, I don't care that much. I'm like, I just like shit.

SPEAKER_03 16:21

We've got two hours before this episode goes live to screenshot everything on Choros.

SPEAKER_04 16:29

Did you like did you like knowing that your runs weren't popping up on Strava? Did that change anything like mentally?

SPEAKER_02 16:38

Honestly, not I don't know if I'll go Strava Dark again. It's like doesn't really like I don't really care that much. Um, I think it's more so it's kind of like what I was saying. Like sometimes I just try really hard to have like really sexy workouts. And uh I probably shouldn't do that. But and like not being on Strabo has kind of helped because I just like I'm like, oh, no one's gonna see this anyway. Um but other than that, I don't really care. I kind of miss like thinking of Strabo captions during my runs. So I I'm gonna go back on it after the race for sure.

SPEAKER_00 17:13

Okay.

SPEAKER_03 17:14

I was just thinking a minute ago that you know you've had a lot of success at CCC, a ninth place there, a sixth place there. Um in I mean, arguably year in, year out, that's the most competitive race in our sport. How does this Western State stage feel compared to CCC from a from a pressure standpoint? Is there any there at all? Given what you faced at CCC.

SPEAKER_02 17:40

I don't really feel any pressure. Um, not at states, and I also didn't feel pressure at CCC. I think it's because it's so competitive that I don't feel pressure. Like I know that there probably like at CCC there were like 20 women who could have won this the race, and I think it's really similar at States too. And I feel like the pressure is kind of nicely spread out. So, I mean, there is some pressure, but it's not like I know, like I feel like the pressure is on everyone, and not just on one single person.

SPEAKER_03 18:15

It's a cool way to look at it.

SPEAKER_04 18:16

Yeah, I know.

SPEAKER_02 18:17

And you all share it.

SPEAKER_04 18:18

Yeah, the more competitive the race, the I guess the more normal that pressure is.

SPEAKER_02 18:25

And it's like, yeah, is altitude even real? It gives me some like I don't know, calm that I know that like everyone is feeling it. It's not just like if I feel pressure, I'm like, oh, that's not special. Like everyone else in this field is feeling the same, same way.

SPEAKER_03 18:42

Does that thought come naturally to you, or have you to work on that over the years?

SPEAKER_02 18:46

I think the more I put myself into competitive races, the more that thought was like kind of like manifested. Um I think it's just practice. I think running competitive races is something that you need to practice to feel comfortable with it. And the more you do it, the more it's just like exciting versus nerve-wracking. Like I think the more competitive a race is, the more excited I am to race it versus the more like scared of anything I would be. So I like that.

SPEAKER_04 19:16

When you're approaching a big race like this, you know, there's usually always some sort of goal in mind. Do you approach goal setting any differently for a super competitive race like CCC or Western States versus something smaller where it might just be more you out there?

SPEAKER_02 19:35

I I feel like people have been asking this like goal question a lot. And like I just feel like as a professional runner, my goal is always to win. Like I want to win every race that I line up for. I can't control everything, like, you know, like things happen, like other like I don't know what other people are doing. Um, but the goal for me is always to try my hardest to cross the finish line first. And that is the same if it's uh like local 50k or Western States or CCC or I don't know, just like trying to get a raise, whoever, right? Like I I just want to win. And sometimes it happens and sometimes it don't. It doesn't.

SPEAKER_01 20:28

Did you learn or gain any new race tactics specifically in like CCC last year and then Gorge 100k this year that you'll implement at Western States?

SPEAKER_02 20:45

Yeah, well, I don't know, race tactics are always so hard because you like I don't know what everyone else is gonna do until the race happens. So I feel like that is almost something that I don't want to think about too much because once the gun goes off, like everything changes anyway. Um I do know that I'm I get really motivated, like trying to hunt people down towards the end. Um I don't foresee myself like running from the front. Um I do I do like closing gaps. So but that being said, like I also don't think that it's I don't think that you could like you just don't want to let people go too much either. Like I wanna know that they're still like I can either see them or I know is like what kind of the gaps are to still like feel like I can close them towards the end.

SPEAKER_03 21:40

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SPEAKER_04 22:39

It seems like we have this conversation every year when we talk pre-race about whether someone approaches the race with just like particular time splits in mind or if they're keying off the rest of the field. And it kind of sounds like the way you're approaching it is, you know, when the gun goes off, we'll see how things develop.

SPEAKER_02 22:58

Yeah. I do have a, I mean, I have a like a pacing spreadsheet mostly for my crew.

SPEAKER_00 23:04

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 23:05

It's it's just so hard to tell, I feel like, at this point with especially women's racing. Like I feel like everyone is just so fast. You know, like it's you just like can't plan on any specific time anymore to like win a race, or like, oh, if I run like I don't know, like 1657 and I'll come fifth or something. Like you can't you can't count on that anymore. So I think the best way to approach it now is to just race and try hard.

SPEAKER_03 23:37

So on this PACER spreadsheet, what time does your crew need to be at the Placer High Track?

SPEAKER_02 23:43

I'll share it after the race.

SPEAKER_01 23:46

That's also Strava Dark. Uh yeah, the last time you were here at Western States, you were supported by Solomon and you've now been with Hoka for about the last year and a half here. How has the various levels of support between Solomon and Hoka um yeah, how's it been reflected in your training and your dull to Western States and what is similar and different between those two kind of comparisons?

SPEAKER_02 24:10

I feel like with with Solomon, I was still like really early in my career. Um where it might have been a little bit trickier to get the full support um to perform really well at this race. Um now with Hoka, it's I don't really have to think about much other than running, which is really great. Like I they did the whole training camp. They put us up here in like a nice place to stay at. They there's like food everywhere, they like plan out all the like gear for our cruise. Like I don't have to bring anything, I don't have to bring a cooler, I don't have to bring whatever. I just have to bring myself and my race kit and just like focus on running. And that has been a game changer. It's also been it's just been really great to hang out with the hooker team and just have fun training with them and just like you know, being up to no good with them. It's like funny because it feels like now that we're all tapering, we all have way too much energy and we're just like doing the most random stupid stuff. Yeah, tell us about this pump track.

SPEAKER_04 25:18

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 25:19

Yeah, I got banged up knees.

SPEAKER_04 25:21

Um is that from the pump track? Yeah. Oh my goodness.

SPEAKER_02 25:26

Yeah, so at the Airbnb, there is a bike that's entirely too big for me and a bike that is a kid's bike. So it's either like teeny tiny or huge. And we found a pump track right behind the Hoker house. So yesterday, Hans and I and Adam was there too. We took the little kids bike out to the pump track. And uh, the problem was that the kids bike doesn't have real brakes, it just has a pedal brake. So when you pedal backwards, it breaks. And if you go really fast over like the little pumps and you get some air and you land and you hit the pedal, uh, you go over the bars. And I learned that lesson.

SPEAKER_04 26:07

You can't manual anything with a kid's bike.

SPEAKER_02 26:09

No, you cannot.

SPEAKER_03 26:12

Okay, I might uh it I at least have two more questions. And I've listened to a couple of your recent podcast interviews, and one of the common themes through all of them is that one of your goals in the sport is to be a part of the cohort of female athletes that push boundaries of the sport.

SPEAKER_00 26:29

What's the boundary at Western states? Ooh. We'll we'll find out on Saturday, I guess.

SPEAKER_02 26:38

Um I think it's just a really exciting time to be in the sport, especially as a woman. Like we you could kind of see it in Flagstaff, um, because everyone seemed to be there. But it wasn't like a weird, like, oh, we all like race against each other kind of vibe. It was more like a like let's support each other and run together and train hard together so we can show up as our best selves at the start line. And I think we all like I want to see boundaries broken. If that's me who's doing it or someone else, at the end of the day, like it's both good news. Like if someone breaks the course record on Saturday, that's not me. I would be ecstatic. Like it's I think we all just like uplift each other, and I think that's great, regardless of like who it is who does it.

SPEAKER_01 27:29

And you've spent a lot of time in Flagstaff training with a lot of people on the HOCA team and a couple other athletes. Is there anybody that you see a lot of yourself in when you're running with them that is similar to how you approach the sport or how you approach race?

SPEAKER_02 27:43

I I like that question because I feel like I take I take a little bit from everyone. Like I look up to everyone who's signing up this Saturday, and I catch myself. I was just talking to a friend on a run earlier today about this. As I run, I catch myself thinking about like, oh, this person like lowers their arms when they run, or this person like runs like with this funny step. And I I like try it out myself. I'm like, huh, I wonder if this will work. So I I love just like seeing other people run and like kind of watching them what they do, and just like seeing, oh, maybe I could be a little bit like that. And then like it's all just like kind of a blend of everything, and I I kind of love that. Like, yeah, I don't know. I I take inspiration from a lot of people in the sport. You included. Oh thanks, Bobby.

SPEAKER_03 28:32

Well, on a much smaller scale, we have all of our kids here this week, and my daughter, just by hanging out with Benji the last few days, has turned into a four-foot striker as she runs around. Amazing. So see, she's being inspired. Go, Benji.

SPEAKER_04 28:51

Nothing wrong with heel striking.

SPEAKER_03 28:55

Um okay, I think you did meant this is the last question for me. I think you might have mentioned it earlier in the interview, but as we're doing this preview episode for the women's field tomorrow, is it fair to put you in the category of athletes whose intention is to go for the win, or are you racing for a top top 10 spot?

SPEAKER_02 29:14

My intention is to win. I do wanna, I think we all know that in a hundred miles anything can happen. Like I might break my ankle mile one. No one knows. Yeah, yeah, someone knocking win. But I think I think, I don't know. I think we all at at the end of the day want to win. And I want to be up there. Like I said, I'm probably not gonna lead from the start. That's just not not the way I usually race. But I wanna be pretty, pretty dang close to that. So we'll we'll see how it shakes out. But like not to like I'm not here to send back myself or anything. Like I feel like my training has been really good. I feel strong, I feel healthy, I feel much more mentally ready than I did in 2024. Like I was I was fit in 24, but I wasn't ready for what Western States was. And I feel like I'm I'm just so much more prepared now, like both mentally and physically. So I'm excited to see what happens.

SPEAKER_03 30:21

Amazing. Well, uh Lottie, we can't thank you enough for the time here today. Obviously, really excited to watch your race unfold Saturday, and we wish you the best.

SPEAKER_02 30:30

Thank you.