Trueheart Brown earned a Golden Ticket to Western States Endurance Run by coming in first in the 2022 Black Canyon Ultras 100k. He was training for WSER but unfortunately was forced to bow out and decline his entry. His reason is heroic and honorable. He spent the final 2 weeks, as a firefighter, fighting a 30,000 acre wildfire that threatened the town and people of Flagstaff, Az. It would be unfair to require him to hope for a lottery draw or to take his chances and have to win another Golden Ticket. We value our first responders and we value honest and fair competition. Let’s show we value Trueheart Brown and his accomplishments as a first responder and a qualified and deserved entrant of the WSER by honoring his Golden Ticket in 2023.