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Also Mt. Washington is an uphill ROAD race and the trail 50k he ran is considered an easy course compared to a lot of other 50ks in the US. I wuld say his experience racing in the mountains is very limited at best.
I "wud" say you don't know anything about mountain races. If you have ever ran any of the mountain races in New England, especially Mt. Washington, you would be very impressed with how well Sage did in his first mountain race. That is honestly one of the toughest races in the New England area. And what difference does his experience in the mountains have to do with anything? To not have any experience running mountains and then show up at Mt. Washington and destroy the field shows quite a bit about how talented he is.