Michael Aish racing 100 mile ultra.

By definition World Champs and Olympics means world class.

My friends and I will be cheering him on.

http://foundsf.org/images/d/de/Soma1

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Wow, he's doing worse than anticipated (even by me, who thought he would lead or be near the front for about half the race and then die off in the 2nd half). Based on the splits I've seen, he absolutely blew up around 40 miles. Tony put 14 minutes on him on a big climb after mile 40 and then he quickly dropped an hour off the front within 2-3 hours. Aish is done and will almost definitely DNF.

Aish Fan wrote:

By definition World Champs and Olympics means world class.

No it doesn't if you come from some sh*t country with no other good runners.

100s are easy.

typical LR wrote:

100s are easy.

So true

When will those in the uber-sensitive 10km-marathon crowd see that ultras are a whole other beast.

Even if Aish is now a slow 2:18 marathoner, he still should have been able to "hobby jog" his way to a W at Leadville and then and tell everyone how easy it was.

It is funny how there has never been a fast 10km/marathon guy step up and win a 100 then say what a joke it is.

From Michael Aish:

"No buckle for me. Had a go, blew myself apart and can't walk now. A big thanks to everyone, it's a great event and the people are magic."

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Crushed (even before the DNF) by a 1:1O runner:

http://bases.athle.com/asp.net/athletes.aspx?base=bilans&seq=74371