Killian "One Arm" Jornet going at it.
Killian "One Arm" Jornet going at it.
1st and 2nd place, the night awaits!
https://twitter.com/SalomonRunning/status/886033782079275008
S. Canaday wrote:
The thing is Killian can run pretty fast too. At the Mont Blanc [trail] marathon last month he was holding his own on the first 11 miles or so (pretty flattish and "runnable"). Covered all surges that guys like Max King and Andy Wacker put down on the downhills at 4:50-4:40/mile pace on the smooth trails. I was holding on for dear life until I basically bonked and fell off the lead pack.
We hit a major climbing part on the course (this event had nearly 10,000' of climbing...most in the second half) around mile 12 and he could easily drop Max King on an uphill. A few "mountain guys" like Stian and Luis Alberto and Joe Gray can flat out "short range" climb better...but it depends if the hill is like 15% or 30% grade.
Get to the top of a mountain followed by a technical downhill and Killian is even faster and much better. Max is great at technical downhills and has improved his uphills (he did get 3rd in this race), but Killian really can move fast in the mountains....running...not powerhiking (which is he fast at as well).
It was a surprise to see because he had spent so much time on Everest recently and on skis most of the winter.
Cool story, brah
If Killian can win this race with his arm in a sling it will be impressive.
I guess that Everest thing was like hill repeats.
Is there a HR in your future?
If Killian and girlfriend Anna Frost ever marry and have kids their offspring are going to have a clear advantage when it comes to VO2 max and other genetic traits for running.
Trump2020OP wrote:
If Killian and girlfriend Anna Frost ever marry and have kids their offspring are going to have a clear advantage when it comes to VO2 max and other genetic traits for running.
Does Emelie know about this?
I stand corrected. I saw Anna Frost was in this race and got confused. It's late, I'm tired, and Jamin didn't break 15:00 this week. Too much fake news in mix...
Killian has run over 30 miles with a separated shoulder. Retaped shoulder for the 3rd time.
This is one painful injury. Took me over 2 years before all the pain finally went away.
Womens leader Caroline Chaverot went about a mile off course. Now making her way back. She had over 2 hour lead at last aid station.
Chaverot apparently lost an hour on the detour, still an hour lead on the next woman. Looks like they don't have pacers in this event?
Looks like Kilian took the win by over 20 minutes with 1 arm. That's very impressive. I reckon most people would have DNF'd.
KJ wrote:
Looks like Kilian took the win by over 20 minutes with 1 arm. That's very impressive. I reckon most people would have DNF'd.
Yeah, that was an incredible performance. Joe hit the wall trying to keep up with the guy in the sling. KJ's uphill performance just kept cranking!
old shady wrote:
If Killian can win this race with his arm in a sling it will be impressive.
Impressive, I don't think so. Shows complete lack of depth of the athletes in this sport.
Embarrassing that an individual with a dislocated shoulder in sling can win or finish at the top. Need to up the caliber of the athletes.
I don't even know why I come here anymore.
And pigs fly wrote:
old shady wrote:If Killian can win this race with his arm in a sling it will be impressive.
Impressive, I don't think so. Shows complete lack of depth of the athletes in this sport.
Embarrassing that an individual with a dislocated shoulder in sling can win or finish at the top. Need to up the caliber of the athletes.
Obviously you never heard about KJ. Do your basic research before typing nonsense.
One tough but humble guy:
There's depth in mountain ultrarunning, just not at Hardrock. Check out UTMB later this summer and you'll find a hugely stacked field.
Hardrock has a stupid lottery system in place that makes it difficult for new runners to participate. For this and other reasons, the race has lost some of its appeal.
Regardless, Killian is a beast. And so is Caroline Chaverot.
morning time wrote:
And pigs fly wrote:Impressive, I don't think so. Shows complete lack of depth of the athletes in this sport.
Embarrassing that an individual with a dislocated shoulder in sling can win or finish at the top. Need to up the caliber of the athletes.
Obviously you never heard about KJ. Do your basic research before typing nonsense.
You´re the one typing nonsense. Do you think Kipchoge would win a big city marathon if this happened to him? Of course not.
Speaking of depth, Wardian is a pretty fast guy and he's not in the top 25.
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
Jakob Ingebrigtsen has a 1989 Ferrari 348 GTB and he's just put in paperwork to upgrade it