Jim Walmsley just had an insane week of training - think he'll win at UTMB?

Meanwhile Francois put in 78.5 miles with 25,000+ft of climbing, while Kilian put in 63.6 miles with 26,000+ft of climbing. There's a reason Americans struggle and look wrecked at 100k into this race.

less is more wrote:

Meanwhile Francois put in 78.5 miles with 25,000+ft of climbing, while Kilian put in 63.6 miles with 26,000+ft of climbing. There's a reason Americans struggle and look wrecked at 100k into this race.

Hey you could be right.. but I gotta say Francois looked downright wrecked at Western States. Got beat by over 1.5 hours

Guy is more suited for slow, mountainous courses - can't hang with the fast guys. Same goes for Killian.

they do any PED testing in this crazy sport?

If he wins he is one of the greatest American distance runners ever . You can quote me.

Jim has said that he’d not be surprised if he only had 2-3 good years. I read this a few times last year.

Dude was just ripping through those 13 minute miles (Kenyans beware).

Hounddogharrier wrote:

If he wins he is one of the greatest American distance runners ever . You can quote me.

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Killian has been crushing records at races from 21k to 42k and broke the Bob Graham round record running for almost 13 hours.

Don't be fooled by Killians strava. He trains 3 to 4 hours every day.

I don't doubt Walmsley's fitness but the race is going to be decided by who has a better stomach. If Walmsley can get his nutrition right, he has a chance.

D'Haene is probably the best hiker in the world so the harder the race day conditions, the better his chances.

Here's my analysis...... wrote:

Killian has been crushing records at races from 21k to 42k and broke the Bob Graham round record running for almost 13 hours.

Don't be fooled by Killians strava. He trains 3 to 4 hours every day.

I don't doubt Walmsley's fitness but the race is going to be decided by who has a better stomach. If Walmsley can get his nutrition right, he has a chance.

D'Haene is probably the best hiker in the world so the harder the race day conditions, the better his chances.

yeah...Kilian definitely puts in the volume. look at time, not distance. I'm sure he's not putting half of his training on strava.

but Jim is being pretty stupid right now. needs to back off big time after back to back 140 mi week with huge vert

WalmsleyatUtmb wrote:

Hey you could be right.. but I gotta say Francois looked downright wrecked at Western States. Got beat by over 1.5 hours

Guy is more suited for slow, mountainous courses - can't hang with the fast guys. Same goes for Killian.

Yeah, and we're talking about UTMB, not the hot canyons of Western States where everyone already knew Francois struggles with. Let's see who looks fresher at 100k at UTMB.

The UTMB course is not suited to his skills, kudos to him for trying so hard but is not going to happen.

Here's my analysis...... wrote:

Killian has been crushing records at races from 21k to 42k and broke the Bob Graham round record running for almost 13 hours.

Don't be fooled by Killians strava. He trains 3 to 4 hours every day.

I don't doubt Walmsley's fitness but the race is going to be decided by who has a better stomach. If Walmsley can get his nutrition right, he has a chance.

D'Haene is probably the best hiker in the world so the harder the race day conditions, the better his chances.

Good analysis.

Walmsley definitely has a good shot, but you'd have to put those two guys ahead of him as favorites. Walmsley is probably more prone to stomach issues or to burning himself out in training or the first half of the race than those guys are.

ThatAverageRunner wrote:

Hounddogharrier wrote:

If he wins he is one of the greatest American distance runners ever . You can quote me.

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-0/10 Back attacha , obviously a no nothing hobby jogger . Get in them men’s youngster

Kenyans just got their asses handed to them in mountain running - again!!

Funny how people think they would be automatically be dominating by now....and this is 30 years after east Africans started doing these mountain events!!

https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/mayr-puppi-win-malonno

comedyrelief wrote:

Dude was just ripping through those 13 minute miles (Kenyans beware).

Kenyans just got their asses handed to them in mountain running - again!!

Funny how people think they would be automatically be dominating by now....and this is 30 years after east Africans started doing these mountain events!!

Can someone explain the significance of UTMB to me? I know of Comrades, Western States, 100k champs. I've heard of UTMB, but don't know the significance of any of them.

bye bye Kenyans wrote:

comedyrelief wrote:

Dude was just ripping through those 13 minute miles (Kenyans beware).

Kenyans just got their asses handed to them in mountain running - again!!

Funny how people think they would be automatically be dominating by now....and this is 30 years after east Africans started doing these mountain events!!

https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/mayr-puppi-win-malonno

Let the excuses begin: 3...2...1...

notultra wrote:

Can someone explain the significance of UTMB to me? I know of Comrades, Western States, 100k champs. I've heard of UTMB, but don't know the significance of any of them.

It's like Hardrock but they actually let the good runners in the race.

Jerome Peyton wrote:

Jim has said that he’d not be surprised if he only had 2-3 good years. I read this a few times last year.

He would join a long list of ultra runners that were very good for 2-3 years then never get healthy enough to race at that level again.