There are some pics of him napping or resting wrapped up in a down coat at the last aid station, think he might still be in but is struggling.
There are some pics of him napping or resting wrapped up in a down coat at the last aid station, think he might still be in but is struggling.
Walmsley is 1:10 back. We are talking hours here.
No big Walmsley fan wrote:
Walmsley is 1:10 back. We are talking hours here.
He may have some great training runs, but he doesn't / won't race smart.
Lol and walmsley was saying he wanted to run 2:10 for marathon. He'd get to halfway at 1:04 then drop at 16
Seems to be back in 4th according to UTMB Live TV
5th at the finsh. 1:10h after the first.
Can we please stop all the Walmley talk now? He's a good ultrarunner, 5th at UTMB is no joke. But he is not revolutionary or the best ultrarunner the world has ever seen.
The kind of talk last year after his Western States (outside of the top 10) finish was crazy. His R2R2R was impressive, yeah. His training is impressive, yeah. But no one gives a damn about training if you don't perform in the big races. And Jim has never performed big (as in what you would expect from his training) in big races: DNF 100 km Worlds 2015, blow-up WS 2016, DNF WS 2017, minor blow-up UTMB 2017. His only win over 100 km or more was at Tarawera 2016 against an ageing and injured Jonas Buud.
I wonder what place he was in before working his way back up to 5th.
This was one of the best races that I've seen, especially over mountains like this.
A rematch next year would be totally awesome.
My biggest takeaway is how strong D'Haene and Killian were, not how weak Walmsley was.
In the live coverage, he confessed at 110k that he'd tried to win, but it's the in the cards. At that point, with 55k of brutal terrain to go, he looked done. It amazed me when I woke up this morning that he'd finished at all, much less 5th.
He could have run a "smart" race and finished 3rd, but I appreciate the effort. Honestly, he s should have tapered more per the thread title. His 90 miles in three day, 10 days out from the race may have been the difference. Certainly, that's not what Francois and Killian were doing at least.
Shout out to Tim Tollefson and Dylan Bowman for well executed races. #Merica
Why all this talk about someone who got 5th in a race no one normal has ever heard of?
Jim's mileage the weeks before reflects insecurity and anxiety on his part. Kilian and Francoise know when the hay is in the barn and can chill properly.
Goucher Needles wrote:
My biggest takeaway is how strong D'Haene and Killian were, not how weak Walmsley was.
In the live coverage, he confessed at 110k that he'd tried to win, but it's the in the cards. At that point, with 55k of brutal terrain to go, he looked done. It amazed me when I woke up this morning that he'd finished at all, much less 5th.
He could have run a "smart" race and finished 3rd, but I appreciate the effort. Honestly, he s should have tapered more per the thread title. His 90 miles in three day, 10 days out from the race may have been the difference. Certainly, that's not what Francois and Killian were doing at least.
Shout out to Tim Tollefson and Dylan Bowman for well executed races. #Merica
Pretentious people wrote:
Holy shiit!! wrote:Was your mom really 85 years old when she gave birth to you? That must be some kind of record!
I sure nailed it right the first time about you.
I wonder who the guy was that nailed her when she was 85?
Agreed. I've been there as a runner (as a younger man). I constantly had to prove my fitness to myself.
Lenny Potts wrote:
Why all this talk about someone who got 5th in a race no one normal has ever heard of?
Certainly a lot more interesting than watching 20 anonymous East Africans with similar singlets running 25 laps around a track.
A big fan of Jim Walms here. Guy has more guts than any other American athlete . Yep, you read that right , athlete not distance runner . Sure he has critics but so did Pre.
well,, wrote:
Lenny Potts wrote:Why all this talk about someone who got 5th in a race no one normal has ever heard of?
Certainly a lot more interesting than watching 20 anonymous East Africans with similar singlets running 25 laps around a track.
Ha, jokes on you cause the 10K is basically never even run anymore. Fool!
Haha more guts?! You showed more guts trying to run 4 flat in college- going out in 1:59 then finishing in 4:18. More like idiocy
Hounddogharrier wrote:
A big fan of Jim Walms here. Guy has more guts than any other American athlete . Yep, you read that right , athlete not distance runner . Sure he has critics but so did Pre.
Sure but Pre has the results to back up his gutsy, legendary status. What does Walmsley have? One win over 100k and multiple DNFs in major races. Isn't the big draw of ultrarunning that it's "gritty" and "tough"? So why in the world would American ultrarunning's prodigal son be someone who is neither gritty nor tough. He's just a good runner who can't produce good performances when it counts.
Props to him for actually sticking it out at UTMB and getting 5th. I was one of many who thought he would DNF. No easy feat, but unless he gets smarter, he will never truly live up to the legendary status of people like Pre or Kilian. The status that the majority of the American trail/ultra scene has preemptively given him.
Huge props to Jim for finishing after appearing to crash hard and have foot issues. Even bigger props to Tollefson for another brilliant race 3 years in a row. The other three former champs in the top 5 are legendary studs. Finishing top 10 in this race is epic. 4 Americans top 10 is awesome.
FriendlyLobo wrote:
. What does Walmsley have? One win over 100k and multiple DNFs in major races. Isn't the big draw of ultrarunning that it's "gritty" and "tough"? So why in the world would American ultrarunning's prodigal son be someone who is neither gritty nor tough. He's just a good runner who can't produce good performances when it counts.
Props to him for actually sticking it out at UTMB and getting 5th. I was one of many who thought he would DNF.
What the fukk is wrong with people like you? Why don't you list his multiple wins and course records at shorter distances too?
I'll just post the facts. Pretty much all the best ultra mountain runners were at this race. The course record was beaten by over an hour (some course change)
Walmsley ran with the front guys until he got dropped. He never went out on his own and blew up. He regrouped and held on to 5th.
DHaene and Killian aren't posting all their workouts on Strava so you have no idea what they are doing. They both have won this race numerous times while it is the first time Walmsley ran it.
As for Walmsley's taper, I thought it was smart that he ran the course before hand. This may or may not have hurt him but his experience will help if he runs the race again.
A big congrats should also go out to Tim Tollefson who had a great race running much faster than he did last year.
Also don't forget Walmsley beat David Laney, Zach Miller, Jason Schlarb, Sage Canaday, Gediminas Grinius, Dylan Bowman, and 2,500 other runners. Three of the four runners that beat him are previous champions That certainly can't be discounted.