I feel he was quite well prepared for this race, and the thing that was off was his pacing. Continuously running ahead at too fast of a speed, waiting and then doing it again over and over was not necessary and burned his energy reserves much too quickly. Had he simply followed the others in a relaxed and conservative manner, conserved his energy and waited for attrition to sort it all out, I'm sure he would have fared much better.
Don't be a fool. He ran like an insecure arrogant jackass.
s*** the bed wrote:
Don't be a fool. He ran like an insecure arrogant jackass.
Hey Mr. irunfar/Wildhorse, why haven't you posted the results on your website?????
Maybe because you think 12th through 20th place is eight runners, and you made the same mistake on your twitter account.
I like Walmsley wrote:
I feel he was quite well prepared for this race, and the thing that was off was his pacing. Continuously running ahead at too fast of a speed, waiting and then doing it again over and over was not necessary and burned his energy reserves much too quickly. Had he simply followed the others in a relaxed and conservative manner, conserved his energy and waited for attrition to sort it all out, I'm sure he would have fared much better.
sdfasdfasdfasfsadfdf and I were talking about Sage being overtrained, not Walmsley.
Awesome that IAAF picked up the UTMB results.. there is no partnership, right? I think it got enough national media attention to make a post.
By the way, Walmsley is mentioned in the article and Tollefson is not. Guess we know what appeals - going for the win instead of racing for third. The ol' school Prefontaine attitude.
"This year's race featured an incredibly talented field like never before, including a highly anticipated duel between the world's top two trail runners, D'Haene and Kilian Jornet, with the addition of USA’s Jim Walmsley and two-time winner Xavier Thévenard.
"It resulted in the quickest race in UTMB history, completed by D'Haene in just 19:01:32. It was a level of running never before reached in its 15-year history, with a truly unknown outcome until the last few kilometres of the race."
No big Walmsley fan wrote:
Hard to listen to this interview.
Jim is just an arrogant a... and has no clue about 100 milers.
Are you talking about the post-race interview? I thought he sounded pretty thoughtful and reasonable.
http://www.irunfar.com/2017/09/jim-walmsley-post-2017-utmb-interview.htmlAre you talking about the post-race interview? I thought he sounded pretty thoughtful and reasonable.
I was talking about the post race interview.
He is thoughtful and tries to be reasonable but he is not. Jim does not understand the difference between a 50k or 50 miler and a 100 miler. He didn't do his own thing, concentrated to much on the competition had to many problems with blisters and nutrition. At the end Jim got beaten by 70 minutes.
Jim said he thought Kilian was feeling the pace one checkpoint later.
dealwitit wrote:
Wildhorse wrote:That's funny because people on site are commenting on how calm and confident he looks.
My thoughts.
Jim looked very calm and confident-he made sure to chew his food slowly as Francois came in and to stare him down. Francois was in a rush and ran out of the station hurridly while Jim walked out behind him. Kilian was perspiring heavily, and despite taking his time at the station, moving slowly, he looked to be breathing heavily.
grimpeur wrote:
Are you talking about the post-race interview? I thought he sounded pretty thoughtful and reasonable.
I'm ten minutes into the second interview and impressed with his comments, one of the best interviews that I've seen. He's quite a sharp fellow IMHO.
No big Walmsley fan wrote:
Are you talking about the post-race interview? I thought he sounded pretty thoughtful and reasonable.
I was talking about the post race interview.
He is thoughtful and tries to be reasonable but he is not. Jim does not understand the difference between a 50k or 50 miler and a 100 miler. He didn't do his own thing, concentrated to much on the competition had to many problems with blisters and nutrition. At the end Jim got beaten by 70 minutes.
it's a race.. against competition, what's wrong with concentrating on them? Is anyone bashing Francois or Kilian for concentrating on others (Jim, each other)?
Same here wrote:
I'm ten minutes into the second interview and impressed with his comments, one of the best interviews that I've seen. He's quite a sharp fellow IMHO.
Yeah, the same guy put splits on his water bottles racing in extreme conditions at Western States, and then ran like a putz at UTMB because he didn't trust himself to run his own race. Now he's starting to break down and needs more than just bowls of hot soup. Idiot.
Yeah, the same guy put splits on his water bottles racing in extreme conditions at Western States, and then ran like a putz at UTMB because he didn't trust himself to run his own race. Now he's starting to break down and needs more than just bowls of hot soup. Idiot.
Ha, ha!
70 minutes is all I am saying.
Same here wrote:
grimpeur wrote:Are you talking about the post-race interview? I thought he sounded pretty thoughtful and reasonable.
I'm ten minutes into the second interview and impressed with his comments, one of the best interviews that I've seen. He's quite a sharp fellow IMHO.
I hear ya.
Still, what puzzles me is the fact that all his talk is "external".
I never raced for the win, only against the clock with my cyclist's calves, but he is all "Kilian was doing, the other guy was doing, I tried to respond or put them in a place.... "
In an ultra after a third of the distance?
Zero "mental" aspects though. Nothing "internal". A blister at most.
Strange.
Strikes me as odd...
Yes Jim's rational is a little strange. That is his way of easing into longer ultras. Nothing wrong with that., after all he was 5th.
But he still annoys the heck out of me.
He seems sincerely ingenuous to me.
Rushing the pace at the start then waiting other people to come... Hilarious.
In 3 100 milers he hit the wall 3 times.
This time he kinda rebounded but he don't knows how. Next season is always the one JW will nail the distance...
Fanboys keep the faith.
Stra wrote:
He seems sincerely ingenuous to me.
Rushing the pace at the start then waiting other people to come... Hilarious.
In 3 100 milers he hit the wall 3 times.
This time he kinda rebounded but he don't knows how. Next season is always the one JW will nail the distance...
Fanboys keep the faith.
You have to admire the Walmsley fanboys for their stupidity.
Is any idiot in his camp willing to suggest that guy bounces more than a miler when he runs. Way too much vertical oscillation even for a marathoner much less 100miler. Might be a reason why he gets pounded on the mountains. Needs a true little shuffle.