Hoka Carbon X project 100k WR Attempt Official Thread (Sponsored by HOKA ONE ONE)

I'm surprised by the people who are finding any reason, at all, to badmouth Walmsley. He broke a 35-year-old world record. He did that on a warm day. It's a great achievement, period.

The fact that he set this world record within the confines of a slightly/moderately longer race seems irrelevant to me. Kejelcha just missed the 1500 WR in the course of running the mile WR. He was going for both. That occasionally happens. If he'd gotten the 1500 WR but missed the mile WR, would people here be badmouthing him? Probably.

Walmsley must have realized, as it warmed up, that no WRs were going to be set at 100K. So he went for it. More power to him.

He failed. Hard.

Jim stride looks good again. Almost lapped.

Jim is back on it right now. Looking great, in fact.

and this is why ultrarunning is so interesting. Jim looks and feels and basically is done. but somebody comes up behind him and his brain tells his legs to go. and he goes! running 6min miles again

Shame Walmsley didn't help Yamauchi and instead sped away just because Yamauchi was coming (he actually said he didn't want to get lapped).

Some dork almost gets lapped. How interesting!

Ultramarkus wrote:

The problem is that this sub 6 hour goal was pretty much an impossible goal for Jim. Yes I know that he likes these lofty goals but that does not mean it actually happens.

Back to the action:

Hideaki Yamauchi is on the way to a new PR around 6:15

Patrick Reagon is on his way to a new PR around 6:27

Toshiki Takata is on the way to a new PR? around 6:45

Sabrina Little is on her way to a new PR around 7:35

https://track.rtrt.me/e/CRRM-HOKA100K-2019#/tracker/RCLFEHZP,R985NA6P,R3LTSYNW,RV9RAEX2,RMBV4HG6,RE38T7BX

Thanks, a brief shot of Reagon was shockingly good, his form is really solid and clean, good chance for King's US record?

Walmsly just seems to pop up too high, Takata and Yamauchi have a lot of side arm swing.

Check that, Walmslly looks reallyl solid again!

And now Jim is back running faster than anyone of you clowns can even dream of.

This. I’ve looked this up before.

There has been numerous 2:08-2:15 marathoners compete in the 100k world champs. Many do well. Some do not.

Dan Held was a 2:13 guy who moved up.

I think it’s safe to say marathon ability is not 100% predictive of 100k success. Similar assessments can be made all through distance running...10k vs marathon, 1500m vs 5k, etc.

Alan

You all crack me up.

I went and read up some on jim’s Thoughts about the race. It seemed he intended to go for the 50 mile record and wasn’t sure what would happen after. As hot as it is I don’t think the 100k was happening regardless

Which brings up a point. Why have a 100k record this time of year when it would most likely be hot?

Disclaimer I’m not really an ultra fan but it is growing on me a little.

tyhdn wrote:

Shame Walmsley didn't help Yamauchi and instead sped away just because Yamauchi was coming (he actually said he didn't want to get lapped).

Well yeah he didn't want to get Yamauchi DQed for illegal assistance.

Yup. Just like that breaking2 failure. Can't believe Kipchoge ever bothered to race again after that total failure to break 2 hours.

KudzuRunner wrote:

I'm surprised by the people who are finding any reason, at all, to badmouth Walmsley. He broke a 35-year-old world record. He did that on a warm day. It's a great achievement, period.

The fact that he set this world record within the confines of a slightly/moderately longer race seems irrelevant to me. Kejelcha just missed the 1500 WR in the course of running the mile WR. He was going for both. That occasionally happens. If he'd gotten the 1500 WR but missed the mile WR, would people here be badmouthing him? Probably.

Walmsley must have realized, as it warmed up, that no WRs were going to be set at 100K. So he went for it. More power to him.

Man, the way people are talking, nobody should ever attempt a WR unless you know it's going to be broken. He broke a freakin' WR!! Kipchoge attempted a sub-2 marathon, that wouldn't have even been a WR mind you, and didn't make it. Is he a failure? Hell no. He challenged himself to a very tough goal and went for it. It was amazing to watch but he didn't make it. Jim went out for a sub-6 100k. And was on pace for a long time. The fact people are taking joy in the fact he didn't get the 100k WR is crazy.

Yah, Reagan is looking super solid. Looks the same as when he started. Dude is a machine.

reed wrote:

it's ridiculous that people are upset that Jim went for the intermediate record. And those who don't think he could've broken the 100k record at all, well, I'm sorry you feel that way. Jim aimed for 6:00, not 6:09. He failed. Maybe he could've just run 5:56/mi the whole way and held on, but that's not how he decided to approach it. He knew it was a risk, and he probably didn't expect it to go well, especially once the forecast came in.

Sorry to break it to you, but 6:09 is really really good. Jim is nowhere good enough to beat that. Wouldn't matter if he went for 6:00 or 6:09.

Hardloper wrote:

tyhdn wrote:

Shame Walmsley didn't help Yamauchi and instead sped away just because Yamauchi was coming (he actually said he didn't want to get lapped).

Well yeah he didn't want to get Yamauchi DQed for illegal assistance.

It wouldn't be illegal, Ed.

Does anyone know if Jim Walmsley is on pace for a 100 km PR (7:05)?

Wow, congrats to Yamauchi. Sub 6:20 and crushed the competition (including Walmsley).