Marathon WR dressed as a hot dog not all that great,
3:57:49
Marathon WR dressed as a hot dog not all that great,
3:57:49
ultra thon wrote:
50K. The top long distance guys stick to the marathon, and would absolutely crush the ultra runners at the 50K if they felt like doing so.
You're not wrong, Stephen Mokoka beat the world record by almost 2 minutes on his first attempt a couple months ago and his PRs are "only" 2:07:40 and 59:36. No doubt a sub-2:05 guy could wipe another couple minutes off relatively easily.
But road 50ks are pretty rare events compared to trail races so it makes sense that competition is thin.
Sir Laurence Olivier wrote:
PS
The OP asks "what's the least competitive" and then begins to discuss "weakest." These are two distinct things.
Yeah. Men's SP is noncompetitive, but it's not weak at all. Kovacs and Welsh both have excellent marks. They are still more than 1/2 meter behind Crouser.
