tim tollefson sitting back 30 mins. between his conservative start and zach's shot out of the gates, i'm curious which approach will pay off. LOTS of race left.
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bradley strider wrote:
tim tollefson sitting back 30 mins. between his conservative start and zach's shot out of the gates, i'm curious which approach will pay off. LOTS of race left.
If I remember right, Zach did the same thing last year and it backfired. I’d feel way more confident in the Tollefson/Green group. Much more measured approach. I had Evans winning, but I’m kind of concerned he and Zach got a little too excited, too early. We’ll see.
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Seek eggs, wake early, interrupt your wife wrote:
subelite hobbyjogger wrote:
Jim has had problems with races over 14 to 15 hours in length. Seems to be a combination of fueling and musculoskeletal fatigue. He did have a good result at Istria (low altitude) earlier this year, 168 km in about 17:40. Sounds like he has been doing 125 mile weeks with a lot of vert, so hopefully he is not overtrained.
Yep. Jim is phenomenal at 6-15 hour ish races. After that, he's decent, but not mind blowing like he is. I wish some runners would recognize what they're good at and double down. It's so egotistical to think your ability translates to any event in the sport. I can't help but wonder if other Americans had won UTMB, if Jim would even care.
Jim ran the marathon trials, no?
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Jim is still leading. Approaching Maison Vieille.
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Saaa wrote:
Jim is still leading. Approaching Maison Vieille.
Small gap, still a long long way to go. If I'm Zach maybe drop back with my ole buddy Tom for awhile, I don't know? I've been driving and unable to watch the vid for awhile, but should be able to shortly.
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Saaa wrote:
Jim is still leading. Approaching Maison Vieille.
Now the descent to Courmayeur. Quads will be officially destroyed after that
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Hendh wrote:
Saaa wrote:
Now the descent to Courmayeur. Quads will be officially destroyed after that
Yeah but he won’t be trying to kill Killian on this years descent thus his quads will be safe. Last year he had 4 miles at 4:30/mi GAP descending.
I think that Blanchard will start shinning after Courmayeur
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Both out of Courmayeur. Uphill to Bertone will be a very good indicator. It’s not easy
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Zach Miller- 1:10 in the last aid station to try and get out right behind Jim, who was a more conservative 3:30ish and ate and drank a lot more than Zach. Was Zach too rushed? We will find out!!!
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Tom Evans MIA?
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French feed wrote:
Zach Miller- 1:10 in the last aid station to try and get out right behind Jim, who was a more conservative 3:30ish and ate and drank a lot more than Zach. Was Zach too rushed? We will find out!!!
More experienced guys tend to stay a bit longer in Courmayeur. But maybe that’s not how this race is won anymore
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Saaa wrote:
French feed wrote:
Zach Miller- 1:10 in the last aid station to try and get out right behind Jim, who was a more conservative 3:30ish and ate and drank a lot more than Zach. Was Zach too rushed? We will find out!!!
More experienced guys tend to stay a bit longer in Courmayeur. But maybe that’s not how this race is won anymore
Zach reminded me way too much of my last 100k where I did the exact same thing to pass a couple guys and try and get in the top 5. I ended up blowing up walking to the next aid station and dropped after I couldn’t recover, even after spending 45min trying. Because of that, I’m not very optimistic of Zach’s move, but would love to see him prove me wrong.
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Grangier and Engdahl aren't going to get beat by Zach. Just a matter of time til he implodes.
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whereistom wrote:
Tom Evans MIA?
My Freetrail fantasy male picks are in shambles right now.
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I can't find the splits of the leaders. Can you give me a link please?
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Matcha wrote:
I can't find the splits of the leaders. Can you give me a link please?
I’ve been glued to the live feed and tracking on the website. Someone posted the link on the 2nd or 3rd page of this thread. Right now they have 3 people commentating, bouncing between French and English, so I’m learning some French in addition to following the race.
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French feed wrote:
Matcha wrote:
I can't find the splits of the leaders. Can you give me a link please?
I’ve been glued to the live feed and tracking on the website. Someone posted the link on the 2nd or 3rd page of this thread. Right now they have 3 people commentating, bouncing between French and English, so I’m learning some French in addition to following the race.
Jim looked good at Bertone. 4 minutes ahead of Zach and 16 minutes ahead of 3rd.
Blanchard did not move up the way I thought he would. Quite the opposite actually.
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French feed wrote:
Matcha wrote:
I can't find the splits of the leaders. Can you give me a link please?
I’ve been glued to the live feed and tracking on the website. Someone posted the link on the 2nd or 3rd page of this thread. Right now they have 3 people commentating, bouncing between French and English, so I’m learning some French in addition to following the race.
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drtoneill wrote:
French feed wrote:
I’ve been glued to the live feed and tracking on the website. Someone posted the link on the 2nd or 3rd page of this thread. Right now they have 3 people commentating, bouncing between French and English, so I’m learning some French in addition to following the race.
LETS GO WALMSLEY
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