As the offisial Ko-respondent, latest 1 hr Sydney video looked nice, his group run looked quite big with lot´s other people than plain white milkchocolate yuutubers....
I've said it before on this very thread that London broke Phily.
I think her training in the run up to London had gone well and she genuinely believed she was in PB shape. I think she let herself believe that it was going to be her day, in front of a home crowd.
Then the actual race rolled round and she had a stinker. Since then, she's been clearly casting around trying to fix what went wrong on the day, but it just comes across as increasingly erratic and desperate. I think the irony is that she just had a bad day on an unfamiliar course and it really wasn't much deeper than that.
I do feel a bit sorry for her, but at the same time it's quite frustrating that she seems to have forgotten the lesson that most runners learn early on in their journeys, i.e. that running (and particularly the marathon) doesn't owe you anything.
Maybe Chicago will provide some redemption, but if not, I think it would be the right moment to press pause and reflect a bit more deeply.
Jake Barraclough posts up a 70k run in 4hr33 (4hr45 elapsed). Huge
12 minutes seems a long time for a poo, he'll need to improve that if he ever considers a career in ultra running.
I can't wait for Jake to start ultra running - not that I even watch it. I think he's way more talented than most top ultra runners. Jim Walmsley's marathon PR is slower than Jakes. I feel like he occupies a space where he's not quite talented enough to compete internationally in the marathon but with his story telling and personality could make real waves in the ultra world!