Death March wrote:
Squa!Skeeer! wrote:This 2nd place man looks like he's struggling...
https://twitter.com/iRunFar/status/878719598522056704He certainly looks fried.
No hat, no sunglasses, has his arm coolers rolled down to prevent further over heating since they must not be working. Prediction: 11th place.
Scathed wrote:
Cffff wrote:If he gets across the river unscathed I think we still might see something special.
Is Yiou still in front? Anyone know how she's looking?
When he fell in the river last year it was because he was mentally toasted, and his legs were shot. Those are the reasons he sat down on the side of the road and then walked-ran to the finish.
Wow, that's a great story. I thought he let go of the rope on purpose because he thought he could swim faster. Then he ran miles 80 to 90 at 8:30 pace which is roughly 14 hour pace. Didn't look like his legs were shot to me. Maybe you have other stories you could enlighten us with?
And then he went at it solo and the result of that are well known. Defend Walmsey all you like. But he is going for broke in a year when the high heat will sap your strength. He is not immune to that. None of the runners are. Of the first three runners to the 62 mile point, Nicols looks the best. Interestingly, the #4 and #5, through 55.7 miles, are ages 45 and 43. Wasn't expected a couple of master age guys to be in the top five.
Wheels Coming Off wrote:
Actually, his pacer dropped from stomach issues.
Death March wrote:Ahem, Walmsey dropped his trail guide. Then he got lost.
Squa!Skeeer! wrote:
Death March wrote:He certainly looks fried.
No hat, no sunglasses, has his arm coolers rolled down to prevent further over heating since they must not be working. Prediction: 11th place.
So true. When I have run ultras in the sun you learn that a hat and glasses are life-savers. In snow you can go snow blind from the glare. Same type of thing in sun and high heat.
looks like Alex Nichols is now being paced by secret weapon, ultra badass Tim Tollefson of Hoka
Hoka wouldnt let Alex place first would theyyy??
https://dgalywyr863hv.cloudfront.net/pictures/athletes/5457036/1682382/9/large.jpg
Secret Weapon Timmy wrote:
looks like Alex Nichols is now being paced by secret weapon, ultra badass Tim Tollefson of Hoka
Secret weapon for sure--bringing out a really big gun. I think this race will start to be much more interesting from here on out.
Wheels Coming Off
Sandes needs a hat.
With pacers coming into play this will get interesting, Nicols looking good and Mocko starting to pick people off. Walmsley has a bunch of backup pacers this year so he should be okay on that side
Not yet half way though
theohiostate wrote:
Interesting side note:
Gordy Ainsleigh gave up his entry to a guy who had flown out from Vermont because he had been told that he was the last person on the waiting list to get in, and when he got here they told him they had miscounted, that he was the first on the waiting list not to get in.
I mentioned at on a thread that that guy from Vermont will now have stories to tell.
Someone else mentioned that that guy already had stories to tell.
He was a Barkley finisher.
John Fegyveresi
Gordy Ainsleigh -- wasn't he around at the beginning?
#Teampancake wrote:
With pacers coming into play this will get interesting, Nicols looking good and Mocko starting to pick people off. Walmsley has a bunch of backup pacers this year so he should be okay on that side
Good to know he has extras this year. But I think the gap he has on three will shrink by quite a bit.
Hello Cowgirl wrote:
https://twitter.com/walmsley172/status/878719032928501760
Walmsey's crew has STOP JIM shirts. I wonder if his pacers will have RUN JIM RUN and TURN HERE JIM shirts?
Gordy Ainsleigh -- wasn't he around at the beginning?
Yep - the first guy to think to try and do it on foot as it had been a horse race for years prior and his horse went lame. He did so in less than 24 hours.
iRunfar - "Walmsley having stomach issues, stayed 9 minutes at Peachstone."
some of them are wearing " TURN LEFT" shirts
After running through snow.... wrote:
Death March wrote:[quote]mb.0824 wrote:
then mentally bonk, and then had no clue where he was supposed to go.
What trail racer hasn't missed a turn in a race? Go back to running circles around a football field where your only mental bonk is running too many or not enough laps.
And where ultrarunners only physical block is being able to run fast enough to compete with hobbyjoggers.
#Teampancake wrote:
iRunfar - "Walmsley having stomach issues, stayed 9 minutes at Peachstone."
DNF
