Dear Jim Walmsley....please taper

Jim W. is good at training or FKT when there is no pressure. Dude can't handle the grind mentally.When Killian finally goes by him I wouldn't be surprised if he just drops.

Watch and see wrote:

1. Killian (Tears the Americans to shreds in the second half)

2. Jim (Overtaken in the final 15 miles by Killian, course dependent)

3. Tim (Tries to stay on Jims wheel too long)

4. Zach (Starts too hard, blows up but comes back in a surge)

5. Francois (The usual paced Euro 100 miler)

6. Dave (tried and true Laney tries but cant quite break top 5 in this fast year)

7.Xavier

8. Miguel

9. Jason (Slow and steady for Schlarb)

10. Tofol

11. Gediminas

12. Jeff (probably will 20th+ more likely)

13. Sage (If its snowy its gonna be a DNF, stop staring at the moon dipshit)

14.Dylan (Same as Tim but just doesnt have the race knowledge)

Walmsley is many things to many people. It's almost like tennis back in the day with Andre, or golf with Tiger: The Euros are good, but boring as shit. Leave it to an American to shake things up and make it interesting. I just hope Walms -- who is revving the engine pretty darn hard -- doesn't end up with porn stars, pills like Tiger, or like Pre ...

Wildhorse wrote:

Enough of this crap already. Sage may be only a 2:16 marathoner ("only"), but in the world of trail and mountain running he's an elite talent who's proved himself many times. There's nothing cocky about him, humblest guy around who's taken responsibility for every race that didn't go well. His videos aren't simplistic, they are intended for people getting into running, not the sub 2:10 brainiacs that populate these forums.

It doesn't take much courage or talent to anonymously mock a guy who puts himself out there in the open.

"sub-2,10 brainiacs"? Most people on LR aren´t anywhere near as fast as the want people to believe. You know the old joke: on LR everybody is a sub-14 5k runner, earn 250k dollars a year, and are married to models.

Jim will go out easy and run with the Euros for at least the first 40 before dropping the hammer. Coconino Cowboy finally gets it right on the biggest stage. Bang Bang

WTF??! wrote:

Wildhorse wrote:

Enough of this crap already. Sage may be only a 2:16 marathoner ("only"), but in the world of trail and mountain running he's an elite talent who's proved himself many times. There's nothing cocky about him, humblest guy around who's taken responsibility for every race that didn't go well. His videos aren't simplistic, they are intended for people getting into running, not the sub 2:10 brainiacs that populate these forums.

It doesn't take much courage or talent to anonymously mock a guy who puts himself out there in the open.

"sub-2,10 brainiacs"? Most people on LR aren´t anywhere near as fast as the want people to believe. You know the old joke: on LR everybody is a sub-14 5k runner, earn 250k dollars a year, and are married to models.

I was being sarcastic. I know half of those people probably run under 50 miles/week and would puke their guts out if they had to run 10 miles on trails with a couple thousand feet of vertical gain and a couple thousand feet of vertical loss.

It would be great if Letsrun had a subforum for trail and ultrarunning, so those who seem offended by it could ignore it and stop annoying those of us who like it and follow Sage, Killian, Camille, and all the other ultra elites.

The weather conditions just put a big twist on strategy..something is telling me Zach Miller is ready to drop the bomb on everybody and podium..the Walmsley slamming here is getting pretty wild yall..I've posted earlier that I've had reserved thoughts on his pre Western hype and I question his 100 prowess *thus far* ..but remember we're talking about guys that push their limits beyond the realm of anything must of us can even fathom..they're are some runner personalities I gravitate towards as a fan but I respect the hell out of every single runner ballsy enough to even sign up for a 100..would enjoy seeing Walmsley redeem himself and run a fantastic race..forget about CR's and all that hoopla..just soak in the moment and make it happen!!

Wildhorse wrote:

WTF??! wrote:

"sub-2,10 brainiacs"? Most people on LR aren´t anywhere near as fast as the want people to believe. You know the old joke: on LR everybody is a sub-14 5k runner, earn 250k dollars a year, and are married to models.

I was being sarcastic. I know half of those people probably run under 50 miles/week and would puke their guts out if they had to run 10 miles on trails with a couple thousand feet of vertical gain and a couple thousand feet of vertical loss.

It would be great if Letsrun had a subforum for trail and ultrarunning, so those who seem offended by it could ignore it and stop annoying those of us who like it and follow Sage, Killian, Camille, and all the other ultra elites.

Co-sign that my brother. The ultra running community is fun to follow. Come on Let's Run, make it happen!

Wildhorse wrote:

It would be great if Letsrun had a subforum for trail and ultrarunning, so those who seem offended by it could ignore it and stop annoying those of us who like it and follow Sage, Killian, Camille, and all the other ultra elites.

this is awesome wrote:

Co-sign that my brother. The ultra running community is fun to follow. Come on Let's Run, make it happen!

There is a different message board and website for that. It's called LetsRunLongAndSlowAndPretendLikeWeAreBetterBecauseWeRunFurther(dot)com

it is "farther" not "further". Ya dingus.

utmb, who the hell cares lol!

I agree that ultra running is fun to follow as long as we are talking new school ultrarunning, where guys are racing from the gun. I'm a big fan of races that are trying to create competitive fields, giving elites preferred status and easy access to races.

I am very bothered by races that intentionally keep out fast guys who want to show up and race but can't gain entry. This makes for relatively predictable and uninteresting events from a fan perspective.

I understand that some races have caps on race entry for environmental or wild land access reasons. That's understandable, but contrary to what many ultra old schoolers think, I believe that if there's a field of 150, the fastest people who want to run should be allowed in.

Goucher Needles wrote:

contrary to what many ultra old schoolers think, I believe that if there's a field of 150, the fastest people who want to run should be allowed in.

I'm glad to see the races as they are, and haven't noticed any shortage of races to pick from for elites. To the contrary, the average pretty good runner probably has a harder time getting into them. My personal feeling is that anyone who wants to compete and/or participate in the races should be able to do so, as long as they are capable of doing so.

Also, I'm pretty sure who runs the races is up to the race directors. So if you want to have a race for only the top elites, then go ahead and organize one and direct it yourself.

At all distances and speeds, there are people who pretend they are better than someone else, as one can see daily on these boards.

Long and slow, short and fast, trail, road, track, it's all running. Get over yourselves, people.

redux wrote:

it is "farther" not "further". Ya dingus.

How does it feel to make a dick of yourself on the internet?

Flippin' fantastic! You should give it a try! Everyone else here is doing it too!!! I'll see you in Kona.

The Obvious Answer wrote:

redux wrote:

it is "farther" not "further". Ya dingus.

How does it feel to make a dick of yourself on the internet?

Whoever the nobody is who did the race preview on irunfar sure is full of himself, singling out perhaps the top guy in the race for bogus advice but not anyone else.

even 50 miles is really long.. wrote:

In the last two years he has set COURSE RECORDS at pretty much EVERY race he has done. Why wouldn't he think he could get the course record at Western State?

And that why people think he is doping. COURSE RECORDS, EVERY RACE.

You read irunfar and don't know who Bryon is?

Pretentious people wrote:

Whoever the nobody is who did the race preview on irunfar sure is full of himself, singling out perhaps the top guy in the race for bogus advice but not anyone else.