dsgalnfdg wrote:
chub run wrote:
Your argument is like saying Rudisha would be the best 5000 runner is he wanted to race that distance.
No it's not. It is like saying Rudisha would be the best 5000 runner against a bunch of D3 athletes.
You think that Rudisha could crack 14m for 5k? I mean, I get your point, but I might not even give him the 1500 against D3 guys.
comedyrelief wrote:
My point is that the talent pool that competes in ultras is extremely shallow. There is no way you can put a Jornet or a Walmsley on the level of a Kipchoge, a Rupp, a Farah, etc. It is not even close in terms of quality or quantity of competitors. The best Walmsley ever did as a collegian was 38th fastest steeple chase runner in the US in 2012. To claim he is better than the 37 other steeplers who ran faster than him that year, let alone all of the 1500 runners, 5000 runners, 10000 runners, etc. is foolish. I will amend my earlier statement of 50 and revise to hundreds of collegians that graduate from the NCAA each year are capable of doing what he is doing at ultras, they just choose to do something more productive with their time / life.
This is a dumb argument. Kipchoge is not the PR at Western State until he actually runs it. Being the WR marathoner is no (ZERO) indication he would break Walmsleys recent record at 1430. Maybe at mile 70 Kipchoge would have an extreme breakdown and mentally lose it.
Walms himself has said that Kipchoge would crush the WSER100 record.. you need to get out more, bro. Talk to real runners.
Coach Cookie wrote:
Serious question: why isn't called ultra-jog-walk?
Well because most elites that win these dont jog or walk. You dont jog when you run a 5 hour 50 miler dumbbbbbass
The North Face 50 was just cancelled to make sure that Jim Walmsley and Camille Herron did need to go home devastated.
Southfacing wrote:
The North Face 50 was just cancelled to make sure that Jim Walmsley and Camille Herron did need to go home devastated.
The real reason is as follows:
Due to the continued and forecasted unhealthy air quality levels in the Bay Area, we have made the difficult decision to cancel all events for the 2018 Endurance Challenge Championships this coming weekend.
false wrote:
Southfacing wrote:
The North Face 50 was just cancelled to make sure that Jim Walmsley and Camille Herron did need to go home devastated.
The real reason is as follows:
Due to the continued and forecasted unhealthy air quality levels in the Bay Area, we have made the difficult decision to cancel all events for the 2018 Endurance Challenge Championships this coming weekend.
My son's high school was cancelled tomorrow. It seems likely some XC sectionals will be cancelled on Sat a week before CIF.
North Face can't really mention the real reasons.