Official 2020 Pikes Peak Marathon Thread -- 8/23/20 Starting at 9:00 A.M. Eastern/7:00 Mountain

Killian decided to skip the race this year and is doing a training run up and down Everest.

black lab wrote:

Does the win require a drug test ?

It would be nice if they would randomly pull participants, to strike the 'fear' of getting caught. Last year's Pikes Peak thread had some interesting comments, from Sage, etc.

holpin wrote:

holpin wrote:

They changed the finish line clock, and now it is ~40 seconds ahead of the summit clock.

The finish line clock is still 42 seconds ahead of the summit clock.

Also, the current results on the race site are jacked up. They seem to have adjusted David Sinclair's time by @1:00 based on the top men starting a minute behind the women, but Seth still shows as clock time. So we may have to find out from Seth if he ran 3:37:32 or 3:36:32.

Ackley wrote:

Also, the current results on the race site are jacked up. They seem to have adjusted David Sinclair's time by @1:00 based on the top men starting a minute behind the women, but Seth still shows as clock time. So we may have to find out from Seth if he ran 3:37:32 or 3:36:32.

Honestly, I was so excited when he hit the summit in ~2:10 (after reading comments in the video chat that Seth Ruhling was leading) that I shouted out so loud my neighbors could probably hear me.

Tomorrow's vlog could be epic with some added viewer footage.

Nice work, Seth!

asdfdsasdf wrote:

SETH MF JAMES MF DE MF MOOR!

As usual, the first reply nails it.

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asdfdsasdf wrote:

As usual, the first reply nails it.

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Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

Running in 'smoky' conditions, 35yr-old SJD's ascent half in the PPM was only 17 seconds behind Kilian Jornet's ascent in last year's PPM, and only 30 seconds behind Joseph Gray's time in last year's PP Ascent.

That's pretty incredible, he PR'd in the ascent ('19 ascent was 2:12 iirc) before going downhill.

holpin wrote:

I wanna run FLR wrote:

Really?! I would think any benefits from the shoes would be very quickly negated on any type of technical terrain

He was wearing the INOV8 X-Talon G210's. You can hear it straight from the source @ approximately the 9:40min mark in today's vlog:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXOYFnnvQW8

he changed his mind last minute

Ace_of_Base wrote:

That's pretty incredible, he PR'd in the ascent ('19 ascent was 2:12 iirc) before going downhill.

seth is now the GOAT

jim is the one wrote:

holpin wrote:

He was wearing the INOV8 X-Talon G210's. You can hear it straight from the source @ approximately the 9:40min mark in today's vlog:

he changed his mind last minute

Why do you say he changed his mind.? He picked that shoe for his previous two race wins this summer, after setting huge mountain FKT's in them.

holpin wrote:

He was wearing the INOV8 X-Talon G210's.

Seth likes the lug depth on those shoes in order to dig into the mountain. However, something to consider with a big lug depth is the danger of 'catching a rock' (tripping), particularly when tired, on the downhills.

Indeed, tripping on the downhill happened in his Kendal Mountain win earlier this summer:

holpin wrote:

jim is the one wrote:

he changed his mind last minute

Why do you say he changed his mind.? He picked that shoe for his previous two race wins this summer, after setting huge mountain FKT's in them.

I think because he wants to be sponsored by nike

Ackley wrote:

holpin wrote:

The finish line clock is still 42 seconds ahead of the summit clock.

Also, the current results on the race site are jacked up. They seem to have adjusted David Sinclair's time by @1:00 based on the top men starting a minute behind the women, but Seth still shows as clock time. So we may have to find out from Seth if he ran 3:37:32 or 3:36:32.

Yep his time has officially been adjusted to 3:36:31 now. 2:09:29 summit split.

It'd be nice to see Sage Canaday congrulate SJD but it would never happen. He's too jealous and out of shape.

CA wrote:

It'd be nice to see Sage Canaday congrulate SJD but it would never happen. He's too jealous and out of shape.

Can't speak for Sage, but sub 2:10 ascent is elite. And in some of the worst AQI conditions ever, impressive.

Will Seth come back next year to defend his title, likely with more competition?

TMADDDHASFNE wrote:

Will Seth come back next year to defend his title, likely with more competition?

Last year was the most competitive ever with all the international hotshots , and yet Seth's time today would have been 2nd place finish behind Kilian .

If Jornet doesn't show up next year then its Seth's to lose.

How would Walmsley do at PP I wonder? Not the best incline runner