Famed ultramarathon star Kilian Jornet debuts on the road.... Only runs 29:59 10k

Announcement: https://hytteplanmila.no/kilian-jornet-loper-hytteplanmila-rekordjakt-2020/

30:02

28:56

27:53

being that he probably won't be drug tested I expect a fast time but not aub 2930

Walmsley has no road 10k result but his best on the track is a 29:08. If Killian comes anywhere near that it would be incredible.

Wyatt has a 28:26 on the road. If Killian beats that he is just the undisputed all around mountain runner GOAT of all time.

How is KJ getting an entry into this race? He hasn't met the qualifying criteria.

Sub 29 easily. Much faster again if he can wear Vaporflys but given that hes sponsored by Salomon he'll probably have to wear some glorified trail shoes.

Walmsley time is legit. Also King has run 29 low and Joe Gray 28:18. I think their backgrounds are much different so I doubt kilian can run near those times unless the course is downhill net and also if he is wearing carbon plated footwear im sure it will help. The aforementioned didn't use carbon for their 10ks as i think they were before 2018

FWIW, Gray has run 30:18 on the roads vs 28:26 for Wyatt. Wyatt has run 27:56 on the track.

However, all of these guys started on the track unlike Jornet. Would be strange to have a pure lifelong mt runner come to the track and do well.

According to Kilian, his personal best for 10,000m is 29:13 (his 5000m is 14:06), so I would perhaps expect him to challenge sub-29:10 on the roads, although that is not an easy task and I will assume he will be in Salomon's newest racing flat, which debuts in a few months and does not have a plate and is not the Next%, etc.

He will be in the 2-3rd pack just running all-out the whole time, with no change of pace or kick. I expect steady 2:50/km or so...

Incorrect. He has run 29 mid a few times on roads. I personally ran against him on one of those times in Canada! For track he ran 28:18 and roads somewhere around 29:30 a few times. Also kilians claims of 29ish and 14 for 5k are absolute bollicks. Until you have actual race results on legitimate courses then any talk of workouts is merely hearsay

Nope. He never ran 28:18 or even 38:18. His self proclaimed times may as well have been measured with a yardstick and hourglass, for what it is worth. Please provide a single link to any legitimate result produced by KJ on a measured road course or track with a measured time in an actual race. Just because he makes claims on Instagram or Facebook or whatever doesn't make them so. And yes, for all you ridiculous KJ fanbois, I have won many more races in my lifetime than KJ ever will and have PRs at every distance that he will never match. My high school times are faster than he can even dream of.

I'm definitely on the side of ultra haters but that's quite a claim and you didn't even provide proof. Very Killian-esque of you.

ShilohDoesntCare wrote:

I'm definitely on the side of ultra haters but that's quite a claim and you didn't even provide proof. Very Killian-esque of you.

Not really much of a claim at all considering that KJ has zero legitimate road or track times, as far as anyone has ever provided. Pretty much any granny who has completed a ParkRun can prove better PRs than KJ.

walkandjog wrote:

Nope. He never ran 28:18 or even 38:18. His self proclaimed times may as well have been measured with a yardstick and hourglass, for what it is worth. Please provide a single link to any legitimate result produced by KJ on a measured road course or track with a measured time in an actual race. Just because he makes claims on Instagram or Facebook or whatever doesn't make them so. And yes, for all you ridiculous KJ fanbois, I have won many more races in my lifetime than KJ ever will and have PRs at every distance that he will never match. My high school times are faster than he can even dream of.

He was referring to Joe Gray as the runner who ran 28:18 on the track and mid 29 on the road, not Kilian. Look at the comment he was replying to.

Is Jakob doing the race too? Would be cool to see the two Caucasian GOATS in the same event.

It's interesting to see Killian try something like this. I like that he is stepping out of his "comfort zone" but if anyone knows Killian, he is always looking for his next challenge and I'm sure training for a fast 10k has been just that.

Random "fun" fact: I was on a flight with Killian. Sitting there at the gate waiting, I looked over and said to myself "Huh. That guy looks a lot like Killian Jornet." Noticed he had a Salomon bag and said "Yup, it's him". No one around him. No one recognized him. I went over and said hello and for the remainder of the hour before boarding, we chatted about a ton of different things, from my job to family to education and more. At one point, I told him he should come run on the U.S. East Coast/South in the summer time and he just laughed and said "no way. the combination of the heat and humidity sucks". He is absolutely one of the nicest people you'll ever meet. Very soft spoken and polite and funny.

Killian won Sierre Zinal again. Missed it until I saw it pop up on Strava.

https://www.carreraspormontana.com/carreras/kilian-jornet-se-guarda-el-secreto-de-sierre-zinal-2020/