NICK BARE Leadville 100 Update

OhReally?? wrote:

300 lbs every mile. Logistically challenging but Nick's guys got it handled.

Some Lamas are carrying the weights up to Hope Pass as we speak.

Nick Bare is a roided out supplement peddling HACK. Hope the course destroys him.

Nick Bare is gawd.

What is his 10 yard dash time? One arm bench press best? How does he compare to the legend of Matt London or whatever his current name (John James?) is?

I think he is going to be fine. He has a whole ton of people there to support him and his brand is tied somewhat to his success. Having done longer events like this myself it is pretty tough to stop when your whole crew is out there slaving away to help you finish.

Also he recently ran a sub 3 marathon and ran 50 miles at like 10 minute pace. He has plenty of fitness to complete this and probably more than most on the start line. His military experience and ironman stuff will afford him the mental strength to finish.

Provided nutrition doesnt get him or the altitude then he will be fine. But a lot can happen in 100 miles. Could get lost or twist an ankle or have some other injury. Leadville is like a 30 hour cutoff too which is tight for a race at that altitude with that much climbing.

Leadville finisher wrote:

te5n1k wrote:

he spends more on supps/peds/equipment/recovery tools than most people make in a year. if he doesnt finish it would be embarrassing for him. i think his training block has been questionable (two 100 miles weeks on flat austin terrain with 40-50 mile weeks surrounding it), but if his goal is to finish under 30 hours then he certainly can. it wont be pretty, but even for the elites it hardly is.

He can spend as much on supps/peds/equipment/recovery tools he want. That does not make running 100 miles one bit easier. AND THEN you have the altitude of Leadville on top of it.

Even for a experienced lowland ultrarunner finishing Leadville is not that easy.

he bought an altitude tent to sleep in every night lol. obviously not the same, but just an example of all the money hes spent.

He will be not fine. A huge crew will not help him one bit when he starts to struggle. His military and Ironman experience is very useless as well. This guy has zero mental strength, otherwise he would have not shown up with such a big circus. AND then there is the altitude which makes a huge difference as well if you are not used to it.

I literally have nothing to do today other than track Bare’s Leadville progress and watch the Pre meet. So update #1:

He’s through 23.5 miles in 4 hours 10 minutes. I’m not sure how good this is; anyone with Leadville experience care to weigh in?

joalturn wrote:

I literally have nothing to do today other than track Bare’s Leadville progress and watch the Pre meet. So update #1:

He’s through 23.5 miles in 4 hours 10 minutes. I’m not sure how good this is; anyone with Leadville experience care to weigh in?

It's hard to tell. I would think, for a first time 100 mile runner on this course he is way to fast. But so far he is holding up. Not that this means much right now. The race starts going up Hope Pass the first time and it gets interesting going up Hope Pass for the second time after the turn around in Winfield. The second Twin Lakes time will be more telling.

Longtime Anton fan wrote:

joalturn wrote:

I literally have nothing to do today other than track Bare’s Leadville progress and watch the Pre meet. So update #1:

He’s through 23.5 miles in 4 hours 10 minutes. I’m not sure how good this is; anyone with Leadville experience care to weigh in?

It's hard to tell. I would think, for a first time 100 mile runner on this course he is way to fast. But so far he is holding up. Not that this means much right now. The race starts going up Hope Pass the first time and it gets interesting going up Hope Pass for the second time after the turn around in Winfield. The second Twin Lakes time will be more telling.

https://www.athlinks.com/event/33913/results/Event/977377/Course/2089963/Bib/38

^^^Agreed. I wasn't going to respond until someone else did as I haven't run LV100 specifically, but not like he's going to hold 17hr pace. 100kish is generally where things get real in 100 milers like 20M is in a marathon, and Hope Pass 2 is roughly that in this race, which is excellent in it's own way.

Headed to bed now, but wondering if I’ll be eating crow in the morning? He’s impressed us doubters so far. We’ll see if he can bring it home

Dude/his team is posting IG pics during the race. That is a new low...or great marketing gimmick.

AP5000 wrote:

Dude/his team is posting IG pics during the race. That is a new low...or great marketing gimmick.

100% with you. Sad influencer/pill huckster reality.

He finished: 27:53. Earned his insta a small buckle and we get to eat crow.

The dude killed it. This should be on the front page of letsrun.

te5n1k wrote:

if you just want to finish and walk it in then he will. i dont have any doubts about his mental toughness.

i know i predicted 28 hours somewhere

hasbeen joe wrote:

AP5000 wrote:

Dude/his team is posting IG pics during the race. That is a new low...or great marketing gimmick.

100% with you. Sad influencer/pill huckster reality.

He finished: 27:53. Earned his insta a small buckle and we get to eat crow.

Better eating crow than these weird power things he sells.

Fernando Vasquez wrote:

The dude killed it. This should be on the front page of letsrun.

Yea, lets put a guy who averaged walking pace on the front page of a running website. Go away clown.

Leadville finisher wrote:

hasbeen joe wrote:

100% with you. Sad influencer/pill huckster reality.

He finished: 27:53. Earned his insta a small buckle and we get to eat crow.

Better eating crow than these weird power things he sells.

You mean steroids.

Fernando Vasquez wrote:

The dude killed it. This should be on the front page of letsrun.

Killed it? Let me count up all the 50 and over runners he lost to....

13 men over 50, including a 58 year old and also a 51 year old lady...so 14 total. He squeaked out beating a 61 year old man. He also lost to 5 women over 40 (i.e. a bunch of moms), but that's not a shocker in a 100 mile race.

He finished and got it done, but that's the end of the accolades.