43.8 miles in... Anton leads

Really starting to look like a two man race. Anton and Kilian have 16 minutes on Roes and 31 minutes on Koerner at 70.7 miles.

1 Kilian Jornet Burgada Peachstone (Cal 2) 70.7 03:25pm

2 Anton Krupicka Peachstone (Cal 2) 03:25pm

3 Geoff Roes Peachstone (Cal 2) 70.7 03:41pm

4 Hal Koerner Peachstone (Cal 2) 70.7 03:56pm

70.7 miles

Place Bib No Status Time In Time Out Elapsed Name Gender Age

1 35 On Course 03:25pm 03:25pm 10:25:30 Kilian Jornet Burgada M 22

2 18 On Course 03:25pm 03:25pm 10:25:49 Anton Krupicka M 26

3 11 On Course 03:41pm 03:41pm 10:41:00 Geoff Roes M 34

4 M1 On Course 03:56pm 03:56pm 10:56:37 Hal Koerner M 34

Place Bib No Status Time In Time Out Elapsed Name Gender Age

Top Women Leaders

Place Bib No Name Gender Age Checkpoint Distance Time In Elapsed Status

1 22 Tracy Garneau F 41 Foresthill School 62 03:44pm 10:44:00 On Course

2 44 Joelle Vaught F 35 Foresthill School 62 03:58pm 10:58:00 On Course

3 F6 Meghan Arbogast F 49 Michigan Bluff 55.7 03:06pm 10:06:00 On Course

4 F4 Nikki Kimball F 39 Michigan Bluff 55.7 03:13pm 10:13:00 On Course

5 114 Rory Bosio F 25 El Dorado Creek 52.9 02:20pm 09:20:00 On Course

6 288 Becky Wheeler F 35 El Dorado Creek 52.9 02:26pm 09:26:00 On Course

7 F5 Caren Spore F 42 El Dorado Creek 52.9 02:29pm 09:29:00 On Course

8 28 Annette Bednosky F 43 El Dorado Creek 52.9 02:45pm 09:45:00 On Course

9 14 Devon Crosby-Helms F 28 El Dorado Creek 52.9 02:45pm 09:45:00 On Course

10 117 Pam Smith F 35 El Dorado Creek 52.9 02:50pm 09:50:00 On Course

Disregard those women's placings, they're not right.

Correction, they are right, different distances.

Top Men Leaders Checking for updates

Place Bib No Name Gender Age Checkpoint Distance Time In Elapsed Status

1 35 Kilian Jornet Burgada M 22 Peachstone (Cal 2) 70.7 03:22pm 10:22:00 On Course

2 18 Anton Krupicka M 26 Peachstone (Cal 2) 70.7 03:24pm 10:24:00 On Course

3 11 Geoff Roes M 34 Peachstone (Cal 2) 70.7 03:39pm 10:39:00 On Course

4 M1 Hal Koerner M 34 Peachstone (Cal 2) 70.7 03:50pm 10:50:00 On Course

5 147 Nick Clark M 36 Peachstone (Cal 2) 70.7 04:04pm 11:04:00 On Course

6 M6 Zachariah Miller M 34 Foresthill School 62 02:43pm 09:43:00 On Course

7 M7 Leigh Schmitt M 37 Foresthill School 62 02:47pm 09:47:00 On Course

8 23 Gary Robbins M 33 Foresthill School 62 03:10pm 10:10:00 On Course

9 27 Phil Kochik M 32 Foresthill School 62 03:11pm 10:11:00 On Course

10 378 Glen Redpath M 44 Foresthill School 62 03:17pm 10:17:00 On Course

I read that, too, but I confess that I don't take VO2 max figures very seriously, either as accurate assessments of aerobic metabolic capacity or as useful indicators of competitive results. Perhaps they're more meaningful in ultramarathoning than they are in shorter competitions, although I would have guessed otherwise.

TWitter updates

http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23ws100

Kilian and Krupicka just arrived together at Mile 78.

Top Men Leaders

Place Bib No Name Gender Age Checkpoint Distance Time In Elapsed Status

1 18 Anton Krupicka M 26 Rucky Chucky (near) 78 04:26pm 11:26:11 On Course

2 35 Kilian Jornet Burgada M 22 Rucky Chucky (near) 78 04:26pm 11:26:12 On Course

3 11 Geoff Roes M 34 Rucky Chucky (near) 78 04:41pm 11:41:00 On Course

4 M1 Hal Koerner M 34 Peachstone (Cal 2) 70.7 03:50pm 10:50:00 On Course

5 147 Nick Clark M 36 Peachstone (Cal 2) 70.7 04:04pm 11:04:00 On Course

6 M6 Zachariah Miller M 34 Peachstone (Cal 2) 70.7 04:11pm 11:11:00 On Course

7 M7 Leigh Schmitt M 37 Peachstone (Cal 2) 70.7 04:20pm 11:20:00 On Course

8 23 Gary Robbins M 33 Foresthill School 62 03:10pm 10:10:00 On Course

9 27 Phil Kochik M 32 Foresthill School 62 03:11pm 10:11:00 On Course

10 378 Glen Redpath M 44 Foresthill School 62 03:17pm 10:17:00 On Course

Avocados Number wrote:

I read that, too, but I confess that I don't take VO2 max figures very seriously, either as accurate assessments of aerobic metabolic capacity or as useful indicators of competitive results. Perhaps they're more meaningful in ultramarathoning than they are in shorter competitions, although I would have guessed otherwise.

Especially when they're made up stats from egotistical ultra-distance runners.

What's the closest ever finish at WS100?

I think we might see a sub-15 hour finish!

Live Blog: Anton opens a 2 min lead as Jornet sits to eat! USA! USA!

Another tweet said Jornet looked a little dazed at 80.

A small break and some food might make a big difference around 90 though if they're still close.

Krupicka is only 26? I thought he was like 40.

czealand WS100 update: anton, kiian, geof roes 8min apart at 80miles. A 3-man race!

updates with video

http://www.ultralive.net/

Top Men Leaders

Place Bib No Name Gender Age Checkpoint Distance Time In Elapsed Status

1 35 Kilian Jornet Burgada M 22 Green Gate 79.8 04:48pm 11:48:00 On Course

2 18 Anton Krupicka M 26 Green Gate 79.8 04:48pm 11:48:00 On Course

3 11 Geoff Roes M 34 Green Gate 79.8 04:59pm 11:59:00 On Course

4 M1 Hal Koerner M 34 Peachstone (Cal 2) 70.7 03:50pm 10:50:00 On Course

5 147 Nick Clark M 36 Peachstone (Cal 2) 70.7 04:04pm 11:04:00 On Course

6 M6 Zachariah Miller M 34 Peachstone (Cal 2) 70.7 04:11pm 11:11:00 On Course

7 M7 Leigh Schmitt M 37 Peachstone (Cal 2) 70.7 04:20pm 11:20:00 On Course

8 23 Gary Robbins M 33 Peachstone (Cal 2) 70.7 04:38pm 11:38:00 On Course

9 M10 Andy Jones-Wilkins M 42 Peachstone (Cal 2) 70.7 04:45pm 11:45:00 On Course

10 378 Glen Redpath M 44 Peachstone (Cal 2) 70.7 04:45pm 11:45:00 On Course

Top Women Leaders

Place Bib No Name Gender Age Checkpoint Distance Time In Elapsed Status

1 22 Tracy Garneau F 41 Foresthill School 62 03:44pm 10:44:00 On Course

2 44 Joelle Vaught F 35 Foresthill School 62 03:58pm 10:58:00 On Course

3 F6 Meghan Arbogast F 49 Foresthill School 62 04:22pm 11:22:00 On Course

4 F4 Nikki Kimball F 39 Foresthill School 62 04:23pm 11:23:00 On Course

5 114 Rory Bosio F 25 Foresthill School 62 04:23pm 11:23:00 On Course

6 F5 Caren Spore F 42 Foresthill School 62 04:34pm 11:34:00 On Course

7 288 Becky Wheeler F 35 Foresthill School 62 04:39pm 11:39:00 On Course

8 28 Annette Bednosky F 43 Foresthill School 62 04:56pm 11:56:00 On Course

9 117 Pam Smith F 35 Foresthill School 62 05:08pm 12:08:00 On Course

10 71 Tamsin Anstey F 30 Michigan Bluff 55.7 03:47pm 10:47:00 On Course

He had a pretty poor career in college b/c of injuries. Doing 200 mile weeks with too much speed.

After college he jumped right into the mountain running/ultra scene, making him young compared to most of the guys that were winning races at the time.

According to his blogs he does a lot of slow distance mountain running now (150-180 miles/week).