Sage Canaday Wins Mt. Washington!

Great job!!

This is why people have no respect for trail runners. Any semi-elite runner can jump in crush the competition. I think it was a good move for Canaday to go this route after the trials. He can legitimately dominate the field with his speed.

yummy tuna wrote:

This is why people have no respect for trail runners. Any semi-elite runner can jump in crush the competition. I think it was a good move for Canaday to go this route after the trials. He can legitimately dominate the field with his speed.

The Mount Washington road race follows the toll road. It's kind of a stretch to call it a trail run. That's not to say that Sage wouldn't do well in trail racing, but you can't really tell one way or the other from this event.

In any case, congratulations to him.

Beastmode over two mins out front taking down Blake and King.

It's more than a stretch to call this a trail run. It's a road race, up a mountain. Very happy that Sage has found success here, hopefully it's a sign of good things to come, even if it's in events even more obscure to most people than marathons.

"This is why people have no respect for trail runners. Any semi-elite runner can jump in crush the competition. I think it was a good move for Canaday to go this route after the trials. He can legitimately dominate the field with his speed."

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you may not have any respect for "trail runners" yummy tuna(it was a mountain race mostly on road btw), but that still doesn't take away from the fact that every one of these guys have accomplished more than you will ever do in your shity little "im too good for the trail running scene even though ive never broke 16 mins" running world. wanker!

Is there coverage/video of the race anywhere? I watch like all of Sage's stuff on Youtube and I'd love to see an interview or something.

Awesome! thanks for the info/results.

This is the fastest mass finish I remember since I first ran it in 1969. Those of us with knowledge of the course call it a road race up a mountain. It isn’t close to being a trail race.

I think his recent moves are cleaver. He runs these races and trail races, all the while improving his strength and making a bit of money.

I'm going to go out on a limb here but, I think he's going to start hitting the roads again in 2014, track in 2015, and back to the marathon in 2016 and he taking that long-term approach may lead to PRs.

Wow, Max was 8th?!? Seems like an off day for him.

Wonder if he's finally getting tired on all the racing he's been doing.

Max is not tired he was out classed. The field was good. People need to realize he is good but this is a different race than the ones he wins. He wins alot of weak events so its easy for him to look like he should win everything

domei10tence wrote:

Max is not tired he was out classed. The field was good. People need to realize he is good but this is a different race than the ones he wins. He wins alot of weak events so its easy for him to look like he should win everything

To say Max King only looks good because he races in a lot of weak fields is pretty lame. King may run in some weak events, but he races all over the country, often on tired legs, and also won several US Championship races, ran well in the marathon trials, is the defending mountain running world champion, etc. King is a great runner at many different distances and disciplines (went 8:36 in the steeple recently as an example).

The Mt. Washington field was deep. Should Max have finished top-6? Yes. He did not run poorly as he beat his Washington time from 2010 by over a minute, but he did not run well enough to finish top-6. He'll be back.

Hansons are about the 5th best training group in the country and Sage was about the 7th best guy on the Hansons squad. This race is proof positive what a joke mountain running is and why it gets no respect. Now I understand why they pay their own way to the World Championships.

It's pretty AMAZING how IGNORANT some of you are. First, the Mt Washington race is not even close to a "trail" race. It's run on the roads and you only go up.

Every runner has strengths and weaknesses and the type of course often dictates how well they will do. For example, a runner can easily beat another on an uphill road race, but may not be able to stay close on a course with huge, steep, technical downhills. Other runners may be able to annihilate a runner on a flat marathon, but may have no chance on an uphill race.

How is this any different than a 400 guy having no chance in a 10k?

Before displaying your idiocy for everyone to see, maybe you should learn a little more about what you are talking about.

I run them all wrote:

Every runner has strengths and weaknesses and the type of course often dictates how well they will do. For example, a runner can easily beat another on an uphill road race, but may not be able to stay close on a course with huge, steep, technical downhills.

Yes, and it isn't just green road runners going to trails having trouble. Elite american trail runners are having a hard time keeping up with the steep, technical downhills on the europeon trail circuit. It's strange since that's where you can make up the most time for lesser effort instead of the small gain for a huge effort on an uphill. But there's more glamour in going fast and powering up a hill.

Did anyone else notice that Glenn Randall of Boston Marathon fame came in 4th?

Damn that must be a rough course, with the winner running over 7:40 pace. How much elevation gain is there?

dadayum wrote:

Damn that must be a rough course, with the winner running over 7:40 pace. How much elevation gain is there?

12% average grade, 4,600' elevation gain.