Western States Endurance 100 Discussion 2016

At 85 miles Miller was 54 minutes back. If he stayed on trail he could be very close. If flags were still gone and he went off trail also, then who knows.

If you have run a trail race, you know that this can and will happen to everybody eventualy.

At Mile 85, Miller was 54 minutes back of Walmsley.

greatracewesternbstate wrote:

That sucks

Also, didn't seem like 2nd place was an hour behind Jim. Does anyone here have any clue how close 2nd and 3rd are to Jim. All I have is

http://www.ultralive.net/ws100#tracking/leaders

and the irunfar twitter feed.

Stolen markers wrote:

Ugh, this happened on a trail run I marked out. Some Sierra Club idiot decided it was graffiti and removed everything from the trail. F'ed up the run for everyone.

part of the race,,,,,,, wrote:

If you have run a trail race, you know that this can and will happen to everybody eventualy.

I gotta disagree. This is Western States for crying out loud, not your local 10k in the woods.

BTW, my 10k PR is 45 minutes. That is the farthest I have ever run in my life. I could never run more than that. Too difficult.

4444sssss wrote:

BTW, my 10k PR is 45 minutes. That is the farthest I have ever run in my life. I could never run more than that. Too difficult.

Close, troll. It's 42:15.

I'm surprised no one is facebook living this with a drone.

4444sssss wrote:

part of the race,,,,,,, wrote:

If you have run a trail race, you know that this can and will happen to everybody eventualy.

I gotta disagree. This is Western States for crying out loud, not your local 10k in the woods.

Definitely not. At my local 10Ks there will be someone at intersections to point runners in the correct direction.

Sage is 6th at 85miles 105 min back.

4444sssss wrote:

part of the race,,,,,,, wrote:

If you have run a trail race, you know that this can and will happen to everybody eventualy.

I gotta disagree. This is Western States for crying out loud, not your local 10k in the woods.

Every heard of the lowly NY Marathon where Salazar though he set a WR?

Seriously mate? wrote:

Sage is 6th at 85miles 105 min back.

He is going to be disappointed with that.

This is supposedly the best ultra race and they can't even mark the course adequately?

Leader is off route for 40 minutes?

Dude has to be rescued by a boat?

Total dog and pony show.

Ultras are closer to hobby jogging crap like Tough Mudder than real running.

The epic water drowning, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TFb5EZ2OX4

Andrew Miller appears to have been the first runner to reach the Highway 49 aid station.

Tracker updated with top 3 through Brown's Bar (89.9mi):

JW 12:57

AM 13:57

DH 14:16

JW's 40-minute detour was at 93mi. Any word on if the other two are/were on course?

No wonder the dude is shot. How much glycogen did he burn through there with all that adrenaline in his system?

What a wonderful society we live in, "don't get in the raft!! don't get in the raft!!"... "don't help him!!!!!!!!!!"

OMG, I would kill those people if something worse happened. Hey, guys, there is a dude that's been running 80 miles in 105-degree heat crushing sub-7:00 miles on trails, he may be delirious, he may lose the rope and fall into the river and get swept in Class 3 riptides, but let him be, let him be.... for the purity of the sport. For amateurism.

Jim did not get any help crossing the river. Watch the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TFb5EZ2OX4

Andrew Miller is in first

http://www.ultralive.net/ws100#tracking/men

frank drebin wrote:

This is supposedly the best ultra race and they can't even mark the course adequately?

Leader is off route for 40 minutes?

Dude has to be rescued by a boat?

Total dog and pony show.

Ultras are closer to hobby jogging crap like Tough Mudder than real running.

Sorry it's not more fun than Cheserek's 10k victory at the NCAA's two weeks ago