Ryan Hall vs Mike Wardian in the World Marathon Challenge

Hall will go out way too hard in the first marathon and easily beat Wardian in the first one. Wardian will proceed to hand it to Hall in the remaining six, that is, assuming that Hall even lasts the full seven races.

Wardian is prepared and cares, Hall isn't and is jogging it for charity

You realize you posted this after the second was already complete, right?

Reptilians wrote:

Hall will go out way too hard in the first marathon and easily beat Wardian in the first one. Wardian will proceed to hand it to Hall in the remaining six, that is, assuming that Hall even lasts the full seven races.

reed wrote:

reed wrote:

2:54 for Mike in 20 below freezing. That's an antarctic record.

I'm gonna predict that he averages 2:44 for the next 6, meaning his average will end up around 2:46 roughly.

Ryan will run them all at over 3hrs and will average 3:09

In Puntas Arenas,

Wardian 2:45:42

Hall 3:06:33

Pretty much just what I expected, but it's only 2 out of 7 done.

thanks for the update. can wait to see how quick wardian can do this!

Regardless, Wardian has yet to win something serious. JFK is competitive but nothing like WS 100 or UTMB or even Hardrock. I'm only mentioning ultras. Does he have a course record?

Please don't compare these two. Hall was a legit marathoner. Wardian is trying to hold on to something that was never there from the beginning. Wardian is not competitive and never really was so he competes in niche events such as this to garner attention. As soon as he isn't getting the attention he will find another niche.

Think, he tried over racing on road races sub marathon, then after not winning he does it with marathons. He even tried short trail races and found he couldn't compete so he went to ultra immediately. He came to my state for an uphill road race thinking he'd win and got toasted, I think a woman almost got him. When you can't compete then you find small marketed events to win against the little guys. The man is a joke athletically from an elite perspective but he is smart. Ask any pro runner what they think. I've asked a few.

You sound like us in the old days when we laughed at Tri athletes and said they weren't real athletes.

Tri's are legit. Who is "us?"

Nobody has ever claimed that Wardian is competitive in elite ultras or any distances for that matter. His specialty is doing back to back events or with limited time between events. This characteristic allows him to race a lot although never with great focus.

to say that he isn't a great athlete is pretty ignorant.

1. JFK is a lot more competitive than Hardrock, which isn't even designed to be a competitive race.

2. Several Western States champions have raced JFK and failed to win, such as Morton, Jurek, Koerner and Krar.

Please don't forget that Wardian is a three-time Olympic Trials qualifier.

reed wrote:

2:54 for Mike in 20 below freezing. That's an antarctic record.

So, like 12 degrees F then? I thought it would have been colder than that down there!

I would trade my 2:14 marathon for Wardian's durability.

Wardian, to me, is like a everyman's Max King: tries everything he can, and wins once in a while against the specialists.

Nice Guy Nick wrote:

Please don't forget that Wardian is a three-time Olympic Trials qualifier.

And? I personally know of actual Olympians. It's like saying: I know some dude that got accepted to medical school but never went let alone graduated.

ugg booters wrote:

Nice Guy Nick wrote:

Please don't forget that Wardian is a three-time Olympic Trials qualifier.

And? I personally know of actual Olympians. It's like saying: I know some dude that got accepted to medical school but never went let alone graduated.

^ dick-speak.

Considering more than a half-million people in the U.S. run marathons every year, being an Olympic Trials qualifier makes one fairly elite in our running world.

I know of actual Olympians too. I even know some of them.

Day 2 result:

Results of Punta Arenas (South America) World Marathon Challenge below:

MEN

1. Michael Wardian 2:45:42

2. Petr Vabrousek 2:57:11

3. Luke Wigman 3:02:41

4. Ryan Hall 3:06:33

Wardian. Dude's incredible.

220 of solid muscle LOL