Which is harder, Leadville 100 or Western States?

Middle aged hobby jogger wrote:

Interesting non-sequitur

I'm pretty sure longer races are not equivalent to 'harder'

The hardest races are the most competitive. Post hoc ergo proper hoc, the answer is the more competitive race, which is a major road marathon.

not if youre looking you post hella Instagram pics of you looking tough and shouting out your soonsors. more time to do so in a 100 miler.

And Usain Bolt could make the switch to the 1500m and beat Centro, Jr if there were a monetary incentive for him to do so.

[quote]Why be like this? wrote:

Guess who won an ultra today? Sage Canaday. Which was awesome because I really like Sage. But, do you think Sage could make a living running if he raced marathons? Nope. quote]

Do you think Rupp could make a living running the 100?

Do you think Bolt could make a living running the 5,000?

Do you think Lebron could make a living playing baseball?

Do you think Tiger could have made a living playing tennis?

I like to look at the positivity. Sage won in the past and can win again. Why doesn't he try to win Leadville? He beat Tony and tony won leadivlle so he should be able to win leadville.

One guy claimed the 800 was the hardest.

Kickapoo wrote:

One guy claimed the 800 was the hardest.

Haven't done a ultra yet. But the last 10k or so of the marathon is way harder than the 800.

living in the past forever wrote:

I like to look at the positivity. Sage won in the past and can win again. Why doesn't he try to win Leadville? He beat Tony and tony won leadivlle so he should be able to win leadville.

+1

and the same day he beated Anton Krupicka AND Max King that won Mt. Marathon, so Sage could win this too i hope he gives it a try someday

LeadvilleNative wrote:

Leadville 100 is harder, because you have to listen to that asshat Ken Chlouber drone on and on. Anyone who can sit through that without becoming physically sick deserves a belt buckle.

Now, that sounds about right.

Leadville 100 is one of the most overrated races ever. When I did it, it was not very well organized. Ken Choubler and his longtime girlfriend Mary Lee were or still are the most disliked people in Leadville.

What is tougher Leadville or Western States?

Hard to say. The altitude makes Leadville difficult but that's about it. The course is not that difficult, you even run on roads. WS100 is probably more of a trail ultra, but their history BS is annoying as well.

It mostly comes down to how well you can handle heat (WS) and 'high' altitude (Leadville). They each are highly runnable at the front end, and don't enter the conversation of 'tough trail 100s'.

Going out in 55 and trying to finish with a negative split in that 800 is f(ukin rough! 1:52.7 hurts.

I have done both. Leadville was easier for me because the heat of western got me.

4 time Leadville finisher wrote:

LeadvilleNative wrote:

Leadville 100 is harder, because you have to listen to that asshat Ken Chlouber drone on and on. Anyone who can sit through that without becoming physically sick deserves a belt buckle.

Now, that sounds about right.

Leadville 100 is one of the most overrated races ever. When I did it, it was not very well organized. Ken Choubler and his longtime girlfriend Mary Lee were or still are the most disliked people in Leadville.

What is tougher Leadville or Western States?

Hard to say. The altitude makes Leadville difficult but that's about it. The course is not that difficult, you even run on roads. WS100 is probably more of a trail ultra, but their history BS is annoying as well.

I love the 2nd year when they ham that story again. 30+ years of acting