Dear Jim Walmsley....please taper

You'd better bet on his DNF...

He might also consider not getting drunk the night before.

31.1mi 10,722ft 10:39/mi

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UltraHack wrote:

31.1mi 10,722ft 10:39/mi

got the drink in me going back to back

30.4mi 9,234ft 10:07/mi

Maybe he runs better without a taper? Just a thought.

Although he is an ultra runner, two 30 milers in a row seems a little excessive at the time.

mrtalent wrote:

Maybe he runs better without a taper? Just a thought.

Although he is an ultra runner, two 30 milers in a row seems a little excessive at the time.

Yeah, this is nuts. I can't come up with one logical explanation for this type of training days out from the biggest race of the year.

He knows what he's doing. He's a damn pro that absolutely crushed Western States before heading the wrong way. UTMB is so much better marked than WS100. This is the pro of the pro race on the planet.

Love me some Walmsley!

This is on top of a 150 plus mile week last week with about 30k vert.

It is impressive and shows his supreme fitness, but it really concerns me regarding his recovery status.

kljV wrote:

He's a damn pro that absolutely crushed Western States before heading the wrong way.

Did you miss WS 2017? He's surely a pro at failing 100 milers

darthyoda wrote:

UltraHack wrote:

31.1mi 10,722ft 10:39/mi

got the drink in me going back to back

https://www.strava.com/activities/1146315361

30.4mi 9,234ft 10:07/mi

Dammit, Jim. Shut it down. We need some Muricans to beat those Euros.

Also important to remember he could have still won WS 16 after the wrong turn. He was mentally ill-equipped to run back to the trail and finish after his course record hopes were dashed.

jjjjjjj wrote:

He was mentally ill

FIFY

It's called super-compensation. He will almost completely rest the last 5 days before the race. Theorized by sports scientists. If he finishes up healthy, he may be on the path to another epic adventure.

Sage ftw wrote:

These are also, if I'm looking at it right, the most mileage he's put in in two days during the last month at least. No idea what he's doing but unless you're doping theres no way you can recover that fast.

[quote]kljV wrote:

It's called super-compensation. He will almost completely rest the last 5 days before the race. Theorized by sports scientists. If he finishes up healthy, he may be on the path to another epic adventure.

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It's called overtraining.

Maybe time to taper but the race doesn't start until the evening of Friday 1st September so it's still ten days away.

Doesn't it depend on the volume before the taper? if he was doing 140-150 mile weeks, he may do 70-100 miles this week and 50-60 next week. Although that's still a lot of running, it's significantly less than the volume he's used to, so maybe it's still reasonable.

I wonder what's the ideal (on average, of course) weekly mileage to train for a 100 miler. Considering some people advocate por 120-130 miles (or more!) to train for a marathon. Maybe 150-180?

I'd like Jim to do well, but Killian to me is a more inspirational runner. Don Quixote would like to run with him.

MAGA

I predict Kilian wins with a dislocated shoulder, a broken big toe, and a 2 hour nap. He's the damn GOAT

Walmsley needs to save his hard effort for the race. I smell another DNF around the corner. Way too much hype for a guy who produces results in mostly low-key, non-competitive races, but doesn't have it when it counts.