Walmsley’s OTQ bid - Houston half marathon

TTE wrote:

Hgf1 wrote:

Walms had a big break through after cheating scandal at AF.

This was a guy running 5:50 at JFK, 6:40 at Lake Sarnoma and 3:50 at Moab Red hot.

You forgot his 7+ hr 100km on the road at world champs and his 1:08 half marathon.

He actually made some really sudden improvements starting about 3 years ago.

Walmsley's 7:05:19 at the 100k World Championships was a disaster. He went out to fast and crashed.

If he doesn’t go out and Stinson it he’s got a 63 half in him. I expect to see a day or two a week that he drops down to Camp Verde for some good work. I’ve never run with Jim but I’ve met him numerous times and chatted with him and he’s a good guy. Wishing him all the best.

TTE wrote:

He actually made some really sudden improvements starting about 3 years ago.

What is an INCREDIBLE coincidence is that when I look him up on strava it was about 3 years ago when he started running a lot more!!!

Looks like he is still screwing around in the Grand Canyon. He will be lucky to dip under 65.

CappucinoCowgirl wrote:

Looks like he is still screwing around in the Grand Canyon. He will be lucky to dip under 65.

What an idiot. I hope he will even finish the Houston HM. He should be on the track and not on the trail if he would be a professional athlete.

I know absolutely nothing about the ultra world, but I hope he gets it, soley due to the hate this dude seems to get on this board.

hope he gets it wrote:

I know absolutely nothing about the ultra world, but I hope he gets it, soley due to the hate this dude seems to get on this board.

+1. Hope he gobble gobble MFers across the line

John Wesley Powell wrote:

CappucinoCowgirl wrote:

Looks like he is still screwing around in the Grand Canyon. He will be lucky to dip under 65.

What an idiot. I hope he will even finish the Houston HM. He should be on the track and not on the trail if he would be a professional athlete.

It's too early to get concerned about his training. He still has two months to work on his disappointment.

I most certainly am a fan of his as well but with less than 8 weeks to go there would be better ways to spend one's time other than running trails and big vert. If he doesn't start putting some miles in on Lake Mary or some reps down in Camp Verde I just don't see it happening.

comedyrelief wrote:

It's too early to get concerned about his training. He still has two months to work on his disappointment.

That's a good one.

CappucinoCowgirl wrote:

Looks like he is still screwing around in the Grand Canyon. He will be lucky to dip under 65.

Because hills never helped anybody run fast on the roads or track?

You must be new to running..... wrote:

CappucinoCowgirl wrote:

Looks like he is still screwing around in the Grand Canyon. He will be lucky to dip under 65.

Because hills never helped anybody run fast on the roads or track?

Yeah, serious runners never run hills.

Guys his half PB is 1:08 and set a year after racing 29min+ for 10km. He just needs some extra special extra strength and a bit of a boost to improve!

There’s perhaps a difference between “hills” and 20 miles with over 5k of vert. I don’t care who you are, climbing out of the canyon, while still attempting to set CRs, isn’t conducive to the work needed to run an OTQ. Fact is, with 8 weeks to go, he is doing nothing specific to actually prepare for this, so far. So yeah, I would be surprised if sub 64 happens unless he changes his tune soon.

Interesting.

29:08 10000 meters in 2012

1:08:08 HM in 2013

That was 5 years ago. What is he thinking? With all his mountain running why does Jim think he can run a 1:04.

Delusion by social media is my diagnosis.

He did 20x200 today. Last Tuesday he did 2x800, 2x400, 2x800, 2x400, 2x800, 2x400 in about 2:30 and 70. 90 seconds rest after the 800s and a minute after the 400s. I don't see what's wrong with his Grand Canyon run on Monday. Just a hard long run.

On a related note, are there any runners on Strava with more followers than him? He has 33,621

letsrun irrational Walmsley hater wrote:

> 1:05:00 He's a hobby jogging choker

< 1:05:00 He's a doper

But What if he runs = 1:05:00??

Not a Walmsley fanboy wrote:

Interesting.

29:08 10000 meters in 2012

1:08:08 HM in 2013

That was 5 years ago. What is he thinking? With all his mountain running why does Jim think he can run a 1:04.

Delusion by social media is my diagnosis.

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VertKurt wrote:

https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/united-states/james-walmsley-304099

Guys his half PB is 1:08 and set a year after racing 29min+ for 10km. He just needs some extra special extra strength and a bit of a boost to improve!

If you guys are not comedyrelief (aka Factoid and other usernames), see my post towards the bottom of the first page of this thread. In that interview, he said that after college graduation, he only ran casually 1-2 times per week for 9 months while biking a lot for fun. 1:08 is pretty fast for not training that long.

Running equivalent calculator says 1:02:25 Considering his strength is in longer distances, he should be able to realize this prediction.

kljlk wrote:

He just ran 13:34 for 5000m. What does that equate to in the half marathon?