No mention of Walmsley in LRC's Houston Preview article

This is a tourist sightseeing race.

Jim did it so his ultrasignup ranking looks good.

He also could have showed up at his local Turkey trot. He would have won that too.

1 day 12 hours

Can't wait to see Jim suffer.

It looks like the course was a lot easier than the photo suggests.

https://www.facebook.com/harold.noisyhawk/videos/2165575010130666/

Moccasin wrote:

This is a tourist sightseeing race.

Jim did it so his ultrasignup ranking looks good.

He also could have showed up at his local Turkey trot. He would have won that too.

1 day 12 hours

Can't wait to see Jim suffer.

+1, looking forward to 63 minutes or so of suffering!

GL, Jimmy!

Moccasin wrote:

This is a tourist sightseeing race.

Jim did it so his ultrasignup ranking looks good.

He also could have showed up at his local Turkey trot. He would have won that too.

1 day 12 hours

Can't wait to see Jim suffer.

Haha, He beat this turkey trotter easily:

And you missed the part about this being during a 105 mile week during what should have been his taper. Not saying that means he can run sub 1:04, but he's definitely got a shot. Houston will be fun to watch.

Moccasin wrote:

It looks like the course was a lot easier than the photo suggests.

What a beautiful place to run!

My bad he is not in the elite field. He is in the b group. I didn’t read that far. I guess neither did the previewed. I guess they were just concerned with the people who are proven.

joedirt wrote:

My bad he is not in the elite field. He is in the b group. I didn’t read that far. I guess neither did the previewed. I guess they were just concerned with the people who are proven.

Walmsley is not in the elite field because he is not elite. In the real world things are measured by results not by the amount of fanboys and twitter followers.

People are delusional. He's one for seven in major ultra competition. Midpacker when he's stepped down to face competition at XC National. He gets nerves and weak in the knees.

Reality checker wrote:

joedirt wrote:

My bad he is not in the elite field. He is in the b group. I didn’t read that far. I guess neither did the previewed. I guess they were just concerned with the people who are proven.

Walmsley is not in the elite field because he is not elite. In the real world things are measured by results not by the amount of fanboys and twitter followers.

Walmsley is not in the elite field because he asked the race organizers to give the other runners a head start so they would have a better chance to stay with him. Still haven't heard if he has decided to wear flats or trainers for the race. He might start with trainers and then change to flats in the middle. He usually likes to change shoes often when he races.

For what it's worth he looks to be tapering seriously enough for this race -- last 3 weeks have been 105, 75, and he's at 50 for this week heading into tomorrow.

Per Strava:

1/16 Workout (at sea level): 4 x 1 mile (4:45, 4:44, 4:44, 4:44) with 3 minutes rest between reps; 3 mile warm up, 3 mile cool down

1/13 19 miles @ 5:50 pace

1/9 -- was supposed to be a 6 mile tempo but he only made it 4 -- 4:46, 4:43, 4:51, 4:55.

1/4 Workout (at sea level): 4+ mile WU, 3x 1 mile with 1 min rest (4:47, 4:41, 4:38), 800m recovery jog, 3x 1200m with 2 min rest (3:26, 3:25, 3:24), 800m recovery jog, 3x 400m with 400m recovery jog (64, 63, 61), 3ish mile CD

1:04 = 4:53 pace. 1:05 = 4:57 pace. He's a runner hurt by the faster standard. I can see him running 1:04-mid to 1:05-mid. If the standard was still 1:05 I would feel better about an OTQ. 1:03:59 is no joke, his PRs (albeit old -- 13:52/29:08) make it look possible. The tempo looks concerning but he also started out too hot. He needs to not get sucked into what the 1:01-1:02 guys go out at. I'm interested in this little experiment. I hope he gets it. If he's smart about pacing he can still drop a decent time. Surprised he chose to go after the half standard instead of finding somewhere flat in January/February/March to knock out a 2:18. I think the general LRC consensus that to have a shot at 2:18 you need to be around 14:45 for 5k which he, at one time, went well under. If he's on the start line in Atlanta, he could fight for the 2 & 3 spots on the hilly course.

I don't understand the LRC hate for him. It would be cool to see an ultra guy grab an OTQ.

My hunch is there isn’t a lot of hatred for him on Letsrun,there is ONE or maybe two guys here who really hate him who post over and over just change their name. You never see any real hatred by anyone with a registered name. Being a Huge WALMS supporter to read the same phrases by the haters over and over. It’s too much of a coincidence .

I’m betting he turns a 1:03:45.

Hounddogharrier wrote:

My hunch is there isn’t a lot of hatred for him on Letsrun,there is ONE or maybe two guys here who really hate him who post over and over just change their name. You never see any real hatred by anyone with a registered name. Being a Huge WALMS supporter to read the same phrases by the haters over and over. It’s too much of a coincidence .

I’m betting he turns a 1:03:45.

It's the same two people that post on every ultra thread too. Just starting a thread on ultras is like leaving a little extra food out at night for the cockroaches. Pretty funny.

run and hide when the lights come on....... wrote:

Hounddogharrier wrote:

My hunch is there isn’t a lot of hatred for him on Letsrun,there is ONE or maybe two guys here who really hate him who post over and over just change their name. You never see any real hatred by anyone with a registered name. Being a Huge WALMS supporter to read the same phrases by the haters over and over. It’s too much of a coincidence .

I’m betting he turns a 1:03:45.

It's the same two people that post on every ultra thread too. Just starting a thread on ultras is like leaving a little extra food out at night for the cockroaches. Pretty funny.

Nobody hates Jim Walmsley. We just make fun of him because he is probably not as fast as he thinks he is.

But tomorrow at 8:10 am Houston time we all will know what the man is capable off.

I'm totally PO'd because he's faster than I ever was.

Not a Walmsley fanboy wrote:

[quote]run and hide when the lights come on....... wrote:

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There you go!!!!!!

Not a Walmsley fanboy wrote:

run and hide when the lights come on....... wrote:

It's the same two people that post on every ultra thread too. Just starting a thread on ultras is like leaving a little extra food out at night for the cockroaches. Pretty funny.

Nobody hates Jim Walmsley. We just make fun of him because he is probably not as fast as he thinks he is.

But tomorrow at 8:10 am Houston time we all will know what the man is capable off.

how many hours til the start?

Less than three.

MeHereYouWhere?! wrote:

Do the Brojos (or the person who wrote the article) have any idea who he is?

Look at the entry list and there are 12 Americans alone with a faster PR than what Jim hopes to run in his "debut" half marathon.

Appropriately he placed 12th among Americans. Reinforcing the premise that he is in the ultra world because he lacks the speed to compete in the marathon.

joedirt wrote:

Appropriately he placed 12th among Americans. Reinforcing the premise that he is in the ultra world because he lacks the speed to compete in the marathon.

...and NONE of those 11 Americans who finished above him in the half marathon are competitive on the world stage in the marathon, so your point is?