Jim Walmsley's 50 Mile American record may not count?

WOW!!!!

It's never easy. Forget the IAAF. Closed competition, open competition, club competition, blah blah blah blah blah.................. The dude ran 50 miles FASTER than any other human being on the planet. Legit course, legit timing and legit distance. Whether its a world record (IAAF) or a world best it doesn't freakin' matter. I hope he doesn't get stiffed on any bonus cash from whatever sponsor, that would be disgraceful!!!

Congrats Jim!!!!! Well Done!!!!

FYI-

I'm not an Ultra Runner, just a retired track, x-c, and road racer who can appreciate someone's amazing display of mental and physical endurance.

Cheers!

LRC basically supported a Breaking Two event over an ultra distance.

Like the rules or not, it is the way USATF operates.

Get your ducks in a row and do your diligence. It could have been a record.

You may hate the rules.

But I LOVE the irony here.

sconehead wrote:

Meghan Hicks runs the irunfar.com, which is probably the leading website for ultrarunning in US.

THIS must be the biggest joke ever since Dean Karnazes invented ultrarunning.

Thanks Meagan !!!!

Hmm,

Hoka LRC silence....

Telling.

Forest Gump here wrote:

Comrades is a very contested race. The 50 mile distance is not. That is the main reason why this record was so old. Now it can sit there for another 50 years.

Nobody cares really, it's not a recognized distance.

One of the reasons Bruce Fordyce is so excited about it is that thousands of Americans just realised who he is now, Comrades getting more interest etc. Bruce is actively doing his training diary subscription blog, which is going to be a best seller book.

I am happy for him, for a man of his status, had he left SA ages ago, he would have been rightfully world famous and raking in the $$

wejo wrote:

And the person who originally wrote me questioning the possibility of this record counting wrote me again last night right as I started this thread. They wrote,

We were corresponding with USATF people before the race. They hadn't heard from anyone from this event until Thurs. evening when they received the certification (in 3 parts). There was no consultation beforehand to make sure they were following competition rules and doing everything right. The course certification was not done by an IAAF grade certifier, which is a requirement for the 100K World Record. Was it USATF sanctioned too? Watching the feed, they didn't appear to have backup hand timers at the 50 mile split. I've seen people asking about unfair assistance from the lead media truck, as he apparently had his friend(s) encouraging him during the race.

This is the killer....no course measurement certification no record, doesn't matter who runs it and how much he breaks it by.

Yes, its a pedantic process, somehow making IAAF or USATF money too, but sorry it has to be done.

Stick to platform shoes Hoka

I doubt the event was IAU labeled too, another requirement. You can't get the label unless it was measured by an IAAF measurer. At least two strikes on this event.

Total silence by the letsrun founders and mods?

Where are the bro jays on this?

So quiet!!!

USATF measured course? Certified?

Sanctioned? Publicly announced prior to the race allowing anyone to enter? Timing system auditable?

Eligible for anything??

Do you feel foolish?

You really should.

And you should respond.

Its egun wrote:

Total silence by the letsrun founders and mods?

Where are the bro jays on this?

So quiet!!!

USATF measured course? Certified?

Sanctioned? Publicly announced prior to the race allowing anyone to enter? Timing system auditable?

Eligible for anything??

Do you feel foolish?

You really should.

And you should respond.

Yes YOU SHOULD RESPOND. They wont though. Thier equal to the regressive left. Only thier way is right....