Kilian Jornet runs a half marathon climbing 4800' at 6:40/mi

Pikes Peak Record looks to really be in danger.

reed wrote:

https://www.strava.com/activities/2433178968/overview

The conversion based on the uphill is about 5:05/mi, not accounting for the altitude (climbs from sea level to 5000')

I'd guess that Kilian could run about 65:00 for a real half based on this performance. He ran 5:05/mi effort for 86 minutes, so for a 65min race he should easily run 10 seconds per mile quicker. And then there's the altitude impact!

This is why Kilian is the GOAT

Kilian is the GOAT when he proves he summited the Everest twice.

Nice post. He's one of a kind in our lifetime. That much incline would crush most fast runners to begin with. That's an insane pace.

Proust wrote:

Nice post. He's one of a kind in our lifetime. That much incline would crush most fast runners to begin with. That's an insane pace.

very excited to see the rest of Kilian's season. he did this race in 90min a couple years ago, a couple weeks after his Everest trip.

reed wrote:

https://www.strava.com/activities/2433178968/overview

The conversion based on the uphill is about 5:05/mi, not accounting for the altitude (climbs from sea level to 5000')

I'd guess that Kilian could run about 65:00 for a real half based on this performance. He ran 5:05/mi effort for 86 minutes, so for a 65min race he should easily run 10 seconds per mile quicker. And then there's the altitude impact!

This is why Kilian is the GOAT

Probably 95% of all cyclists would lose to Killian in this race. Maybe 98-99% if this is a dirt road.

14 minutes faster than last year's winner, who had run 31:30 for 10k on the track a couple weeks before.

Kilian dominated a race where there were literally 0 pro athletes. We need to send USA runners Joe Gray and Sage Canaday over to run this race. My money is on them for this type of run. Grays American record (Sage just a few seconds back from this record) is far more impressive at Mt Washington than this run by kilian. Anyone know what the GAP was when Gray set that record?

I'm not a fan of gap paces as they are totally irrelevant and never seem to match up in real race so I highly doubt kilian runs under 1:07 for flat half.

I did an uphill event which claimed I ran 5:40 Gap pace for 4 mile yet when I raced flat 4 mile I was over 24mins yikes

I've heard somewhere that Killian ran a 5k recently in like 15:15.

Spreading rumors wrote:

I've heard somewhere that Killian ran a 5k recently in like 15:15.

I heard about that, but it was on a gravel road.

and GAP isn't perfect, but I've never had unrealistic GAPs when my GPS was tracking correctly and the topo that strava uses was accurate. for something like a gradual 13mi climb, I'd guess it would be very accurate.

Was it ever proven definitively if he ever summiteers Everest?

Not trolling, genuinely curious. I read his Wikipedia but it sounded like there was no controversy--wasn't there debate over his claims?

How does Jim compare to him H2H? This looks mighty impressive. I'm sub 65 or better, especially if he trained specifically for one. He's only 31. He should give the half or full a go.

I believe Killian ran 3 x 5000 in 15. Not just one.

Clearly you didn't research that. He did 5k but it was with a huge downhill so probably not worth sub 16:30 on a flat road. Btw this climb isn't as impressive as I originally thought. Just saw Gray and Sage Canaday ran 58 mins for 7.6 miles with 4900 vertical foot gain! Now that's gotta be a crazy gap pace. Plus both of those guys have actually run under 64 for road half marathon

reed wrote:

https://www.strava.com/activities/2433178968/overview

The conversion based on the uphill is about 5:05/mi, not accounting for the altitude (climbs from sea level to 5000')

I'd guess that Kilian could run about 65:00 for a real half based on this performance. He ran 5:05/mi effort for 86 minutes, so for a 65min race he should easily run 10 seconds per mile quicker. And then there's the altitude impact!

This is why Kilian is the GOAT

Kilian is the best all around trail runner, but the only specific discipline where he is the best in the world is skyraces such as Kima and Ring of Steall. The talent pool in those races is shallow, Kilian races the same guys year after year, and knows how to beat them.

Kilian hasn’t won UTMB since 2011 (the race has gotten much more competitive since then). His winning time at Western States is nearly an hour slower than Walmsley’s. At Speedgoat (a true mountain race), Walmsley has run 9 minutes faster, even with Kilian cutting a bunch of switchbacks. His Pikes Peak Marathon time is not in the top 20 times, and is 24 minutes slower than the record.

I am a big Kilian fan, but he is a bit over-hyped and does a great job marketing himself. God bless him, he makes a very good living running and skiing in the mountains every day.

geezi's splits look like a comparable, maybe slightly better effort? but probably the same ballpark

hmmm, guess its not public. looks like this:

https://pasteboard.co/IiR2Wnl.png

Would it really be that hard for Jornet to jump into a legitimately measured flat road race and go as hard as he can? Nothing special, no tapering or pre-race hype pressure. 10k, half, marathon. I'm sure that it will never happen because he's scared of exposing the myth. He'll run a 32 or 2:30.

For someone with a VO2 max of 90, or whatever, you'd think that a 3:50 mile would feel like a jog. But as Matt Carpenter proved, all the VO2 max in the world won't let you break a five minute mile if you don't have the guts.

That was before he was the GOAT....just like Walmsley barely broke 7 at speedgoat his first year

6:42 pace. Why am I not surprised that a trail race was short?