Max King is a FREAKING BEAST!!!

Oregonerep wrote:

Max is tough for sure downhill but honestly Gray would have crushed him considering there is a big climb and also Gray has beat him in the last few times they've met at up and down mountain races. I recall Gray saying he tried to enter but they wouldn't let him or something in a podcast interview? Why would they leave him out and let less talented guys race? How did Max and Hayden get in so easily? Would love some background on entry for this event!

Max is very good but when you look at Kilian's cadence downhill it's insane. KJ is no doubt the best descender in the world.

Brannock wrote:

I think Sage Canaday could challenge for 2nd in the women’s race quite comfortably.

Fixed it for you

Regardless of whether Gray would or would not have beaten King, that was some impressive production by the local TV company. I didn't have the sound on, but all the race footage they got was really cool. They did a good job.

F2 wrote:

Brannock wrote:

I think Sage Canaday could challenge for 2nd in the women’s race quite comfortably.

Fixed it for you

Sage beated Anton Krupicka AND Max King at Speedgoat 50k.

Alvin Moss wrote:

F2 wrote:

Fixed it for you

Sage beated Anton Krupicka AND Max King at Speedgoat 50k.

We need a grudge match, someone should start a go fund me to get anton out of retirement and race sage again at the speedgoat 50k. I would pay to watch that.

Mt.Chicken wrote:

Hayden Hawks almost chicked

Dude said on Strava the night before he was just going to jog it because he's got bigger things to do later on (ie UTMB). Probably didn't want to get hurt on the descent based on his slow time down.

Huge race by Max. The effort going up was insane to watch. The girl who summitted in 3rd but ended up winning absolutely blasted the descent. I love how the announcers totally missed her coming down and thought she took some secret route through the woods.

Also, as said before, big props to the news station. They did a great job! Follow cams on the descent, drone/heli shots of the summit. Commentary by a guy who said he's ran the mountain like 500-1000x and actually had interesting things to talk about the whole time. They mentioned that this is the largest spectator sporting event in Alaska at ~30k people watching in person. Pretty sweet.

The footage and commentary were top class!

Anyone know if there's something out there about his strength training. He's freaking ripped for someone as fast as he is.

Yes, that was the best non-British commentary I have ever seen for a running event. Coupled with the camera work, absolutely first rate.

Mkbeast wrote:

Anyone know if there's something out there about his strength training. He's freaking ripped for someone as fast as he is.

1st. Eat enough.

2nd. Pull ups and dips

3rd. Re-read 1 and 2

sage vs anton wrote:

Alvin Moss wrote:

Sage beated Anton Krupicka AND Max King at Speedgoat 50k.

We need a grudge match, someone should start a go fund me to get anton out of retirement and race sage again at the speedgoat 50k. I would pay to watch that.

I'd rather watch 50k on the track/flat course with a $50k bonus for a new WR. (Add Tyler Andrews to the race, of course...)

Hold up, Bro wrote:

sage vs anton wrote:

We need a grudge match, someone should start a go fund me to get anton out of retirement and race sage again at the speedgoat 50k. I would pay to watch that.

I'd rather watch 50k on the track/flat course with a $50k bonus for a new WR. (Add Tyler Andrews to the race, of course...)

But I really want to see Tony make a return.

Here's some great footage of Max King rounding the top and then some of faster downhill guys. Enjoy!

Now i cannot stop watching mount marathon and catching up on coverage of years past.

Max is a joy to watch. For some reason i had assumed he wasn’t going to impress me with his performances any more?

David norris wasn’t as fun to watch. Excellent runner, but i like watching max’s running form more.

Somehow it feels like i’m watching a “real” race when it is not The Exxon Mobile Mount Marathon — with paid streaming through NBC Gold (heck if i can get their channel name right unless you’re paying me) — and prizes for fastest international doper and also top american doper.

Sorry, just joking about the doping, as i have no credentials, just suspicions!

didn't Kilian run 5-6 min faster than Max on this course?

No, less than 2 minutes faster.

41:48 vs 43:39. And Max ran 42:33 last year, for second place.

http://www.alaskamountainrunners.org/archives/MtMarathon/2018%20Mount%20Marathon%20men%20-%20statistics%20Final.pdf

Race stats wrote:

No, less than 2 minutes faster.

41:48 vs 43:39. And Max ran 42:33 last year, for second place.

yep, kilian ran 2 mins faster in this 5k race

Insane.