Jim Walmsley: "I'd like to think I'm around 2:10 shape..I've legitimately put in the training and the work to contend up front."

Ugh. 95% of us have Walmsley fatigue at this point. No more after this please.

Lol OK I’ll take the over (2:10)

ShilohDoesntCare wrote:

Ugh. 95% of us have Walmsley fatigue at this point. No more after this please.

+1. What an overdone idea for the podcast.

If he makes the team, these boards will literally explode.

ShilohDoesntCare wrote:

Ugh. 95% of us have Walmsley fatigue at this point. No more after this please.

F that! We want more Walmsley!!

I'm printing my own Walmsley posters now. If he gets a spot on the team I'm taping posters to my car.

ShilohDoesntCare wrote:

Ugh. 95% of us have Walmsley fatigue at this point. No more after this please.

I am guessing that page view data suggests otherwise or Rojo wouldn’t have interviewed him. Can’t wait for the pod to drop!

After spending time reading several of the articles and listening to interviews, thanks for the coverage. I hope he does well in the trials.

money talks: who do you think has been sponsoring the podcast????

hoka two two

Drainthefecesswamp wrote:

ShilohDoesntCare wrote:

Ugh. 95% of us have Walmsley fatigue at this point. No more after this please.

+1. What an overdone idea for the podcast.

Yet both of you numbnuts still clicked on the thread to make a post.

The question is do Rupp , Ward etc concede first to him and qualify or challenge him ?! Tough decision

This is great news. I hope Walms pulls a Yuki and surges mid-way and drops Rupp like a brick.

Interesting stuff. But this part does not compute:

“biggest” workout of his entire marathon training block — eight miles at marathon pace followed by one mile at threshold pace for recovery, times two.

By what definition is threshold pace slower than marathon pace? I know it can vary, but isn't it usually in the 15K-HM range? On it's own, 8 MP + 1 float recovery + 8 MP + 1 float recovery sounds like a challenging workout, but by no means impossible. On the other hand, 8 MP + 1 T + 8 MP + 1 T could get ugly real quick, if T is the standard tempo pace.

And I've been posting to the effect that it must be his wife/girlfriend/boyfriend/agent/manager/Hoka/himself starting the tri-weekly Walmsley threads! Now we know...

granted ive been out of the loop on all areas running, but is he good? I know he is an ultra guy based on this website, but really have no clue about him besides that.

GBohannon wrote:

ShilohDoesntCare wrote:

Ugh. 95% of us have Walmsley fatigue at this point. No more after this please.

I am guessing that page view data suggests otherwise or Rojo wouldn’t have interviewed him. Can’t wait for the pod to drop!

More likely he's just catnip for trolls here like LoneStarXC. People chiefly click to see the troll and fanboy reaction, nothing more.

The most pertinent data we have are his road half marathons.

Last month in Tempe, he ran 1:03:10, adjusting for the course mis-measurement, and finished seventh place.

Last year, he ran 1:04:00 at Houston.

Those times do not suggest 2:10:00.

Nothing at all against the guy, but this is a show me sport.

As a marketing ploy, not running a marathon before the trials is, I will concede, a smart move, because it keeps up the suspense and intrigue.

tally wrote:

The most pertinent data we have are his road half marathons.

Last month in Tempe, he ran 1:03:10, adjusting for the course mis-measurement, and finished seventh place.

Last year, he ran 1:04:00 at Houston.

Those times do not suggest 2:10:00.

Nothing at all against the guy, but this is a show me sport.

As a marketing ploy, not running a marathon before the trials is, I will concede, a smart move, because it keeps up the suspense and intrigue.

The 1:04 was done with only 3 weeks of faster running added to his ultra training. He started 5 weeks out, stopped 2 weeks out from that 1:04.

As for 1:03:10 in a marathon build up, that's not a predictor. I've posted this before (and can come up with more, I'm sure):

Bill Rodgers: 1:06 in a year he ran 2:10, 2:11, 2:12s

Ryan Hall: 1:03:53 before 2:04:58, 1:04:08 before 2:08:41

Khalid Khannouchi: 1:04:35 and 1:03:18 before a 2:05:56

Naoko Takahashi: 1:12:40 in the year she ran the first women's sub 2:20, 2:19:46.

Mizuki Noguchi: 1:09:46 before a 2:19:12

Feyisa Lelisa: 1:03:18 before a 2:04:52

Lee Bong-Ju: 1:04:02 and 1:04:04 before a 2:08:04

tally wrote:

Nothing at all against the guy, but this is a show me sport.

I agree. That's why I'm looking forward to the race.

tally wrote:

As a marketing ploy, not running a marathon before the trials is, I will concede, a smart move, because it keeps up the suspense and intrigue.

Like the last trials winner did?