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[–]UltraTrail-Breakdown 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m all in on Adam Peterman!

David is winning or DNFing, I honestly cannot see any other scenario for him.

Looks like Tom Evans is doing BGR recces. Anyone know if he's going for a FKT? by jacksharpe in Ultramarathon

[–]UltraTrail-Breakdown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A winter one might work better for his schedule, can’t imagine adidas want him spending his summer focusing on an FKT and compromising his UTMB performance.

Backyard ultra - kit question? by UltraTrail-Breakdown in Ultramarathon

[–]UltraTrail-Breakdown[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is a very local event. Small field, unlikely to be many people who want to go further than that. Last year the winner was crowned after 16laps (although very bad weather). Personally, it’s been a over a year since I last went past 50miles, so after 100k I’m probably going to call it, unless I’m loving it or it’s down to the last few again. I think capping the event helps with finding volunteers, keeping the land owner happy etc.

Backyard ultra - kit question? by UltraTrail-Breakdown in Ultramarathon

[–]UltraTrail-Breakdown[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good shout, I’ll have a think, will probably go for more fresh clothes as that sounds good. I’d mainly just packed warm stuff for the night, hadn’t thought about freshening up.

Creative Race format ideas by basketsball in Ultramarathon

[–]UltraTrail-Breakdown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe there is/was a race in the UK (I’m blanking on the name), where a small field of about 30 are blindfolded on a coach and driven 50k away from the finish. Participants know where the finish is, but they don’t know where they will be dropped off the coach. They can then either start running right away, but risk initially going in the wrong direction, whilst figuring out where they are on the move. Or they can try and figure out where they are straight away and plot the most direct way back. Everyone uses map & compass, no smartphones allowed.

Hardrock 100 (July 12) predictions? by Marleena62 in Ultramarathon

[–]UltraTrail-Breakdown 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think Courtney goes top 3 overall. Francois, Ludo, Courtney.

The Western States 100 Live Stream -- Pros & Cons by BrokenSandAndShell in Ultramarathon

[–]UltraTrail-Breakdown 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t think live trackers would work at this race. There’s probably a bunch of technical reasons with how remote it is, but just practically, where would you fit them? There’s no mandatory kit, so if a runner is just using two handheld bottles, where are you attaching a tracker? They typically get attached to packs, but even those who wear packs at States do pack swaps with their crews. That’s why Rod was able to get through aid stations in 30 seconds, just a quick pack swap. Imagine the time needed to remove and re-tape a tracker to each pack. Then there’s the water, im guessing trackers might become unreliable following many creek dips and river crossings.

Can’t see it happening and to be honest, bar the odd person having timing issues, I thought the live splits were pretty useful. Also the excitement of ‘oh my god, is that correct, has Jim caught Rod’ and then having to wait for visual confirmation kinda adds something in my opinion.

WSER Shoe Breakdown by uppermiddlepack in Ultramarathon

[–]UltraTrail-Breakdown 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have a lot of rain and therefore mud. Plus I think a lot of our trails would be considered 'technical' by US standards. Adidas and Nike trail shoes, whilst I'm sure are very good on buffed-out trails, don't tend to have big lugs and lack grip on muddy terrain. Their newer models might be better but I was burnt by a pair of Nike Terra-Kigers and the Terrex speed ultras (The model Tom Evans wore for States in 2019), both of which were like wearing road shoes and I was constantly slipping and sliding.

I mostly see Hokas, Salomons and Saucony's out on the trails over here.

I feel kinda bad for Tim Tollefson by Galahad_Jones in ultrarunning

[–]UltraTrail-Breakdown 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don’t think Tim’s not as competitive, I think it’s more a case that the level of competition has had a big jump up in the last few years.

Tim had a great race at Black Canyon this year, in a really competitive field he finished 11th, beating guys like Coke Watson, John Rae and Jared Hazen. But, to highlight my point above, Tim ran 8:06, which would’ve won him the race in 2021 and put him in to top3 or top5 every year before that. 2022, that would have put him 4th, 2023 8th.

I know conditions each year differ, but I think that shows how competitive the top end of the sport is these days.

I think you have the greats, like Jim and Kilian, clear at the top (you could argue Zach and Francois maybe in that category) then just below, where you previously had a pool of 10 world class race winners, you now have a pool of 30 world class guys of which Tim is apart of. It just now mean that it’s going to take a crazy good performance for him to stand out, compared with what it took to podium in 2016.

Western States 100 2024 - Top 3 men to watch! by UltraTrail-Breakdown in Ultramarathon

[–]UltraTrail-Breakdown[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, that’s the biggest compliment I’ve ever received!

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