Thursday, January 17, 2019

Today's Run - Thursday, 1/17; Walmsley Denied

Another less than stellar run. 6.2 miles. Definitely not 100% but good enough to get out and move the legs a bit. The Garmin is still saying I'm in "unproductive mode." Years of experience tell me to just keep showing up daily and maybe don't push it too hard as I fight whatever it is I have right now (a bug?).

I saw that Jim Walmsley didn't get into the Leadville 100 via the lottery. Seems like a missed opportunity for Leadville. If Jim is in that race, all of a sudden it's world-class again. All eyes are on Leadville that Saturday as you'd have a legit run at Carpenter's legendary course record. It's certainly a good argument that, if Jim really wants into Leadville, he could certainly practically jog his way to a token via one the race series events, such as the marathon, but that may not align with what he wants to do this summer (note: Leadville Marathon is 2 weeks prior to Western States). Athletes of his caliber choose their own path and so I really think not letting him in was a missed opportunity. We'll see what's next.

3 comments:

  1. Just look at the date on these watches ... its all we need to know right now.

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  2. Sounds like Leadville would be more than happy to have him in the field - all he'd need to do is ask. (they responded back to him on Twitter) What's next is 62:4x (my guess) at Houston for an OTQ! :) 18 days in row blogging, congrats! I especially enjoyed some of the links to old articles in the New Years Day blog. Cheers!

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