Walmsley and Dauwalter both on track for course records at WSER
The lead men and women are on course record pace with under 30 miles to go
Jim Walmsley and Courtney Dauwalter are both on track to set new course records. Dauwalter would be breaking Ellie Greenwood’s record of 16:47:19 and Walmsley breaking the record he set in 2018 at 14:30:04.
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Walmsley is approaching 20 minutes under his old record and Jared Hazen is taking nine and a half minutes behind, also under Walmsley’s old course record.
As someone who competes in long events, I’m wondering what mile is it appropriate to cheer for someone in a 100 mile race and say “you’re almost there.” @wser
— Stephanie Bruce (@Steph_Rothstein) June 30, 2019
At mile 62, Dauwalter was eight minutes ahead of course record pace. She maintains her significant lead on Clare Gallagher and Brittany Petersen.
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To set the 2018 record Walmsley maintained an unprecedented average pace of 5:34 per kilometre. Since the 2018 race he ran his first-ever road marathon, finishing in 1:04:00 and qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Marathon trials.
CANADA'S KAT DREW IS 9TH AS @wser AT 62 MILES! Had a shoe change and looks awesome. Jokes that her @HOKAONEONE 's are dolce & gabbana ?? #WS100 #westernstates100 pic.twitter.com/iJlHO6Qa6G
— Canadian Trail Running (@CanTrailRunning) June 29, 2019
Walmsley was a guest on the Citius Mag podcast the week following his half-marathon and was asked to address some of the comments regarding the trail versus road argument. Here’s what he had to say regarding a 2:05 marathoner being thrown into the Western States Endurance Run. “The way that I attack the downhills, I will break your quads and you won’t be able to jog the flats after. Like, give me a 2:05 guy, you don’t need Western States, call me up, give me a 2:05 guy, give me a couple hours in the canyon and I’ll be the first one out.” This is a clip starting at minute 58 in the podcast.
If Walmsley can continue on this pace he’s expected to finish around 10 p.m. ET.
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