Then all I need is the strength to get through that next mile.” I just told myself to stay within myself and focus on what I’m doing and take it one mile at a time. “It didn’t feel terrible, but I knew if I pushed past a certain point it wasn’t going to make it. “It was going swimmingly, but then the heat got to me and I was having trouble keeping fuel down,” Little said. She held on to finish as the women’s winner in 7:49:28 (7:34 per mile), barely able to stand up after she crossed the finish line.
She slowed a bit before coming through the 50K mark in 3:37:52, and then struggled as it got warmer during the second half of the race. Mike Wardian placed fifth overall in 7:29:12 after narrowly missing 40-49 age-group records for the 50K and 50-mile marks.Īmerican Sabrina Little started the day ahead of the pace of Ann Trason’s 1995 100K American record of 7:00:48. American Patrick Reagan ran conservatively but strong, finishing second in 6:33:50 (6:20 per mile), well off Max King’s 2014 American record of 6:27:44. He missed the world record of 6:09:14 set by countryman Nao Kazami last June in Hokkaido, Japan, but said he was troubled by a tight hamstring in the second half of the race. Japan’s Hideaki Yamauchi was the overall winner of the 100K event, finishing in 6:19:54 (6:06 per mile). Jim Walmsley was in the lead near the 55K mark. For the en-route record to be considered for ratification by the USATF, Walmsley had to continue on to finish the 100K course. He crossed the fully automatic timing mats at the 50-mile mark with a big lead in 4:50:07-meaning he averaged 5:48 per mile to that point-before slowing down considerably during the final 12.1 miles to finish fourth overall in the 100K in 7:05:24. Running in a special event created for the launch of Hoka’s new Carbon X shoe, Jim Walmsley set a new 50-mile world best mark during a 100K (62.1-mile) race along the American River in Sacramento, California, on Saturday.
He went on to finish the 100K in fourth place.
Jim Walmsley set a new 50-mile world best by reaching the mark in 4:50:07.On May 4, eight Hoka-sponsored runners took on a 100K ultra along the American River in Sacramento, California, as part of a special event to celebrate the launch of Hoka’s new Carbon X shoe.
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