Retwel wrote:
"...Pikes Peak part of the Golden Trail Series NOW"!?
It's been part of the Golden Trail Series for the last 4 years! COVID has hurt the international representation the last 2 years due to travel restrictions.
Seth would get destroyed at Sierre-Zinal. It's not high enough altitude for him and the Euros would all blow by him on the downhills.
His ascent at Pikes was great, but to compare it to Joe's time from the day before is invalid because Joe was fighting a ton of wind and freezing cold weather with ice on the rocks etc. Weather conditions are everything on the mountain and greatly influence times.
Also, Seth has barely run any ultras. He certainly is not an elite or experienced ultra-marathoner.
Rockz wrote:
It is fair, but in Seth's defense in terms of racing quality PPM is part of the Golden Series now and therefore should attract much stronger competition. Not quite SZ but should be much closer
Covid has just kind of thrown it all out the window.
In 2022 there could be a strong field. Hope everyone is in good shape to have a proper race !
Yes and then you had people like KJ taking part ...