Ultrarunning star walmsleyruns placed 22nd in 2:15:05 at today’s OlympicMarathonTrials
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His most surprising result in 2019, though, was his Trials qualifier at the Houston Half Marathon where he just snuck in with a 1:04:00, the exact cutoff time to achieve the “B” standard.before the Trials . “The stereotype of most trail or ultra races is that it’s all really slow and you can either take them on for fun or after you’re really done running. [Training for the Trials] feels like a responsibility [to show] we work pretty hard and we can hold our own as well.”
Since qualifying, the Flagstaff, Arizona, native raced a variety of distances, mostly beyond 26.2. Without a coach, he embraced unconventional marathon training, consisting of
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