NYT Mag article about Kilian Jornet Burgada

[Sutter]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/24/ma...ted=1&_r=0&hpw

Dude is a crazy beast.

[splat]

I have a friend who has been racing against him. That Mont Blanc run sounds insane, based on what he told me.

[Rideski]

Pics of Naila and her mom needed stat.

[old goat]

A race between him and Ueli Steck would be interesting

[Sutter]

Pics of Naila and her mom needed stat.

Naila

[Viva]

Three years ago at Western States, I'm pretty sure that it was Kilian who had nothing but a small bag of dates for his drop bag at the mile 17 aid station. Fairly early in the race. I also seem to recall him carrying a minimal amount of water, or no water at all.

That was the first year that we began seeing hudge groups of frontrunners coming in together. In all the years past, the leaders were always well-spaced. There was almost always some knucklehead going mach looney (and almost always dropping later in the race [The one exception that I remember is Mike Morton in 97]), and then a steady stream of frontrunners.

It's a whole different game now. Last year at 16.5 miles, we had something like the first 30 runners within 15 min of each other. Mind blowing how much the competition's ramped up.

[bestskieratsnowbird]

A race between him and Ueli Steck would be interesting

different sport. ueli's a technical climber, kilian's a cardio/endurance freak, each definitely having a bit of crossover though. think they've been working on some insanely fast ascents together or will be in the future.