Jim Walmsley Explained

Jim Walmsley
Height:1.81 m
Weight:70 kg
Birth Date:17 January 1990
Birth Place:Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Residence:Flagstaff, Arizona
Collegeteam:Air Force Academy
Event:Half-marathon, ultramarathon, trail running
Team:Hoka One One
Website:https://www.walmsleyruns.com/
Pb:1500m

3:48.16
3000m st: 8:41.05
5000m: 13:52.87
10,000m: 29:08.88[1]
½-marathon: 1:04:00
Marathon: 2:15:05[2]
100km: 6:09:26

Jim Walmsley (born January 17, 1990)[3] is an American long-distance runner. An ultra-trail specialist, his wins include the JFK 50 Mile in 2014, 2015 and 2016, the Lake Sonoma 50 in 2016 and 2018, the Tarawera Ultramarathon in 2017, and the Western States 100 in 2018, 2019, 2021, and 2024. He holds several course records, including the Western States 100, set in 2018[4] and further improved by 21 minutes in 2019. In 2023, he became the first American man to win the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc.[5]

Walmsley has set 7 Fastest Known Time running records, including the speed record for the 44-mile Rim-to-Rim Grand Canyon crossing in 2016.[6] [7]

Sponsored by Hoka One One, Walmsley was named UltraRunner of the Year for four years in a row - 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.[8] [9] In addition, he qualified and ran in the 2020 Olympic trials in the marathon with his 2019 qualifying performance at the Houston half-marathon.[10] While competing in the Hoka One One Project Carbon X 100K Challenge on May 5, 2019 he set a new world best for the 50 mile distance, completing it in 4:50:07 (besting Bruce Fordyce's previous 36-year old record by 14 seconds).[11] Walmsley won the World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships in 2019.[12]

In 2023, Walmsley won Ultra Trail de Mont Blanc UTMB in a course record of 19:37:43 becoming the first American man to win the race.[13]

Career

High school

Walmsley attended Horizon High School in Scottsdale, Arizona. In his senior year in 2007, he became Arizona's Division 5A-II cross country state champion, winning every race he ran in, and was named Runner of the Year.[14] He finished 23rd in the national championships that year.

College

He considered attending Arizona State, Georgetown, Iona College, Washington, California and the Air Force Academy, eventually choosing the latter. During his 4 years there, from 2008 to 2012, he ran cross country and also took part in the 5000 meters, 10,000 meters, and steeplechase.[15] In 2012, as the captain of the cross country and long-distance running teams, his best times were 4:04 for the mile, 13:52 for 5000m, 29:08 for 10000m and 8:41 for the 3000m steeplechase.

Achievements

2014JFK 50 MileWashington County, Maryland, United Statesbgcolor=gold1st50 mile5 h 56 min 31 s
2015JFK 50 MileWashington County, Maryland, United Statesbgcolor=gold1st50 mile5 h 47 min 37 s
2016Bandera 100KBandera County, Texas, United Statesbgcolor=gold1st100 km7 h 46 min 37 s
2016Moab Red Hot 55KMoab, Utah, United Statesbgcolor=gold1st55 km3 h 49 min 20 s
2016Lake Sonoma 50Healdsburg, California, United Statesbgcolor=gold1st50 mile6 h 00 min 52 s
2016JFK 50 MileWashington County, Maryland, United Statesbgcolor=gold1st50 mile5 h 21 min 29 s
2017Tarawera UltramarathonNew Zealandbgcolor=gold1st100 km7 h 23 min 32 s
2017Gorge Waterfalls 100KCascade Locks, Oregon, United Statesbgcolor=gold1st100 km8 h 20 min 28 s
2017Kendall Mountain RunSilverton, Colorado, United Statesbgcolor=gold1st12 mile1 h 31 min 05 s
2017Speedgoat 50KLittle Cottonwood Canyon, Utah, United Statesbgcolor=gold1st50 km5 h 04 min 55 s
2017UTMBChamonix, France5th167 km20 h 11 min 38 s
2018Lake Sonoma 50Healdsburg, California, United Statesbgcolor=gold1st50 mile5 h 51 min 16 s
2018Western States 100Squaw Valley, California, United Statesbgcolor=gold1st100 mile14 h 30 min 04 s
2019Houston half-marathonHouston, Texas, United States27thhalf-marathon1 h 04 min 00 s
2019Hong Kong Fast 50 UltraHong Kongbgcolor=gold1st50 mile6 h 05 min 00 s
2019Western States 100Squaw Valley, California, United Statesbgcolor=gold1st100 mile14 h 09 min 28 s
2019UltravasanMora, Dalarna, Swedenbgcolor=gold1st90 km 5 h 47 min 28 s
2020U.S. Olympic Marathon TrialsAtlanta, Georgia, United States22ndmarathon2 h 15 min 05 s
2021Hoka One One Project Carbon XPhoenix, Arizona, United Statesbgcolor=gold1st100 km6 h 09 min 26 s
2021Western States 100Squaw Valley, California, United Statesbgcolor=gold1st100 mile14 h 46 min 01 s
2021 Ultra-trail Cape TownCape Town, South Africabgcolor=gold1st100 km9 h 47 min 20 s
2022UTMBChamonix, France4th167 km21 h 12 min 12 s
2023UTMBChamonix, Francebgcolor=gold1st172 km19 h 37 min 43 s
2024Western States 100Squaw Valley, California, United Statesbgcolor=gold1st100 mile14 h 13 min 45 s

Records

Event!style="background:#D7877B"
TimeDate
JFK 505 h 21 min 28 s19 November 2016
Lake Sonoma 50[16] 6 h 00 min 52 s9 April 2016
5 h 51 min 16 s — current record14 April 2018
Bandera 100K7 h 46 min 37 s — current record9 January 2016
Tarawera Ultramarathon[17] 7 h 23 min 32 s — current record11 February 2017
Western States 10014 h 30 min 04 s23 June 2018
14 h 09 min 28 s — current record29 June 2019
Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc19 h 37 min 43 s — current record2 September 2023

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jim Walmsley - Athlete Profile. IAAF. March 12, 2019.
  2. Web site: U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Marathon Live Results. track.rtrt.me.
  3. Web site: DUV Ultra Marathon Statistics . 2023-09-02 . statistik.d-u-v.org.
  4. Web site: Jim Walmsley Breaks the Course Record at Western States. runnersworld.com. 25 June 2018.
  5. Web site: 2023-08-31 . Jim Walmsley and Courtney Dauwalter win the UTMB in a historic American double . 2023-09-02 . Runner's World . en-GB.
  6. Web site: Jim Walmsley Fastest Known Time. 2024-01-02. fastestknowntime.com. en.
  7. Web site: Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim Fastest Known Time. 2024-01-02. fastestknowntime.com. en.
  8. Web site: Dauwalter and Walmsley 2018 UltraRunners of the Year. ultrarunning.com. 16 January 2019. 11 Mar 2019.
  9. Web site: Walmsley and Dauwalter named 2019 UltraRunners of the Year. ultrarunning.com. 15 January 2020. 16 Apr 2020.
  10. Web site: Houston Half Marathon propels ultrarunner Jim Walmsley to Olympic trials. houstonchronicle.com. 20 January 2019. 11 Mar 2019.
  11. Web site: Jim Walmsley Sets New 50-Mile World Best in Hoka One One 100K Challenge. Metzler. Brian. 2019-05-05. Runner's World. en-US. 2019-05-06.
  12. https://worldathletics.org/news/report/walmsley-simion-long-course-wmra-2019 World Athletics: Walmsley and Simion take Long Course Titles at World Mountain Running Championships.
  13. Web site: Metzler . Brian . 2023-09-02 . Jim Walmsley Wins UTMB, Breaks the U.S. Men's Curse . Trail Runner Magazine . en-US.
  14. Web site: en . Boys cross country runner of the year tribune: Jim Walmsley, Horizon . December 23, 2007 . eastvalleytribune.com . June 28, 2018.
  15. Web site: en . Career Highlights . walmsleyruns.com . 28 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180628234056/https://www.walmsleyruns.com/results . 28 June 2018 . dead .
  16. Web site: en . Lake Sonoma 50 History and Results . lakesonoma50.com . 23 June 2018 . 19 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190719110938/http://www.lakesonoma50.com/history--results.html . dead .
  17. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503436&objectid=11799029 "Winners Smash Tarawera Ultra Records", Rotorua Daily Post, 11 Feb 2017.

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