RAIMIS2 wrote:I looked and said - "wow - Waerner's Cripple to Ruby run time!".
Then Sass came in.
Peering at the analytics, Thomas stopped for an hour on the trail about half way through the run (and that was after a 5 hour stop in Cripple), so his actual run time is pretty close to Brent's.
From what Brent said yesterday, I'd expect him to take his 8 in Ruby now. Thomas, given that he rested on trail, maybe not.
Jessie's harder to figure out, since she didn't stop in Cripple. Just taking her times and removing how long she appears to have rested on trail = 14.5 hours, with a 4.5 hour stop on the trail, puts her at about 10 hours total - so 30 minutes slower than Brent and Thomas over 70 miles. She could have been breaking trail, somewhat? Remember both Jessie and Thomas took their 24s back in Tak, so their teams shouldn't be as fresh as Brent's - so Thomas' speed is impressive.
On the live feed last night, Dallas was doing commentary and said that he felt Thomas' team looked great, but he was concerned that he was letting them go too fast, too soon. So it'll be interesting to see how that develops.