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I thought the charge of the NOP is to develop those who have Olympic Medal potential? No F'ing way this guy has that kid of talent. His form is ragged and his shoulders are WAY too narrow!
On a separate note, Lindsey Allen tweeted that she was moving to Seattle, which might mean that she has left the NOP. When Allen was in the group, Salazar had said that he wasn't looking for anymore athletes to coach (he had 8 at that time). It's possible that Allen's move left an open space for Puskedra to fill
Pure marathoner? He has shown either very poor wheels or very poor pacing in the 10000 to date.
He did have an injury plagued college career. However, in line with what you say, 61:36 three weeks before he turns 22, in his first attempt, shows some serious aerobic capacity. At the very least, Ritz now has a good marathon cycle training partner.
Mr. Obvious wrote:
Pure marathoner? He has shown either very poor wheels or very poor pacing in the 10000 to date.
Glad that Luke's parents have the funds to support him since he isn't being paid hardly anything.
This seems like a good fit with guys he has run with but maybe speedwise Jerry's group might afford him more guys to run with at the distances he'll do best at, 1/2 marathon and marathon. He could well drop that 10k time still. His half debut was very impressive, so he has a very bright future in the marathon, and he should make multiple U.S. teams in cross. His pacing indicated that he had the aggressive instincts of a winner but just not the shape at the time.
Best of luck to him. I'm not quite so sold on his upside at the marathon as some people seem to be, but he definitely impressed me with his half. I'm curious to see how he progresses.
Hopefully, Luke will be similar to several of the good former Duck runners who competed in the shadows of very good teammates only to emerge post college.
I think of guys like Ken Martin who never garnered the limelight while running alongside Salazar, Chapa, and McChesney.
Hopefully, Luke will emerge from the shadows of Rupp, Centro, and Wheating to become a top ranked marathoner. The NOP might provide that proper mix.
Agreed, doesn't seem to have the type of talent Alberto said he was looking for. Not sure it's a good fit, Alberto has done best with the super talented and not so well with the developing types.
I think he has the talent. He would have run much faster in than his 27:56 if not for his appendix bursting and his half marathon shows real promise. I think he will be able to run some great time on the roads and in the 10k. A 2:07 or 2:08 is in reach for him.
jjjjjjj wrote:
His half debut was very impressive, so he has a very bright future in the marathon
What?
Do you really think it works that way?
Graeme McDowell wrote:
Alberto has done best with the super talented and not so well with the developing types.
Oh, so he is good at poaching already-great athletes and running them across the goal line, but not at actual coaching?
You're right. It's surprising how many athletes have actually become worse under his training.
Rupp is actually the ONLY example of soup-to-nuts development that Salazar has on his coaching CV.
Medalists only wrote:
I thought the charge of the NOP is to develop those who have Olympic Medal potential? No F'ing way this guy has that kid of talent. His form is ragged and his shoulders are WAY too narrow!
You're kidding, right?
"Ragged form and shoulders WAY too narrow"? Sound like anyone else you know? Like maybe a certain former marathoner who once held the world record (since retracted) and is now making a living coaching Olympic medalists in Oregon somewhere?
