He appears to be wearing a blank singlet at 2015 Gate River. I wouldn't be surprised. It didn't seem to be working out great.
He appears to be wearing a blank singlet at 2015 Gate River. I wouldn't be surprised. It didn't seem to be working out great.
slicerdicer wrote:
He appears to be wearing a blank singlet at 2015 Gate River. I wouldn't be surprised. It didn't seem to be working out great.
I was wondering that the other day too. I looked at their website a while back and he wasn't on it, here take a look for yourself
http://nikeoregonproject.com/pages/teamHE GOT SUCKED IN. Distance runners go to Oregon because they believe the Nike/Hayward/Prefontaine stuff that they have been fed since middle school. The brainwashing continues once you are enrolled in Oregon. You are made to believe that you need to be a part of the machine. Sorry to break it to you but it is not the answer for most. Puskedra is just another example in a long line.
Look at what he ran at the Houston Half when he was in college. 1:01:36?
Go back to whatever he was doing then.
Another one of Salazar's failures. Throw him on the heap along with Tara Erdman. Talent burned to the ground....
It is obvious that ASal's techniques and tricks only work on certain athletes. It is also that ASal is still experimenting, and has developed good filters to only allow those certain athletes into his vaunted "training" program.
he was a low top speed, very high endurance guy, a great xc runner relative to his track ability, and had a terrific HM debut in college. It would have been hard for him to come close to sticking with that group in track workouts and maybe even in long tempos. he'll be better off with a road-oriented group closer to his ability and he should make a fine marathoner with health.
AlSal was a marathoner. Why does he have such difficulty training someone like Puskedra, who is has exceptional endurance? Puskedra needs switch to distance, and find a coach capable of training real distance runners. That is not a good long distance coach.
He shouldn't have a hard time sticking with anyone in long tempos if he can run 1:01:36 - 1:02 range half marathons.
he was a low top speed, very high endurance guy, a great xc runner relative to his track ability, and had a terrific HM debut in college. It would have been hard for him to come close to sticking with that group in track workouts and maybe even in long tempos. he'll be better off with a road-oriented group closer to his ability and he should make a fine marathoner with health.
Race results for Gate River Run show his address as Eugene not Portland. Strangely, no tweets since right before 2014 NYC Marathon.
He was brought in to be a training partner for Ritz when he did his long marathon stuff. His talent level was not up to the level Salazar is interested in (OLympic / WC Medal contender), Salazar has ni interest in developing athletes, he wants to win medals.
"he wants to win medals"
I thought athletes won medals. When did they starting awarding medals to coaches?
Way Out of the Metals wrote:
"he wants to win medals"
I thought athletes won medals. When did they starting awarding medals to coaches?
Probably when Nike gave a him a contract that supplies bonuses for medals.
Did Nike really give AlSal a gold medal for each gold medal his athletes won? Maybe that's cheaper than paying him a bonus.
1:01:36 HM he ran in college and not with salazar. even at that level he was 1 minute slower than rupp and more than farah.
Yes, but Rupp wasn't even close to that as a senior... well, as a professional runner, at UofO.
LP has talent, especially for the long stuff. Salazar has sucked that out of him.
Here's to Luke staying motivated and finding a better situation that focuses on his own development, and not on the exploitation of his abilities.
Salazar is one of many coaches. He has had success stories and others who have not succeeded. if Puskedra moved on for whatever then we should wish him the best and hope he succeeds. It's not really a reason to blast him or the old coach. Lots of people switch coaches. It's really OK.I would like to see Puskedra run. 2:09 someday. It seems possible but I am just a spectator.
realalitee wrote:
Yes, but Rupp wasn't even close to that as a senior... well, as a professional runner, at UofO.
LP has talent, especially for the long stuff. Salazar has sucked that out of him.
Here's to Luke staying motivated and finding a better situation that focuses on his own development, and not on the exploitation of his abilities.
Anyone know who's now coaching him and where he's based?
Salazar didn't seem like a good fit as Puskedra isn't a track runner and doesn't have the wheels for the 5k/10k type of races that Salazar's training is focused on.
I noticed that Andy Powell is starting to get a small post-collegiate group staying in Oregon post-graduation, any chance Puskedra will go back to Powell??
Hope he gets a good set-up and doesn't quit like Colby Lowe after a bad post-collegiate experience - they're both to talented to just drop out of running all together.
Dunbar is still in Oregon sponsored by Nike and coached by Powell, he trains a lot with Stinson so i'm pretty sure Stinson will do the same post-graduation.
Tricky Sal wrote:
AlSal was a marathoner. Why does he have such difficulty training someone like Puskedra, who is has exceptional endurance? Puskedra needs switch to distance, and find a coach capable of training real distance runners. That is not a good long distance coach.
True.
Given the talented athletes and resources he has to work with, Salazar is one of the worst half/marathon coaches in the game.
Ritz stagnated for years, has won little of note and barely breaking 2:08 will prove to be his lifetime best thanks to Salazar.
Even after much talk of Salazar flying to Kenya to "supervise Farah's taper," MoFa's debut was a massive blow-up and underperformance due to coaching miscalculation (overambitious pacing) and poor preparation for the event (200s lol).
Any serious coach/group in the country could have done as much or better with Goucher.
Salazar doesn't develop marathoners, he limits or ruins them. Period.