Noah Droddy crushes his NYC Half - for real or anomaly?

Serious question for all you lets runners - has there ever been a more idiotic post than the above? Are these leaps in logic normal for a human brain or is the above poster experimenting with mind altering substances? I don't want to call this poster a moron or drug addict - more curious if this is what happens when a normal 30 year old is finally gets access to the internet and drops the slacker persona.

Noah is in a happier place. He has a new girlfriend. When you are happy in life then you are more likely to perform better.

Yes, this progression seems reasonable. It's incredible, but still very reasonable. He's clearly been in a groove with training. He's at altitude, training at a higher level and seems to have been injury free. This can take someone who is talented but only works moderately hard to new levels. He's always been a 'decent' runner. Nothing special but pretty good. I'm going to guess his training was lackluster for all of his career minus the last couple years.

ThatAverageRunner wrote:

Yes, this progression seems reasonable. It's incredible, but still very reasonable. He's clearly been in a groove with training. He's at altitude, training at a higher level and seems to have been injury free. This can take someone who is talented but only works moderately hard to new levels. He's always been a 'decent' runner. Nothing special but pretty good. I'm going to guess his training was lackluster for all of his career minus the last couple years.

^ This. He's stayed relatively healthy over the last couple years, which leads to consistent training. Consistent training leads to breakthroughs. It's not a secret.

Are you a moron or just pretending to be one? Go spend time with your children and get off this message board.

ThatAverageRunner wrote:

Yes, this progression seems reasonable. It's incredible, but still very reasonable. He's clearly been in a groove with training. He's at altitude, training at a higher level and seems to have been injury free. This can take someone who is talented but only works moderately hard to new levels. He's always been a 'decent' runner. Nothing special but pretty good. I'm going to guess his training was lackluster for all of his career minus the last couple years.

Thanks!

DroddysMagicalMustache wrote:

-According to the McMillan calculator, Droddy's 61:48 is equivalent to a 13:21 5K, 27:43 10K, and 46:20 10 mile; Daniels has it at 13:29/28:06/46:23.

-Droddy's PRs in those events: 13:49, 28:22, 47:28.

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First of all, anyone who buys into those "equivalents" is an idiot.

Secondly, there's nothing really that amazing about a runner getting his best race at the best condition of his life, on a downhill course with a tailwind.

Thirdly, end of thread.

heyyo wrote:

DroddysMagicalMustache wrote:

Is that you Noah?

That is a serious question. I noticed that another thread posted about Droddy and posed even more overt speculation that this is a huge outlier and massive increase over his past performances... skepticism is due. I was at least giving him the benefit of the doubt and trying to insinuate immaturity and a new coach - but the guy could just be an opportunist who needed some help to reach a bigger stage and audience for his self-aggrandizing millennial ego.

Are you a moron or just pretending to be one? Go spend time with your children and get off this message board.

Wow, aren't you an angst ridden little child?? Was the priest not gentle? Go attack some pre-teen on the training boards you nitwit. And then start working on those 'sandwich artist' skills, because you clearly don't have the mental capacity for much else. Best of luck in life.... sounds like a pretty pathetic one.

DroddysMagicalMustache wrote:

heyyo wrote:

Are you a moron or just pretending to be one? Go spend time with your children and get off this message board.

Wow, aren't you an angst ridden little child?? Was the priest not gentle? Go attack some pre-teen on the training boards you nitwit. And then start working on those 'sandwich artist' skills, because you clearly don't have the mental capacity for much else. Best of luck in life.... sounds like a pretty pathetic one.

Haha. Someone is mad.

OP you sound like a douche. Go home. Go to mom's basement. Dinner is at 7.

Great time but there was good back wind heading South.