Cas Loxsom - Running with the Toad

Shuffle Joggin' Jim wrote:

So I was trying to find Cas Loxsom's record breaking 600 meter performance and stumbled upon this. It seems like more and more runners are using their personal youtube channels to put out running content whether it's Ryan Trahan or "Billy Toad". What do you guys think of this growing trend and this video in particular?

http://bit.ly/toad003

Damn...look at those pipes on Nick. ? No wonder he's hot with the ladies. Big pipes on a world class runner look good! ?

How often is Trahan coming on Letsrun to make threads that mention his name? Seems to be daily.

When they race, that is pretty funny.

cas loxsom is the most disappointing runner in the USA right now. for someone as talented as he is, he should be consistently winning medals on the world stage. instead his PR is barely under 1:45. he is easily 10x more talented than nick symmonds but has less than 1/10th of the accomplishments.

biggest mistake he ever made was joining brooks.

waste of talent wrote:

cas loxsom is the most disappointing runner in the USA right now. for someone as talented as he is, he should be consistently winning medals on the world stage. instead his PR is barely under 1:45. he is easily 10x more talented than nick symmonds but has less than 1/10th of the accomplishments.

biggest mistake he ever made was joining brooks.

Do you think he needs to hook up with Canova or JS?

waste of talent wrote:

biggest mistake he ever made was joining brooks.

Nope. The biggest mistake was fishing off the company dock. Doesn't he have a college degree? Can't he find a job in one of the best job markets in history?

The fact that the market is better than in 2008 doesn’t make it one of the “best job markets in history.” Still tough enough out there.

Is Cas back at Penn State training again?

Is Billy not working for flocrap anymore? Seems like this should be their type content

We are penn state again wrote:

Is Cas back at Penn State training again?

Can't say for sure if he's back at Penn State permanently, but I have seen him around town/campus twice over the past few months for whatever that's worth.

He PR’d in the 600, 800 & 1500, made a US team, was top 3 in 2 of 3 outdoor champs, set a world best, won an indoor title with Brooks. I’d say that was great decision. Whatever he did last year to get kicked off was the mistake.

waste of talent wrote:

cas loxsom is the most disappointing runner in the USA right now. for someone as talented as he is, he should be consistently winning medals on the world stage. instead his PR is barely under 1:45. he is easily 10x more talented than nick symmonds but has less than 1/10th of the accomplishments.

biggest mistake he ever made was joining brooks.

First off, his form is horrible, fixing that alone would improve his times by a full second. Secondly, runners like him, Jock, and Sowinski are natural 600m runners and need to properly work on their strength and endurance rather than constant speed work. That means more specific pace training and NOT overloading aerobic work. That seems to be part of the reason Sowinski had such an outstanding season this past year.

Not Right Troll wrote:

He PR’d in the 600, 800 & 1500, made a US team, was top 3 in 2 of 3 outdoor champs, set a world best, won an indoor title with Brooks. I’d say that was great decision.

Whatever he did last year to get kicked off was the mistake.

waste of talent wrote:

cas loxsom is the most disappointing runner in the USA right now. for someone as talented as he is, he should be consistently winning medals on the world stage. instead his PR is barely under 1:45. he is easily 10x more talented than nick symmonds but has less than 1/10th of the accomplishments.

biggest mistake he ever made was joining brooks.

I'm glad he left Brooks. He was too talented to be there. Brooks can't keep their best runner happy!

The Brooks running team culture was weird. Too many stupid interviews/videos with Katie Mackey acting like she is a high school freshman.

Not Right Troll wrote:

He PR’d in the 600, 800 & 1500, made a US team, was top 3 in 2 of 3 outdoor champs, set a world best, won an indoor title with Brooks. I’d say that was great decision.

Whatever he did last year to get kicked off was the mistake.

waste of talent wrote:

cas loxsom is the most disappointing runner in the USA right now. for someone as talented as he is, he should be consistently winning medals on the world stage. instead his PR is barely under 1:45. he is easily 10x more talented than nick symmonds but has less than 1/10th of the accomplishments.

biggest mistake he ever made was joining brooks.

his PR in the 600 is from outdoor 2013 right after he graduated and before he signed with brooks. his indoor world best in the 600 isn't even his PR and he barely beat isiah harris

They were dumb to focus so much on indoor track when outdoor is the only thing that matters. he was world junior silver medalist in the 800 and he's underachieved big time since then.

his PR from college is 1:45.31 and his current PR is 1:44.92 - terrible development.

Billy we get it, good channel

600m indoor record .... About as highly contested as the 2647m backwards race walk.

The Toad was great when he was working for milesplit last year, brought some much needed personality and good analysis. Defineately like the videos he’s putting out, very professional quality and short and to the point. If he could meet up with some more big names and interview them on a run like this the channel would be way more informative. Overall I think the trend of running videos like this on youtube is a great think for the sport.

What's The Deal? wrote:

waste of talent wrote:

cas loxsom is the most disappointing runner in the USA right now. for someone as talented as he is, he should be consistently winning medals on the world stage. instead his PR is barely under 1:45. he is easily 10x more talented than nick symmonds but has less than 1/10th of the accomplishments.

biggest mistake he ever made was joining brooks.

Do you think he needs to hook up with Canova or JS?

Hooking up is what got him in trouble.

Ryan Trahan can't even dream about making content this good.