Direct question for Mario Fraioli

Can't you just email him? Or is that not attention-seeking enough for you?

Mario is a tool.

Has never done anything in the sport except feed off sheep.

lkj wrote:

Mario is a tool.

Has never done anything in the sport except feed off sheep.

This is pretty much the way of business for most people in the running busines, and even World News these days with CNN vs Fox. You have to feed into your audience. He feeds into the hobby jogger group that hates the elites and thinks they are all doping, so he naturally has taken that stance to build more of a following. Much bigger business this way and fewer competitors. Twitter and Let's Run play into this "all top elites are doping" and the only reason the 2nd tier of elites aren't winning medals is because they don't dope.

Agreed well said.

Morning Shake-Up wrote:

Mario, why do you embrace, retweet and thus promote Jason Koop, a direct employee of one of the most dirty and dope pushing coaches (Carmichael) in the history of endurance sports. But are super cold and suspicious of Galen Rupp and Al Salazar.

Carmichael coached Armstrong for a decade, heavily doped US teenagers as the coach of the US Jr National Team (see lawsuit) and is considered one of the sleeziest and dirty coaches in cycling by most everyone in that sport.

Koop is his head of coaching and enriches Carmichael with every client he gains and is Carmichael ticket into the poorly tested world of ultrarunning.

Why Mario?

I know Jason and think he is a pretty stand up guy.

There have long been questions about how much "coaching" Armstrong got from Carmichael. But the allegations of the juniors have substance.

Asked in an indirect, passive-aggressive manner on a craptastic message board beloved by lamers.

Luv2Run wrote:

I know Jason and think he is a pretty stand up .

One who has chosen to work for a dirty cheating a-hole for the last decade and help make him money. Not that stand-up in my opinion.

Exactly. He was Stephanie True was saying Rupp’s racing didn’t count and he said he agreed. He’s a tool.

Plus he thinks he’s a running expert

Do Nothing, Say Nothing, Be Nothing wrote:

Asked in an indirect, passive-aggressive manner on a craptastic message board beloved by lamers.

+10,000 Most accurate description in years of this message board. Jury is still out on Mario.

SouthernFriedRealist wrote:

Can't you just email him? Or is that not attention-seeking enough for you?

I am asking a very straight forward question on a public forum because Mario supports Koop publicly and states his opinions very openly and publicly, so I figured why not have him answer this publicly as well.

So Mario, why is it that Jason Koop gets a free pass in your book but anyone associated with Salazar does not.

Koop has knowingly chosen to work directly for a coach for the past decade who supports doping and insisted teenagers under his care dope and who is focused on infiltrating the world of ultra-marathoning which is poorly and insufficiently tested for dopers.

How many red flags do you need Mario.

Because Mario is not disclosing that he is coached by Jason Koop.

I find that as a conflict of interest.

That would be big. The crusader for a clean sport enriching a known PED advocate and pusher (Carmichael) by purchasing coaching from his coaching company.

long time lurker wrote:

Do Nothing, Say Nothing, Be Nothing wrote:

Asked in an indirect, passive-aggressive manner on a craptastic message board beloved by lamers.

+10,000 Most accurate description in years of this message board. Jury is still out on Mario.

I omitted a key term above: cowardly.