Valby deletes Instagram. Parker Valby update? We have an update - She's on comeback from minor injury

You kinda hit on it. One of their biggest signings is enmeshed in doping rumors. If they’re true, of course you minimize the connection as much as possible. If it’s untrue though you get one of your brands ambassadors out of the mud. It’s more New Balance Boston who would respond, which is maybe the distinction you’re talking about. Bowerman not Nike went in after Shelby’s ban.

I can do all things through Rojo who strengthens me.

I really hope that Valby comes forward and says what everyone already knows:

Everyone at the top of this sport uses illegal PEDs of some kind. There isn't a human on earth that can currently reach a championship race without PEDs, because ALL of the competition is doping.

I think that someone of her stature airing this out would help to cause some actual change.

Very few athletes actually want to use PEDs. The problem is that there is a "use or lose" barrier that you have to overcome if you want to get to the big races.

I agree that NB wouldn't want to comment without having solid information. But they would absolutely want Parker, her father, or her coach to make some kind of post or statement to end the very damaging speculation if it were patently false. So their silence is baffling to me if it turns out to be a baseless rumor.

Well I just thought that maybe it was real it looked real. I still think maybe he’s telling the truth

Have you looked at his subsequent posts? Does that look like someone who is telling the truth?

I can't remember the last time a notable NB athlete tested positive. They typically sign American women and don't have an African presence. Would be a bad look for them and they would not want this type of discussion to circulate.

According to Runnerboi, Rojo never sent the money to Shelby lol.

Why would Rojo respond to a YouTuber. Someone has to have standards

I'm going to make my big letsrun confession now:

I've never once looked up who Parker Valby is.

Obviously, a good runner!?

Honestly, I have no clue.

Somehow I never stepped onto this train.

Am I a terrible letsrunner?

Ok...carry on....

I actually think there's less doping among actual elites than there is amongst the influencer crowd, especially the Hyrox gymbro influencer crowd of Matt Choi, Marathon Jeans Guy, etc.

Who knows if she tested positive or not, but the reason she got tested so many times is that her teammate tested positive. What we really should be asking is what (if any) testing there is at the NCAA level? And if Florida was running a systemic doping program, would they take away the '22-24 men's and '22 women's national titles?

With NIL money infecting the NCAA, people certainly have more reasons to dope. If you think you can get even a low six figure NIL deal, with a minimal chance of being tested and getting caught, if you dope, lots of people will dope. And lots of parents will encourage their kids in college to dope.

College coaches, whose salaries depend on their ability to recruit (and raise NIL money in this era) also have reasons to be OK with the doping.

I suspect she's injured. It happens to the best of them. Shin splints or stress fractures perhaps.

She’s doping!!!

Has anyone reached out to Fred Kerley?

Looking at scientific papers and testing policies, I believe this is true. I feel bad for athletes making these decisions, especially the ones who say no and give up their potential career to stay honest. But even the ones who "play by the real rules" endure emotional stress by a system that is designed to allow doping and forces the athletes to become liars or rewards those who have no problem with lying.

This may surprise you, but New Balance may not respond to the timeline of an anonymous poster on the most reviled message board in the sport. (Hey, I love this place, but let’s be honest about its standing in our community.) The only effect a statement would have would be to attract more attention to negative publicity related to one of its athletes in a marginal niche of the internet. Why on earth would they want to amplify baseless rumour? Baseless rumour.

If someone has a source or anything amounting to evidence that’s not baseless rumour, please share it. And I don’t mean “my phone has been blowing up” or “my buddy who says he hasn’t seen this thread told me” or “the movers and shakers of the sport have been talking about this” or, my favourite, “a Titan will fall.”

I think it would be terribly sad and bad for the sport if *any* leading American (or Canadian) collegian or pro tested positive. My cynicism is already just about off the charts and I don’t want to believe bad things about the leaders whose accomplishments I admire. But these swirling threads aren’t that great for the sport either. (I know, I know…I’m posting here too…).