Can you stop being so vague and name the runner? 4 pages of people accusing OAC of doping and i still have no idea who we are talking about
I'm not going to name the person because I feel the runner is clean. But if you read this board enough, you will see a lot of hostility toward one OAC runner any time the name is mentioned.
Can you stop being so vague and name the runner? 4 pages of people accusing OAC of doping and i still have no idea who we are talking about
I'm not going to name the person because I feel the runner is clean. But if you read this board enough, you will see a lot of hostility toward one OAC runner any time the name is mentioned.
Not to be mentioned here. Many posts accusing the athlete will be deleted but the mods have no problems with posts accusing Valby, Katir, Nordas, etc.
I would refer you to NCAA Bylaw 12.1.2(b)) regarding professional obligations. Although I do think these NIL deals will parlay into ongoing relationships beyond NCAA, however since it can’t be contractually obligated there are no guarantees. Case in point: Touhy x Adidas
Valby hasn't even been able to run consistently more than 3x week without injury. Who would possibly coach her?
Good point - maybe a Peleton instructor.
Any good coach would want to take a close look at what Valby (and Cook) are doing though. Running's 'high impact' nature is what causes injuries. If new shoes allow better recovery from workouts, and cross training can sub for some long easy miles, you will have a healthier team.
It's wild how quickly the pendulum of public opinion can swing. Rumours or no rumours, crazy that BTC is seemingly getting more upvotes than OAC when BTC had an athlete banned for PEDs and other athletes flee the group with it basically being admitted the banned athlete was still training very close to the team. Surely that has to weigh heavier than rumours?
You can bet a shiny penny too that when Houlihan's ban is up in just 16months she'll be back training with the BTC women. I think Astro would have a meltdown seeing pictures of Tuohy clicking off laps behind Houlihan.
You can bet a shiny penny too that when Houlihan's ban is up in just 16months she'll be back training with the BTC women. I think Astro would have a meltdown seeing pictures of Tuohy clicking off laps behind Houlihan.
So as someone who reads the board quite often, I think the athlete being referredto is Yared. There is no evidence (that I have seen or heard) that the accusation is at all true. From my understanding this is stemming from a thread a few months back in which an anonymous poster made a claim that a top US track star had been popped and a few random posters came to the conclusion that it might be Yared. From my memory, this was not the consensus on the thread, but a few seem to have taken that and ran with it - or at least the idea that Yared could be dirty.
Yared, in my eyes, deserves no more suspicion than any other athlete in track and field. Ritz has a history but there is no evidence that anything sketchy has been continued on by him. Yared is a future dentist who decided to run pro rather than going to grad school immediately. In my (biased) opinion, it seems like Yared would have to be incredibly stupid to dope with the prospects he has outside of running, and the potential for damaging those. Especially given his apparent focus on that prior to his pro career, and my assumption that he plans to continue on his medical career.
I would refer you to NCAA Bylaw 12.1.2(b)) regarding professional obligations. Although I do think these NIL deals will parlay into ongoing relationships beyond NCAA, however since it can’t be contractually obligated there are no guarantees. Case in point: Touhy x Adidas
Valby hasn't even been able to run consistently more than 3x week without injury. Who would possibly coach her?
Maybe whoever coached her to an NCAA championship.
So as someone who reads the board quite often, I think the athlete being referredto is Yared. There is no evidence (that I have seen or heard) that the accusation is at all true. From my understanding this is stemming from a thread a few months back in which an anonymous poster made a claim that a top US track star had been popped and a few random posters came to the conclusion that it might be Yared. From my memory, this was not the consensus on the thread, but a few seem to have taken that and ran with it - or at least the idea that Yared could be dirty.
Yared, in my eyes, deserves no more suspicion than any other athlete in track and field. Ritz has a history but there is no evidence that anything sketchy has been continued on by him. Yared is a future dentist who decided to run pro rather than going to grad school immediately. In my (biased) opinion, it seems like Yared would have to be incredibly stupid to dope with the prospects he has outside of running, and the potential for damaging those. Especially given his apparent focus on that prior to his pro career, and my assumption that he plans to continue on his medical career.
- sincerely, just another random internet person
It’s not a bunch of different people, it’s one or two losers using a bunch of anonymous handles. Nothing at all to support the attacks.
It's wild how quickly the pendulum of public opinion can swing. Rumours or no rumours, crazy that BTC is seemingly getting more upvotes than OAC when BTC had an athlete banned for PEDs and other athletes flee the group with it basically being admitted the banned athlete was still training very close to the team. Surely that has to weigh heavier than rumours?
You can bet a shiny penny too that when Houlihan's ban is up in just 16months she'll be back training with the BTC women. I think Astro would have a meltdown seeing pictures of Tuohy clicking off laps behind Houlihan.
Is it really only 16 months left?
Jan 2025 she can compete again. Math was off but 17 months yes. And only 11 months til she can train with the team fully again (banned athletes can train with other athletes again in the last 6 months of their bans).
So as someone who reads the board quite often, I think the athlete being referredto is Yared. There is no evidence (that I have seen or heard) that the accusation is at all true. From my understanding this is stemming from a thread a few months back in which an anonymous poster made a claim that a top US track star had been popped and a few random posters came to the conclusion that it might be Yared. From my memory, this was not the consensus on the thread, but a few seem to have taken that and ran with it - or at least the idea that Yared could be dirty.
Yared, in my eyes, deserves no more suspicion than any other athlete in track and field. Ritz has a history but there is no evidence that anything sketchy has been continued on by him. Yared is a future dentist who decided to run pro rather than going to grad school immediately. In my (biased) opinion, it seems like Yared would have to be incredibly stupid to dope with the prospects he has outside of running, and the potential for damaging those. Especially given his apparent focus on that prior to his pro career, and my assumption that he plans to continue on his medical career.
- sincerely, just another random internet person
What, exactly, is Ritz's history? I know Salazar was his coach and, big whoop, he may have gotten some ridiculous quantities of L-carnitine (still big whoop), but was there anything rule-breaking we know of or suspect with reasonable confidence?
BTC is dead. Coach is focused on collegiate athletes, most of the professions don't live in Eugene, lord knows which assistant coach shows up for workouts? It is a mess. Why would anyone commit to BTC?
So, it sounds like she is returning to NCst for XC. Looking like the BTC rumor was just that. Training with Cranny probably would have been good for her, though.
It's wild how quickly the pendulum of public opinion can swing. Rumours or no rumours, crazy that BTC is seemingly getting more upvotes than OAC when BTC had an athlete banned for PEDs and other athletes flee the group with it basically being admitted the banned athlete was still training very close to the team. Surely that has to weigh heavier than rumours?
You can bet a shiny penny too that when Houlihan's ban is up in just 16months she'll be back training with the BTC women. I think Astro would have a meltdown seeing pictures of Tuohy clicking off laps behind Houlihan.
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