ZAP No More

Update: Vestri being coached by David Roche who actually stepped in before New York, Tuxbury announced on a recent podcast that she was actually dropped by ZAP over a year ago. Van Der Els, as stated, with BAA.

An ACTUAL member of ZAP called this guy out for lying repeatedly in this thread. He never had anything to do with ZAP, can barely run 38:00 for 10K, and has never coached anything. Most of the deleted posts were his lies getting deleted.

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I don't know where you got that info about Tuxbury but it's not true. She is still with ZAP until the end of the year and was running a workout under Pete's guidance this morning. Right now she is planning to stay in Blowing Rock.

Apparently you're not as "in the know" as you claim to be. On a podcast released just 2 weeks ago, Tuxbury claimed that she was told by ZAP in 2024 that "they could no longer support her." She said she decided to stay in Boone through the end of her lease and that Pete let her do some of her training with the team. She also said that she has no intention of staying and that she prefers to be near family in Connecticut. Listen to the podcast and then decide whether you believe the person talking or your source. I will agree that some of the deleted posts are from a guy that just put pure BS here. Other deleted posts were simple facts that apparently rubbed people the wrong way. In any case, the moderators seem to be paying far too much attention to an obscure thread.

Moses H Cone park and Boone Greenway, are those the two main places to run?

Any other good suggestions?

My "sources" are Pete, Zika, and Anne Marie. I literally had dinner with Pete and Zika last night and saw Anne Marie at Bass Lake Sunday.

Yes, unless you want to go a little farther out. There's also Watauga River Rd in Valle Crucis, Railroad Grade Rd between Boone and Jefferson, Elk Creek Rd in Ferguson, and the greenways in Lenoir and Wilkesboro in the winter.

What does being a fan boy have to do with the facts? If you say they told you otherwise, either you're lying or they are. Wouldn't surprise me if it's both. Did you bother listening to the podcasts? Ali on the Run with Amanda Vestri? She said distinctly that she's been "working with Roche for over a month before NY." Front Ridge Elite with Annmarie Tuxbury. Tuxbury said that Pete told her "after 2024 trials he could no longer support her. So she "went back to working full time and asked Pete if it was still OK to do some training with them." I would tend to believe what they say over what you think.

Zap was a cool thing, but they were not very elite. It have a shot to sub elites and that’s great

So, I'm just a fanboy?

This is your original statement - "Tuxbury announced on a recent podcast that she was actually dropped by ZAP over a year ago." Now you're changing it to "could no longer support her."

Did she get her funding cut? Yes. But that doesn't mean she was dropped. She is still listed on their roster. She races in a ZAP uniform. ZAP paid for her to go to Twin Cities and some other races this fall. She works out with ZAP. And Pete and Zika refer to her as a ZAP athlete. In other words, she is still with ZAP.

ZAP has had different funding levels for the athletes since it was started. Many of them had to work a part-time job in order to survive. One athlete getting less money than another doesn't mean one was a ZAP athlete and the other wasn't. It just means they were paid differently. Does everybody where you work get paid the same?

Yes, I am a ZAP fanboy. I was also a workout rabbit for the ZAP women 20 years ago and I've been a board member for 10 years. I've been friends with Pete and Zika for 20 years and I run with them several times a week.

I don't care what you heard on a podcast. The reality is that Ann Marie is a member of the ZAP team until December 31, when ZAP officially ends.