We changed the title to make it accurate. It was initially titles, "Parker Valby calls out Letsrun Users Armstronglivs and Astro on TikTok". She didn't mention any posters by name.
She's actually one of the least likely dopers. No physical signs, no real speed or suspicious kick. No real financial incentive to dope. Plus she still is always battling injuries.
Finishing a race not looking tired is not uncommon among top runners. If this was the key visual for doping, suddenly every pro would be falling at the line in fatigue to prove they are clean.
She has a big aerobic engine with little speed. Despite this weakness, she made the Olympics by having guts to make the trials races fast, and hanging on for a q.
Don’t think she is a doper. Her stellar performance can be explained by two factors: straight up and forward posture with spending relentless times on an arc machine, and great lung capacity by blowing kisses at every lap on the track.
I think she'd do even better if she moved her arms like Obiri, who mimics sailing into a head-high punch bag.
Interesting what she has achieved through cross training and what it did (didn't do?) for Jakob.
Yeah, because getting in good enough shape to compete at the collegiate level is totally the same thing as getting in good enough shape to compete at the highest professional level. Great comparison!
Interesting what she has achieved through cross training and what it did (didn't do?) for Jakob.
Yeah, because getting in good enough shape to compete at the collegiate level is totally the same thing as getting in good enough shape to compete at the highest professional level. Great comparison!
Didn't she compete at the last Olympics?
Where is it argued - by experts, not clods on Letsrun - that cross training only works at collegiate level?
Yeah, because getting in good enough shape to compete at the collegiate level is totally the same thing as getting in good enough shape to compete at the highest professional level. Great comparison!
Didn't she compete at the last Olympics?
Where is it argued - by experts, not clods on Letsrun - that cross training only works at collegiate level?
She qualified for the Olympics after having over a year of being injury free and racing. What does that have to do with Jakob making his outdoor season debut at worlds coming back from injury? Do you really think those are comparable situations?
Easily the most likely explanation for what transpired. Rumors start to circulate on a number of sites that she tested positive, then she deletes her social media, then she leaves her team and takes a long vacation. And we know the USADA is corrupt as hell. Plus we know silent bans occur. It reeks.
Where is it argued - by experts, not clods on Letsrun - that cross training only works at collegiate level?
She qualified for the Olympics after having over a year of being injury free and racing. What does that have to do with Jakob making his outdoor season debut at worlds coming back from injury? Do you really think those are comparable situations?
She didn't just qualify;she competed. Cross training has been given as a reason for her success - as an injury-prone athlete. As part of his recovery following his injury Ingebrigtsen used cross training. The results were comparatively disappointing for him. Cross training appears not to be the magic formula it has been touted as here.
She qualified for the Olympics after having over a year of being injury free and racing. What does that have to do with Jakob making his outdoor season debut at worlds coming back from injury? Do you really think those are comparable situations?
She didn't just qualify;she competed. Cross training has been given as a reason for her success - as an injury-prone athlete. As part of his recovery following his injury Ingebrigtsen used cross training. The results were comparatively disappointing for him. Cross training appears not to be the magic formula it has been touted as here.
Are you trolling, or do you actually believe that cross training as a supplement to running while someone is healthy and competing for over a year is equivalent to someone doing 100 percent cross training while recovering from a devastating injury and having his first race back at the world championships?
It's probably about a lot more than false drug accusations. I doubt she is impressed with the slime pit she sees when she looks at the message board. Every time I open this message board I don't know what I am going to see. It could be running threads, but it could also be threads calling everyone "cok faces" or worse in the thread title, threads belittling or even threatening high school runners (particularly girls), threads with very obvious racism or anti-Semitism, stupid bot-created spam threads, etc. There are a lot of issues here that need to be addressed by the owners in addition to the fake drug accusations. But they haven't done anything about it for 25 years so it clearly won't happen.
Curious, does anyone know of any other pro athletes in other sports that call out a website in social media? Numerous pros have publicly made negative comments about this site. Pretty embarrassing for the site.
The difference with other sports are the players make $$$$$$$ while track and field athletes make $. The players making $$$$$$$ could care less about doping accusations and yes many of them use PEDs. The major sports governing bodies don't care much about PED use because they are also making $$$$$$$. The fans of major sports don't care either they only want to see their teams win. And the most important difference is major sports are TEAM sports, not individual. Boxing is an exception but boxing is also one of the dirtiest sports so again no one cares.
One of her UF teammates got busted. Then another Palmer athlete. And someone explain Hilda's odd progression. This place gets downright creepy regarding Valby. But as to athletes protesting they are clean way too loudly (ex Katir), that is par for the course.
Hilda was like a 5x Juco champion before going to Alabama and was solid when she was in Kenya. Juco doesn’t often run the time trial BU type meets you have at the D1 level so you usually don’t evaluate Juco talent based off times. Explain to me the “odd progression” that you’re talking about.
She didn't just qualify;she competed. Cross training has been given as a reason for her success - as an injury-prone athlete. As part of his recovery following his injury Ingebrigtsen used cross training. The results were comparatively disappointing for him. Cross training appears not to be the magic formula it has been touted as here.
Are you trolling, or do you actually believe that cross training as a supplement to running while someone is healthy and competing for over a year is equivalent to someone doing 100 percent cross training while recovering from a devastating injury and having his first race back at the world championships?
It's not about being equivalent but being effective in both cases. It worked wonders for her but saw Ingebrigtsen get buried at the world's. The contrast is too great to be credible. Either it is an effective form of training or it isn't.
Are you trolling, or do you actually believe that cross training as a supplement to running while someone is healthy and competing for over a year is equivalent to someone doing 100 percent cross training while recovering from a devastating injury and having his first race back at the world championships?
It's not about being equivalent but being effective in both cases. It worked wonders for her but saw Ingebrigtsen get buried at the world's. The contrast is too great to be credible. Either it is an effective form of training or it isn't.
I'm not following your logic here. If two situations are to be compared, shouldn't they be equivalent or at least similar enough to be reasonably comparable?
Valby ran in the Olympics after a prolonged time period of being healthy, racing, and using cross training as a supplement to running. Ingebrigtsen ran in the world championships after months of injury, no racing, and doing 100 percent cross training while recovering from a devastating injury (except for a small number of weeks when he was finally able to do track workouts leading up to Tokyo). Those situations aren't comparable.
Evaluating the effectiveness of cross training as a supplement to running for a healthy actively competing athlete is not the same as evaluating its effectiveness as the sole training done for an injured and non-competing athlete.