What's up with the Beasts?

Real ones will know...a few years ago when cas left the beasts it was initially shrouded in mystery (gas). There were rumors of inappropriate relationships but that was bs. It turned out that DM had been using a revolutionary training tactic to simulate altitude training in his runners (real ones will know). They had been having good results with this new technique, but cas was not a fan, a disagreement ensued and he was dismissed from the team. Renato canova even got involved in the speculation of the validity of this training method.

After their methods came to light, the coaching staff backed off on their new strategy....until now. This run of very poor form has them throwing caution to the wind (literally) and they are going to bring back their methods of old to get things going. TAS is gonna be in for a treat. You heard it hear first.

Hypoxico tent?

Or you just didn’t hear about Cas and the sexual assault stuff. Nice narrative change you got though.

nyrunner3 wrote:

Spencer is in a jam right now, he can't quit or he'll lose all the followers that he worked so hard to get. But his times wouldn't place in some high school meets so it's getting harder to call himself a professional runner.

He is in the same spot a lot of very good but not too guys have. How long do you chase the dream? Run 339 as a junior and spending 5 years trying to max out your running ability is a reasonable thing to do. Live the dream and see where it takes you. You will probably not make it all the way to the Olympics (i.e. him being a 335 guy would be off the charts) but you have to give it a shot. All the 28:50 guys have the same thing in chasing marathon glory.

I am sure he sits there wondering where he would be without covid and the injury. Gives you hope for next year.

As far as the beasts go, he is a huge success. But I am not sure another 12 months will do much to raise their profile.

ummmmmnm wrote:

In all honesty, when have the beasts been relevant? They didn’t have ANY athletes going to Rio and the only performer they have (on the men’s side) is Kerr who basically peaked for a 1500 race two months ago

They get a lot of talent though and should be relevant. Almost everyone on their roster is a D1 champ or runner-up.

Multiple D1 national champs - Kerr, Wynne, Ostander, Nelson, Pen.

D1 runner-ups: Akins, Kidder, Buchalski, Heath, Yorks

Non- D1: Ribich, Windle

Other: TAS

Oh no:(

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The curse of the Athlete Special

Even before Spencer, I don’t think they were doing well. At least they’re doing a decent job marketing themselves trying to keep up with the likes of Bowerman and Tinman Elite. Tinman hasn’t been running great either but they doing a fine job marketing themselves.

Is Danny Mackey too much of a bro for them to be elite?

Seems like one of the boys on TAS and listening to his interviews.