Sources are telling me she left Bowerman and Nike for a contract with the OAC. Can anyone else confirm this?
If this turns out to be true, this would be big for the OAC considering her talent. Also, I don't understand why she would have left Bowerman. She had a totally fine 2021 season. Won a few races and set some new PRs.
Win at All Costs wrote:
Sources are telling me she left Bowerman and Nike for a contract with the OAC. Can anyone else confirm this?
If this turns out to be true, this would be big for the OAC considering her talent. Also, I don't understand why she would have left Bowerman. She had a totally fine 2021 season. Won a few races and set some new PRs.
Wasn’t happy there.
Win at All Costs wrote:
Also, I don't understand why she would have left Bowerman. She had a totally fine 2021 season. Won a few races and set some new PRs.
Probably more money, and maybe a better fit
Signing with one of the Nike groups is an interesting proposition. On one hand, you do get access to outstanding coaching and all of the amenities that Nike can offer at WHQ. On the other hand, many Bowerman and NOP athletes end up being workout pacers for more established members of the team. I often wonder about how the sales pitch went for some signees? Are they told to expect a year or two of being an apprentice while they develop or are they promised stardom right away only to find that they are workout pacers in reality?
Is being based in Portland the issue? The rainy and grey weather is not ideal for many athletes plus, being uprooted every few months to do a long camp in Flagstaff or Park City makes it hard to have relationships, friends, and interests outside of the team.
Is Jerry's philosophy the issue? I doubt many milers really really enjoy doing the same training and mileage as 10K specialists for most of the year. The lack of consistent racing may also weigh heavily on a middle distance runner as most mid D athletes that I have known like to race a lot and ride a hot streak. At BTC, you throw down a big 1500 time and then it's often months before you get to race again, even in more normal non-pandemic years.
Johnson is a tremendous talent and hopefully she will land somewhere more conducive to her development.
I'd be wary of the fit with Jerry if you are a speed-based 800/1500m type. It seems his biggest successes are either 5,000/10,000 runners or 1500m/5000m types like Shelby, Cranny.
Win at All Costs wrote:
Also, I don't understand why she would have left Bowerman. .
Why don't you understand?
BTC had one of the biggest drug busts in our sport this year and anyone with a brain would be trying to distance themselves from the group.
Craig Nowak posted Andrew Wheating on his Instagram story last night 👀
Strangeee3 wrote:
Win at All Costs wrote:
Also, I don't understand why she would have left Bowerman. .
Why don't you understand?
BTC had one of the biggest drug busts in our sport this year and anyone with a brain would be trying to distance themselves from the group.
This. If you're a promising athlete at the start of your career, why hitch your wagon to a group with a high profile doping bust plus smoke around other members of that group? Who wants to spend a career competing with that cloud over your head?
High hopes wrote:
Strangeee3 wrote:
Why don't you understand?
BTC had one of the biggest drug busts in our sport this year and anyone with a brain would be trying to distance themselves from the group.
This. If you're a promising athlete at the start of your career, why hitch your wagon to a group with a high profile doping bust plus smoke around other members of that group? Who wants to spend a career competing with that cloud over your head?
So go to Ritzenheim’s group? You know…the guy that ran the 12:55 under Salazar…the guy doing the carnitine infusions…
It's not that easy to get out of a contract and Johnson isn't good enough to justify On buying out her contract. Wheating is dumb enough to try something like that, but he doesn't have enough pull to actually do it.
I'd think Bosshard's group would be more attractive for a 800-1500 athlete with a Nike contract if they're intent on moving to Boulder.
Is it possible her contract expired after the Olympics? IF she goes to OAC, her and Sage Hurta may be good training partners. IF she goes to Team Boss, Kate Grace would be an amazing training partner (again).
Unless Nike cancelled/let her go from her contract early, no.
As said elsewhere, unless something wild happens, headed to Pete Julian.
Lol OP has truly no clue what he's talking about. Just posted on Instagram she's going to Julian
https://www.instagram.com/p/CUF3OcDpvhh/?utm_medium=copy_link
I’ve heard she doesn't like burritos …….
ALL over CNN, BBC, and CBS local AND national news!!!
Knocked the Laundrie story out of the headlines….
<font color=#FFFFF>Honestly, every runner who can should go run with Ritz. He is the real deal. </font color=#FFFFF>
The exodus from BTC seems not just related to Shelbys drug bust. Many athletes recently have indicated that they were unhappy with Jerrys Training. Look at this article of Marielle Hall on runnings world when she announced that she left. This is pretty damning, she says she was overtrained and when injured they do not give them recovery schedules. There is just the A train and if you can't perform and hop back onto it you are not getting any support. Although she has not left Emily Infeld has said something similar in a recent podcast she did (think Ali on the run).
Frankly it is *ridiculous* a coach of Jerrys (and Shalanes) exprience cannot guide athletes back to health from injury. Injuries are so common for runners and managing injured athletes should be daily routine for them. Instead they just seems to overtrain them, which is probably what leads all of them to be injured.
Honestly would not surprise me if BTC is done in the grand scheme of things. They were dominating womens distance running in the US and now their athletes can't jump ship fast enough.
Here is the parts of the Marielle Hall article:
[quote]“It did kind of feel like they weren’t quite sure how to help,” Hall said. “There’s not really plan B for people. There’s plan A. There are not many ways they were offering as alternatives to what the program was. That makes it difficult for anyone.
“The train is always a good analogy,” she continued. “It really doesn’t stop. You’re able to achieve these high peaks and incredible things. Sometimes people get left behind. I think you have to understand that aspect of training. It’s an intense, rigorous environment. I understood that but also know that it doesn’t have to be that way for me personally. There are other ways to train and exist within the sport.”[]/quote
Full article here:
https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a37624966/marielle-hall-leaves-bowerman-track-club/
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nowak me Amadeus wrote:
High hopes wrote:
This. If you're a promising athlete at the start of your career, why hitch your wagon to a group with a high profile doping bust plus smoke around other members of that group? Who wants to spend a career competing with that cloud over your head?
So go to Ritzenheim’s group? You know…the guy that ran the 12:55 under Salazar…the guy doing the carnitine infusions…
There's just as much doping going on in Boulder as there is in Portland.
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