Ritz’s group struggling?

Hot take...I dont like Nuguse's racing style.

They were great the last two years (Hoare in 2022, I believe) and the inevitable injury cycle has hit them. I hope that Nuguse is sharp for outdoors, along with Hoare, because that would make for an epic final in the 1500m with Kerr and Wightman already sharp and Jakob apparently healthy and fit again.

Very little about staying healthy, or running well, can be controlled by a coach.

In the steeple?

And no mention of Andrew’s?

The only thing im worried about is how jealous they were of kessler's training while he was on the podcast. They definitely dont seems to enjoy the endless intervals on the track. Enjoying your training is SUPER important lol. Like dang guys go do some easy doubles and hills workouts then if you so desire.

They all have struggled at some point.

hurta-Klecker struggled last year and this past weekend ran 1:58. I think you just have to understand middle distance running is an ebb n flow. You’re more than likely to have a bad year every oly cycle or you’re not really pushing for anything significant

Jonas Raess has had a bad season as well

Joe has been injured and is only back jogging now def won’t make team

so morgs and George have improved, Sinta and sage about the same, Olli and Yared too early to judge, everyone else worse/ injured.

i wouldn’t say it’s been a terrible year for them-it’s just that the previous two years have been so good

This is going to sound crazy but every group has injuries when they're trying to reach the next level. Basically any group in every country has issues. Even El Bakkali, the best steepler in the world, raced with a wrap on his knee.

Letsrun seems to think runners actually can stay perfectly healthy with no hiccups for 4,5,6,7 years straight and that's the norm.

No, the norm is these guys are trying to chase the best in the world and push their body past their breaking point sometimes.

If anything, the struggle gives me more faith that they are relatively clean. Nothing is more suspicious than an athlete continuously improving with no stagnation or down periods for years and years in a row.

Time for them to all jump ship and hop on the Brosnan express. Get in on the ground floor before there isn’t any room.

Going to be epic in the fall when he announces all the big names joining him on “the rise”.

Clean?? Keep dreaming....

Plenty on the rise, and some currently there should be dismissed. Especially a few of the women

I’m still confident Nuguse will be competing for a medal and finish top 5.

So Nuguse this year 3:47 & 13:03, world silver

Beamish - gold

Ollie. - 2nd in Aus champs, Grand prix win 3:34

Hurta - 1:58 low

Klecker - 27:09 & injured.

Morgan - 13:00.48

I don't know, they look pretty good to me.

Watch the world records plummet. All these pro groups need is someone to tell them not to limit themselves. Our favorite coach is the guy to do it. He single handedly changed the high school running world, now it's time to change to pro world.

Let’s start the list of potential or likely charter members. I’ll start.

Fisher

Kincaid

Hoare

Grijalva

Nuguse

Once they join, the momentum will really pick up.

We’re 3 months out from the Olympics. I don’t think we can give them a fair assessment this early in the season. This sport is all about running fast when it matters. Fast BU times and these early season meets don’t really mean anything besides getting the standard. In years past they’ve looked very impressive early but underperformed late. They’ve also said that they waited much longer than in the past to start track workouts.

If Klecker misses the team and Hoare and Mario aren’t running 3:29 and Nuguse isn’t contending for a medal then they’ve absolutely failed. Time will tell if they are just underperforming or if they will show up when it matters.

injuries are just a part of the sport. I don’t think it’s fair to blame the coach/training unless they’re doing something explicitly stupid.

Wow so quirky. It's not like everyone on LR shi*s on Nuguse for having bad tactics all the time.

What?? Then what is the point of a coach?