Abby Nichols left the team. she's now training in Colorado for Union.
The problem with NAZ Elite is simple: no one wants to run for their coaches. Most people couldn’t even name the current head coach and that says everything. How does a professional team hire someone who’s never been a runner or a proven coach and ANY level? The result is a group with no identity, no credibility, and a confused direction. The coach looks lost, the brand looks weak, and athletes notice. As long as HOKA keeps making decisions like this, NAZ Elite will stay exactly where it is, a punchline among pro groups, not a destination.
PSU grad and Canadian runner. solid pickup for NAZ Elite, she'll make lots of Canadian teams. She already made World XC.
She’s sub-elite: 15:25 for 5000m and 9:06 for 3000m,and she turns 25 this April. At that age, with those marks, the ceiling is pretty clear. This is a runner no other serious pro group was lining up to sign. And that’s the pattern with NAZ Elite, they’re not recruiting athletes with upside, they’re collecting leftovers. Instead of developing future contenders, they keep picking up runners no one else wanted and calling it a “project.” That’s not talent identification, it’s roster filler.
they had a very rough day at the Marathon Project recently. Tyler Day barely finished and Paige Wood dropped out. Their coach Jack Mullaney is mic'd up the whole time. he looks dumbfounded when he heard Paige dropped. probably not how he wanted this to go, especially since it was all being filmed for Flotrack.
Abby Nichols left the team. she's now training in Colorado for Union.
The problem with NAZ Elite is simple: no one wants to run for their coaches. Most people couldn’t even name the current head coach and that says everything. How does a professional team hire someone who’s never been a runner or a proven coach and ANY level? The result is a group with no identity, no credibility, and a confused direction. The coach looks lost, the brand looks weak, and athletes notice. As long as HOKA keeps making decisions like this, NAZ Elite will stay exactly where it is, a punchline among pro groups, not a destination.
He was a recruiter for UP hahahaha. NAZ Elite is going away after 2028 anyway. Everyone knows this
PSU grad and Canadian runner. solid pickup for NAZ Elite, she'll make lots of Canadian teams. She already made World XC.
She’s sub-elite: 15:25 for 5000m and 9:06 for 3000m,and she turns 25 this April. At that age, with those marks, the ceiling is pretty clear. This is a runner no other serious pro group was lining up to sign. And that’s the pattern with NAZ Elite, they’re not recruiting athletes with upside, they’re collecting leftovers. Instead of developing future contenders, they keep picking up runners no one else wanted and calling it a “project.” That’s not talent identification, it’s roster filler.
@LazyPu based on her strava she’s probably in low 15:00 shape.. 14th at cross and started running in 2021. 4000 miles logged in 2025 is elite level. That’s a great add imo. NAZ will bounce back
She’s sub-elite: 15:25 for 5000m and 9:06 for 3000m,and she turns 25 this April. At that age, with those marks, the ceiling is pretty clear. This is a runner no other serious pro group was lining up to sign. And that’s the pattern with NAZ Elite, they’re not recruiting athletes with upside, they’re collecting leftovers. Instead of developing future contenders, they keep picking up runners no one else wanted and calling it a “project.” That’s not talent identification, it’s roster filler.
@LazyPu based on her strava she’s probably in low 15:00 shape.. 14th at cross and started running in 2021. 4000 miles logged in 2025 is elite level. That’s a great add imo. NAZ will bounce back
@LazyPu based on her strava she’s probably in low 15:00 shape.. 14th at cross and started running in 2021. 4000 miles logged in 2025 is elite level. That’s a great add imo. NAZ will bounce back
NAZ was established to develop American Marathoners. They then lost their reason for what they were doing. They added foreign athletes. They then decided to add athletes that will never run a marathon. Now they have no identiy. They’ve simply lost their way.