WTF is Puskedra doing?

he's fine

Whatthewhatth wrote:

Diego Estrada? Wtf?

SouthernFriedRealist wrote:

Since I'm in a betting mood, I'll take my $100 that Dingler won't bite on (start a Go Fund Me, bro) and bet you $100 he doesn't win the Trials. Heck, you put up $100, I'll give you $150 if he does win.

I'll tell ya what, 10 thousand bucks? 10 thousand dollar bet?

athlete tracker wrote:

Not a workout. Race effort, and a bad decision to do so.

This is so dumb.

newname wrote:

kmaclam wrote:

Personally, I ran a 1/2 hard yesterday & I feel like crap today. And I'm not in the peak of a marathon trials buildup! I plan to not go hard for at least a week. 4 weeks out from the Olympic Trials would be primo workout time where you have about 10 more days to do those last 3 hard ones (24 miler?, 4 X 2 @ HMP?, 15 @ MP?…) before your taper. Now Luke has to 'recover' from this race for about a week which puts him at 3 weeks out, where he tapers? All of this is conjecture but it looks from here that he's doing an all out 1/2 4 weeks out & then a 1 month taper.

People really do a 20-day taper?

Puskedra

"Before his three-week taper, he’d put in eight 160-mile weeks for New York.

Not ALL people, but me & Luke do, yes.

Read more:

LUKE DOES NOT TAPER FOR 3WEEKS. You are going by an interview prior to NY where he failed. He was coached by Alberto at the time. He was then booted from NOP. He quit the sport and after time away he came back with A TOTALLY DIFFERENT TRAINING PLAN.

So what does his taper look like now since you know that Luke no longer does a 21 day?

Luke did not look maxed out at the finish. Granted, he's not the most expressive guy, but it looked like he had just finished a workout rep.

Diego has a 20 @ 4:55 in the bank, and it looks like he didn't go out with the leaders even though he has the talent to do that.

Gee, I wonder why he didn't?

I'd like to hear what Vigil has to say.

kmaclam wrote:

Puskedra

"Before his three-week taper, he’d put in eight 160-mile weeks for New York.

Not ALL people, but me & Luke do, yes.

Read more:

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=6973603&page=4#ixzz3xbO7cCN3

To be fair and objective, I can see how, if you are running 160 mpw, that you need to taper your training for much more than the 7 days or 10 days that I am used to.

Something like 120-130 at three weeks out, 100-110 at 2 weeks, and much less the week before.

He entered a race and actually raced it. What a novel idea! He'll be fine.

I was downtown at mile 12.5 watching him come in. He was shoulder to shoulder with the guy who finished 3rd. I'll bet his competitive spirit just took over. He's fun to watch since he towers over the other runners.

Really I want all of them to be in the top 3. It has been so great watching all of their running careers. Just can't help being psyched for every one of them!

ttc wrote:

Luke just decided to let the winners go. He ran 61+, but didn't go all out.

Yea, right.

Who cares if he went all out or not? He should still be fine for the OTs.

This is Luke's thread so apologize for the hijacking.Guys in the half ran really impressive yesterday...Justin Young got an OTQ as well (and Pat Rizzo had a solid one). The guys running 61-62 are really amazing. Heck, I was behind Sara Hall most of the first 6 miles... running 5:15-5:18 pace...thought she'd hold on run 1:09:high for sure. You're right with my training though. I messed up. Not enough marathon specific stuff and didn't get the muscle fibers adapted to faster/turnover/flatter running for sustained miles (i.e. I did a pathetic 2 x 3 mile workout in Boulder 3 weeks ago and struggled to hit 5:15-5:10 pace). In reality I should have been going 3 x 3 miles at 5:00 pace and 6-7 x 1 mile at 4:55-4:50 pace. Just didn't have time to recover after Cal and 5:15/mile pace never felt relaxed like it used to (esp. at altitude). Also for the record, guys like Smyth and Gray don't do the really long-ultra-mountain stuff (yet)...only runnable 50km trails and half marathon trail races. It'll be interesting to see how guys like Laney and Tollefsen do at the trails...although hopefully they had enough time to recover from UTMB/CCC respectively and get in marathon specific road/track work. The long climbing ultras really slow the stride rate and makes you build up your leg muscles for climbing/descending mountains. I'm kicking myself for failing to OTQ this time around, but honestly if I couldn't get it done in 4 tries over the past 10 months I don't deserve to be there. Congrats to all the qualifiers and best of luck with their last 4 weeks of training heading into the Trials.

E.A wrote:

Based on Sage's training, one could tell he wasn't going to qualify. He kept cutting his workouts short, always saying "saving it for the race." Once you shift into that mentality, you are done. You are over-thinking. You need to stress the body past the point of comfort in training.

My 2nd thought (although Smyth ran 63:00 today) is that MUT racing slows the stride by generating too much power and vertical velocity. His stride has gotten slower but stronger and to get his propulsion forward, he needed more time on the flats at fast paces. At least now he can focus on what he is great - MUT racing and throw down some epic races.

peekay from south africa? wrote:

the thing its history tells us that a good half a month before a big marathon is a bad sign

Some people thing it's a bad sign, but that's only the case when the program isn't right, and which is nothing to do with racing a half marathon.

Renumber wrote:

Houston Watcher wrote:

I live in Houston and watched the race live. Luke was keeping up with the Kenyans and when they surged to a faster pace Luke seemed to relax and let them go. I could be wrong but he didn't appear to be going all out to me! I think he ran a good effort but not all out.

Except the winner was Ethiopian. Not all Africans are the same you know.

Houston is the place to run times for American runners like Puskedra, it is the place most likely to coverup + EPO and steroid tests. Houston = conspiracy city.

Renumber wrote:

Houston Watcher wrote:

I live in Houston and watched the race live. Luke was keeping up with the Kenyans and when they surged to a faster pace Luke seemed to relax and let them go. I could be wrong but he didn't appear to be going all out to me! I think he ran a good effort but not all out.

Except the winner was Ethiopian. Not all Africans are the same you know.

Sorry about that! "The Ethiopians"

Class of Steele wrote:

NICE!!! Mixing it up with the African boys!!! Love to see that... Luke P is the man!!

calling them boys

you "bringing that back"

you call luke a man

just funny choice