Fernando Cabada racing AGAIN!?!?!?

Wow....more info is coming out about him..nothing good. So all you people that didnt think he was racing carlsbad, or this half? Are mentally dumb or are mommas basement lovers.

Who in the hell runs the last 1.1k without shoes, running that fast, and 3 weeks before the trials? Let his ego get the best of him ? Huh

Hudson,got him on the right track....

Here is what you need to know:

After having a bad day at the office at last year's Chicago Marathon (2:15:36 10th place), Cabada took a break.

Resumed training for Olympic Trials on November 17th at altitude down in Mexico.

12/13/2015 1st place 1:04:09 at the Santa to the Sea Half

01/04/2016 2nd place 1:03:25 at the Jacksonville Half

01/17/2016 1st place 2:18:14 at Carlsbad Marathon (basically his last long run before the trials 1:10:10 1st half and 1:08 2nd half) about 5:16 pace which isn't too crazy seeing that he placed 7th 2:11:53 at 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials.

01/24/2016 3rd place 1:04:05 at the Culiacun Half down in Mexico

Now he tapers till Trials.

If you have to ask.........

From his facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/FernandoCabada26.2/posts/1672969556176135

3rd place in 1:04:05 this morning at the Culiacan Half Marathon, with no shoes on as I lost them at 20km. Lost about 25 seconds in the last 1.1km. Just bad luck (very lucky my feet/legs are ok and I jogged a couple miles after the race 😀), but I should have stopped and tied them, but with less than a mile left to go and I was in a 3 man battle for the win, instincts took over I couldn't just stop and give up. I will never give up! With all that said, I couldn't be happier with my fitness. This was only 7 days after running a 2:18:14 marathon at ‪#‎carlsbadmarathon‬ as a training run, body is strong! Time to taper! ‪#‎Contodo‬ ‪#‎NeverGiveUp‬ ‪#‎CabadaTS‬ ‪#‎OlympicMarathonTrials‬ ‪#‎MarathonTraining‬

Canada always races best when racing lots. Looking forward to seeing how he does at the marathon trials.

Ridiculousnesss wrote:

Just did a marathon 4 weeks out from OT, and now another half 3 weeks outs? Does he not care about the OT knowing he won't qualify? Is he just dumb? What is he thinking?

Here's the link:

https://www.facebook.com/FernandoCabada26.2/

So you don't believe any other OT runners are running hard tempo runs over 13 miles?

Get a clue. Not even the penguins are back off 3 weeks out.

I don't understand how you lose your shoes in a road race when you're in a group of three in the lead. Could someone please explain this to me? Also, if he slowed enough to lose 20-25 seconds wouldn't he have realized pretty quickly that putting the shoes back on would be a better option? This is just so weird.

Fundraiser wrote:

I don't understand how you lose your shoes in a road race when you're in a group of three in the lead. Could someone please explain this to me? Also, if he slowed enough to lose 20-25 seconds wouldn't he have realized pretty quickly that putting the shoes back on would be a better option? This is just so weird.

I am also very curios about this. If it was one shoe he lost maybe I could see a situation like that. To lose both shoes seems unbelievable.

Fundraiser wrote:

I don't understand how you lose your shoes in a road race when you're in a group of three in the lead. Could someone please explain this to me? Also, if he slowed enough to lose 20-25 seconds wouldn't he have realized pretty quickly that putting the shoes back on would be a better option? This is just so weird.

I agree that stopping to put the shoes on would be the best option, especially considering you don't want to risk injury this close the Trials in such a minor event.

However, I could see how in the heat of the moment, if you're in a competitive situation, you might not think like that. And even if you realize 10-seconds after you lost the shoes that you should have stopped, well at that point you're not going to stop and turn around to go back and get them. You'll lose almost a minute by the time you're done.

From his own words after this race and the Carlsbad Marathon, Cabada seems to run faster in these events than planned because he gets too competitive to let people go and just run his planned workout pace. I'm sure we can all understand that. You've probably entered a race before "as a workout", but ended up running way harder because you couldn't let "that guy" beat you. That's why I have a rule now that I won't enter a race unless I'm actually going to race ... or if it's for a cause or family member, absolutely jog, not even "workout".

I'm not going to question Cabada's methods because maybe he got out of these races exactly what he wanted, but if he truly wants only a workout effort, he might be best seeking out a race with absolutely no competition so he's guaranteed to win by minutes and won't be tempted to race people.

How the hell do you lose both your shoes in a road race? I've never heard of that happening before

Competitive situation in a low key half marathon running way off PR pace?!?! Your call but I would think you would have a smart enough mindset not to get caught up in a situation like that so close to the trials. He basically just shot himself in the foot

But who are we kidding? His chance of making top 3 is 1%. Top 5 would have lose their running shoes for him to make top 3 on a perfect day. Top 10 a very good chance but none of that matters from place #4. He is better off getting the prize money to pay bills.

Jake Toms wrote:

Here is what you need to know:

After having a bad day at the office at last year's Chicago Marathon (2:15:36 10th place), Cabada took a break.

Resumed training for Olympic Trials on November 17th at altitude down in Mexico.

12/13/2015 1st place 1:04:09 at the Santa to the Sea Half

01/04/2016 2nd place 1:03:25 at the Jacksonville Half

01/17/2016 1st place 2:18:14 at Carlsbad Marathon (basically his last long run before the trials 1:10:10 1st half and 1:08 2nd half) about 5:16 pace which isn't too crazy seeing that he placed 7th 2:11:53 at 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials.

01/24/2016 3rd place 1:04:05 at the Culiacun Half down in Mexico

Now he tapers till Trials.

Kawauchi does this sort of stuff and he gets labelled as a badass hero.

Cabada is doing a similar sort of thing and he is getting trashed on this thread.

Not a good day at the office for Newton Running when your ace wins the race after dissing shoes a mile previous.

Thanks for clearing that up. I don't understand why the article didn't make clear how he lost the shoes.

Ridiculousnesss wrote:

He basically just shot himself in the foot

Er... wrote:

Thanks for clearing that up. I don't understand why the article didn't make clear how he lost the shoes.

Ridiculousnesss wrote:

He basically just shot himself in the foot

What caliber weapon did he use? I can see maybe using a .22 or 9mm, but anything more would seriously hurt his chances at OTs.

Cabada said he ran the Carlsbad marathon on 1/17 b/c he didn't want to run a 26 mile training run alone.

He ran 2:18 which was faster than he planned. I saw him there at the 23 mile marker and he seemed to be moving pretty well albeit no killing himself. He was alone at that point nonetheless.

runnerboy1 wrote:

Not a good day at the office for Newton Running when your ace wins the race after dissing shoes a mile previous.

ditching

I hope he makes it to the olympics only because there is so much hate for him on this website.