Jonathan Gault has written a piece I love that takes a look at the relationship between Stinson and Ritz. It's pretty unusual for a runner to be coached by another runner who has the same goal as you - to make the 2020 US Olympic team in the marathon.
JG wrote:
“It was just a small group and I thought it was great and I thought everything was going well,” Stinson says. “But at some point, Brad, he just wasn’t excited about our group anymore and he was really excited about Allie. And if that’s what he wants to do, if that’s what makes him excited, I can’t blame him. But basically when I moved out there, it was to create a group, it was to be part of a group. And then in the last six months, four months, that’s not where his focus was.”
Haven't finished this whole article yet, but it would be great if Gault could get a interview or two with Hudson and get his side of things, what his new plans/goals are... Would love to learn more than what I'm getting out of their lame youtube video series
Except great things.
Should have asked him if he is worried about Jim Walmsley beating him.
Let's keep our perspective. 2:11 would have been a very respectable time 40 years ago. Parker is a nice guy but still in the sub-elite/age group category.
Is third behind Edward and Lawi at NCAA sub elite?
What about 27:54 for 10,000m?
Talent is not sub elite, and neither are his road race performances from the last year based on the people he’s beating. Marathon is not where it should be but don’t knock a guys whole career based on one event that he’s learning at age of 26
Olyrun wrote:
Let's keep our perspective. 2:11 would have been a very respectable time 40 years ago. Parker is a nice guy but still in the sub-elite/age group category.
Would of have Parker can hit 2:08 at some point in his career. That can place you quite highly on any given day.
Lemme guess, he's going out at 5K PR pace.
tersafd wrote:
Olyrun wrote:
Let's keep our perspective. 2:11 would have been a very respectable time 40 years ago. Parker is a nice guy but still in the sub-elite/age group category.
Would of have Parker can hit 2:08 at some point in his career. That can place you quite highly on any given day.
???
1) Please take a look at your sentence.
2) Please try again.
3) Thank you.
#Stinsoned wrote:
Lemme guess, he's going out at 5K PR pace.
Lemme guess, your 5K PR is 17:21
You must be confused, that was the last 5K of Parker's debut marathon.
What happen to Ritz being coached by the Hanson’s brothers ? Always a little skeptical of that arrangement .
tersafd wrote:
Olyrun wrote:
Let's keep our perspective. 2:11 would have been a very respectable time 40 years ago. Parker is a nice guy but still in the sub-elite/age group category.
Would of have Parker can hit 2:08 at some point in his career. That can place you quite highly on any given day.
Correct. 2:08 would win more than half the major international marathons.
MI Runners wrote:
What happen to Ritz being coached by the Hanson’s brothers ? Always a little skeptical of that arrangement .
If Ritz can coach others, he shouldn't have any trouble coaching himself.
The great Jim Walmsley is self coached.
Parker Stinson or whoever he is followed me on instagram or something. So I followed him back out of courtesy, about a month later I checked up who I was following etc and I was following this guy but he no longer was doing the same. Stinson is a pathetic loser who spends all day trying a mass a pile of instagram followers.
Wow, that is actually sad to hear that Stinson is one of those guys, or teenage girls, who pulls those instagram tactics to satisfy their own vanity. Requesting to follow someone and then unfollow them just to make themselves look more popular? At ae 26? That's sad.
I honestly would have nothing else negative to say. I graduated on year ahead of the guy, and am genuinely disappointed to hear he's become that type of shallow.
Who in the world has the time to track their followers and then unfollow them that quickly? Every day? That's on par with some of Rupp's treadmill workouts.
**age and **one. Left out one letter on each of those when I was typing quickly.
#Stinsoned wrote:
You must be confused, that was the last 5K of Parker's debut marathon.
It is funny that you tried to make fun of Stinson by joking that the final 5k of his debut marathon was in the mid 17s. In reality, it was north of 19 minutes. He walk-ran the final 5 miles. His last 5.1 miles was 33:21, which is 6:32 pace on average.
He runs almost 4 marathons at once.... wrote:
The great Jim Walmsley is self coached.
Oh wow. I've never heard of this guy, for the rest of us, maybe you can tell us his marathon, 10k, HM, 5k, or 1500 PR and how it compares to Ritz or stinson?
Subway Surfers wrote:
Parker Stinson or whoever he is followed me on instagram or something. So I followed him back out of courtesy, about a month later I checked up who I was following etc and I was following this guy but he no longer was doing the same. Stinson is a pathetic loser who spends all day trying a mass a pile of instagram followers.
This strangely mirrors his attention-hoe racing style.