WHAT ARE THEY DOING AT THE NIKE OREGON PROJECT?

Push ups ;)

Salazar explained years ago. They do 2 fast workouts a week. Tuesday is shorter intervals like 200-600m. Friday is longer intervals (800m up to 1 mile) or tempo. Tuesday is usually 3-6k volume depending on the session. Friday is usually 8-12km volume depending on the session. Pace wise Tuesday can be anywhere from 400m (on the 200s) to 1500m pace. Friday is usually 5k-10km pace, but can get as fast as 3k pace for 800s or 1ks if there's sufficient recovery. For both days, recovery is usually 200 or 400m jog depending on the interval distance and purpose of the workout.

Hassan ran 3:56 and was European champion (outdoor, indoor, XC) before she joined NOP.
The German chick ran 1:59, 3:59, 14:51 solo (with the last 2k in 5:41) within three weeks two years ago at 20 years old when she had nothing to do with NOP.

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Scorpion_runner wrote:

You just can't say they are juicing. A lot of people are juicing, but their training and methods are just on another level, man.

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Klosterhalfen is doing incredibly well for such a tall runner. She is 174cm / 5'9'' and yet manages to keep up with much smaller runners.

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Jo72 wrote:

Hassan ran 3:56 and was European champion (outdoor, indoor, XC) before she joined NOP.
The German chick ran 1:59, 3:59, 14:51 solo (with the last 2k in 5:41) within three weeks two years ago at 20 years old when she had nothing to do with NOP.

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LateRunnerPhil wrote:

Klosterhalfen is doing incredibly well for such a tall runner. She is 174cm / 5'9'' and yet manages to keep up with much smaller runners.

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Sure they’re juicing, and so are a lot of other people. But the NOP has doping down to a science. Saladbar knows exactly how much drugs he can give without triggering a positive test result (by testing out AndroGel on his son and sending Rupp’s urine to the Mayo Clinic for testing).

Winning ... that’s all

If they even are juicing, they’re clearly doing something different than a lot of others. I’m sure it has in large part to do with the facilities they have access to, along with the fact that Salazar is one of the best coaches in the world regardless of what you think of him morally.

I’d also wager that it’s less likely that someone like Kejelcha is doping living in the US with NOP than it is when he was living in Ethiopia.

FWIW; They could very well still be doping, but no one is completely free from suspicion.

I think it comes down to Salazar's program - it's best in class, best in the world. Elements of the old Oregon System mixed with Canova guidance and you can't underestimate the impact of Dan Pfaff and the biomechanical work they get. Salazar's best quote for me was, "our job is to make sure all forces are going in the right direction." The simplicity behind that statement is genius.

Working on that big kick

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ThatAverageRunner wrote:

If they even are juicing, they’re clearly doing something different than a lot of others. I’m sure it has in large part to do with the facilities they have access to, along with the fact that Salazar is one of the best coaches in the world regardless of what you think of him morally.

I’d also wager that it’s less likely that someone like Kejelcha is doping living in the US with NOP than it is when he was living in Ethiopia.

FWIW; They could very well still be doping, but no one is completely free from suspicion.

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Have you guys heard of "gravity doping?" The word is a misnomer and it's been of course classified since research began in the 70s with skylab. But there's been Nasa/OP links for a long time. Look it up. Fascinating.

Hasan, Koko and Murphy were running on the track after the meet was over but I didn't see Kejelcha

Canova is no influence on Salazar.

Canova,

Please stop.

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Scorpion_runner wrote:

You just can't say they are juicing. A lot of people are juicing, but their training and methods are just on another level, man.

What Hassan doing is absolutely nuts! ..just nuts

- 1:56 800m
-3:55 1500m
-Sub 8:20 3000m
-third fastest women's mile
- 65 min half marathoner

And that skinny german chick is now a huge threat as well.

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lots of laps wrote:

Hasan, Koko and Murphy were running on the track after the meet was over but I didn't see Kejelcha

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mooonshot wrote:

I think it comes down to Salazar's program - it's best in class, best in the world. Elements of the old Oregon System mixed with Canova guidance and you can't underestimate the impact of Dan Pfaff and the biomechanical work they get. Salazar's best quote for me was, "our job is to make sure all forces are going in the right direction." The simplicity behind that statement is genius.

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