The poster was knocking all the gadgets Alberto's group uses......If you go look at what his group has done in the past some of the science is dubious at best.......I think there was an article in past about the Nike House and all the equipment he had his athletes use at the time. I think it was in some tech (?)magazine I think...and was posted on letsrun in 2004.
The article you cited about Met and Deena didn't use cutting edge gadgets or science. They use the training principle of specificity. A scientific term used by athletes the world over to get ready for a specific distance event. Hence, the cutting Edge Science of running a course similar to Athens, wearing sweats to get ready for the heat (aka like Benji Durden), learning to drink ample fluids during a long run, and training at altitude. Wow! The Americans are so far ahead of the world in terms of science!