Parker Valby post 5k interview... Worst of all time? Are Parker Valby interviews always cringe?

THIS.

She’s not doing less training, Bro. Cross-training counts as training. It literally has the word “training” in it.

She is not social awkward. My issue is that she is not honest. She says the key to her huge improvement over the last two years is from staying healthy. Up until the last few months, she has had multiple injuries. She also said she didn't run in highschool (indicating that her 10:10 in the 3200 was all talent.) She was high mileage in highschool. What she says now is very untrustworthy

She does the same amount of training. And the best athletes don't do more training. There are thousands of 15 minute 5k guys doing more training than the 13 minute guys. I know you won't address my point because you can't grasp the fact that talent varies. The best athlete in every event is more talented.

Elizabeth Holmes?

I have stated what my issues are, and they are valid. Others have articulated them. People are again grasping at an "explanation." But adding to all of that is I do not find her answers in interviews to be credible. And that is important when someone suddenly smashes records in this sport given how much is an illusion.

Awesome. You think she knows who Abba is? And you don't think she was trying to win?

Wasn't that a grunge rock band from Washington? The winner takes it all.

Anyway, what I picked up in her interviews is defensiveness or evasiveness. Just came across as being off. Not very scientific, just an impression.

List the points made that you are accusing her of lying about.

Why keep asking questions that have already been covered, or trivial, dumb questions? (Most run 120miles/wk? :rollseyes:: Starting a question by stating a falsehood is beyond bad form for a so-called ‘journalist’.)

Do ALL athletes publicly detail their training somewhere on the Internet, like Strava, etc? If not, why not?

Are ALL athlete’s training, sleep patterns, daily diet regime, publicly available? If not, why not?
Are all athletic TUEs publicly available? If not, why not?

You can go around and around with such basic questions ad-infinitum without reaching a consensus in this ‘sport’?

So without clear-cut answers, where does the pestering of athletes on these matters cross over into cyber bullying?

Is money involved in Professional sport? Is betting part of professional sport? Can pestering athletes affect their ability to perform? Can an athlete’s ability to perform affect a financial outcome?

Do the moderators and/or owners of this site have a financial interest in the sports outcome, (e.g., pay-to-play, advertising, betting)? (We know RoJo bets on sport.)

I doubt interviewers are accusing her or implying anything inappropriate and the majority of them probably know nothing about her training. Most are probably going in with hastily scribbled notes saying “Has won a lot lately ask her what her secret is.” Outside this bizarre world we’re living in these issues are largely unknown.

But most here have rightfully concluded any impressions of yours are highly biased, without reason or downright idiotic. Enjoy your granola.

Ok. I have been wrong once or twice, I guess.

Even citiusmag is in on ‘the game’ when they keep hawking over-priced soda-pop to high schoolers. It is not hard to understand that if their is a financial gain made in ‘playing favorites’, the sport’s media can and will do it outside the boundaries of ‘professional journalism’.

We already know how Parker trains. the interviewers need to lay off the obvious and find some other questions to ask her. She has found a training style that works for her and leads to her performing the best way she can while staying healthy. we should be praising her and celebrating the fact that she doesn’t feel the pressure to run an excessive amount of miles that would obviously, for her, lead to injury. Too many distance runners are suffering from overtraining and getting stuck in a cycle of injuries because they don’t have enough sense or a coach that tailors a training program specific to the individual.

With a hyper bubbly personality like Parker who likes to control the narrative you have to get your questions ready and stick to the race details.

I think her interviews are just raw and natural. And as for running she must be the most successfully runner to improve and become dominant at the collegiate level. She overcame the struggles of learning tangents and continuously sought ways to improve and never losing focus. She's improved so much that teammates rabbit to slow her down. And her nontraditional training breaks all the rules of how to be successful. Following her collegiate progression has been interesting.

He is too stupid to understand that. Until recently he thought cross-training meant running on a treadmill.