Morgan McDonald to team Bosshard

ShilohDoesntCare wrote:

I've only looked at page one but why is no one talking about this? The only guy in that team is Will Leer but really only because Aisha is on the team. Why did McDonald pick this group? Perhaps this will bring more men in the way Shalane did for Bowerman.

The Wisco connection!

Probably for the Under Armour connection with the Leers, if anything. As to why more people aren't talking about it? Basically this board is unfortunately dominated by hobby jogger tools wanting to talk about non-running topics too much.

Under Armour professional Morgan McDonald, the newest member of the training group in Colorado coached by Joe Bosshard, discusses his debut with the team June 27 at the Team Boss Colorado Mile at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction. Not only will it be the first race of the year for McDonald, who represented Australia in the 5,000 meters at the World Outdoor Championships in Doha, Qatar, but it will also mark the first altitude race of his career, with the event being held at 4,583 feet elevation. McDonald reflects on training during the past month since joining the group at both 8,909 feet elevation in Crested Butte, as well as 7,700 feet in Grand Junction.

Morgan McDonald also revisits running 3:54.63 to win the HOKA ONE ONE Long Island Mile in September and how his fitness compares nine months later. McDonald also shares the work done behind the scenes by fellow Under Armour professional Aisha Praught-Leer and Bosshard to connect with the Sachs Foundation, a 100-year-old not-for-profit group in Colorado, which provides scholarships for Black and African-American high school students in Colorado who wish to attend college.

As a result, Praught-Leer has created a PledgeIt page (

) with the team goal for the Team Boss Colorado Mile to raise $20,000 for the Sachs Foundation. McDonald examines the goals of male team members Nick Harris, Tripp Hurt and himself, along with Niwot High graduate and University of Washington signee Cruz Culpepper to break the Colorado soil record of 4:01 in the mile achieved this year by former Buffaloes All-American Joe Klecker.

The goal for the female team members is to eclipse the 4:36.05 standard produced in 2018 by another former Colorado All-American and Team Boss athlete Dani Jones.

ShilohDoesntCare wrote:

I've only looked at page one but why is no one talking about this? The only guy in that team is Will Leer but really only because Aisha is on the team. Why did McDonald pick this group? Perhaps this will bring more men in the way Shalane did for Bowerman.

I've seen three threads about this now. Nobody cares about a foreigner competing now that he is no longer in the NCAA.

I am still very confused by this move. It seems completely random. Aisha Praught-Leer is the only Under Armor athlete in the group besides Morgan, do the US connection doesn’t really make sense. With the UA connection it would have seemed more likely that he joined Haas’ group in Flagstaff. There aren’t many men on the group but the two guys that are don’t seem to be on Morgan’s level.

we gbsk MF dkidvji wrote:

I am still very confused by this move. It seems completely random. Aisha Praught-Leer is the only Under Armor athlete in the group besides Morgan, do the US connection doesn’t really make sense. With the UA connection it would have seemed more likely that he joined Haas’ group in Flagstaff. There aren’t many men on the group but the two guys that are don’t seem to be on Morgan’s level.

Give that group some time. Morgan may be the magnet needed to get more quality men to join the group. It's a new program/group and it takes time to build.

outsider69 wrote:

ShilohDoesntCare wrote:

I've only looked at page one but why is no one talking about this? The only guy in that team is Will Leer but really only because Aisha is on the team. Why did McDonald pick this group? Perhaps this will bring more men in the way Shalane did for Bowerman.

I've seen three threads about this now. Nobody cares about a foreigner competing now that he is no longer in the NCAA.

This ^

Maybe he is trying to pick up chicks or he is already dating one of them.

Untrue. We all follow the Norwegians.

Nope. Tripp Hurt (3:56 miler) & Nick Harris (3:58) as well as Boris Gump are also in that group. Joe has also been coaching HS stud Cruz Culpepper.

He’s already left to join OAC