Brian Sell: White Collar Runner

agreed. he is no different than the rest of them....by the logic that many were using, Josh Cox was also blue collar.

Yo Brian Sell is the best thing to ever happen to running. I wanna be just like him when I grow up. Dude's the blue collarest mother around. Come back and hate on him when you run 2:11 bitch.

it was the facial hair

He was a blue collar runner because he ran 150 miles a week to get where he is.

And(i think) he ran a good portion of his mileage at marathon pace.

Oh come on. It's pretty tough to say Brian Sell just has God given talent and pardon the pun, ran with it. He did get where he was by grit and determination. Who gives a s**t about blue collar/white collar.

Again, I don't want this to sound negative but I don't think Brian Sell was the most naturally talented runner out there. Some people have the natural stride, body type, whatever. I never thought Sell had that. I always thought he worked hard and earned what he got.

Now the fact that he worked hard and didn't get a 2:06 is a bummer. It drives home the bitter reality that not just anyone can go out and work it and run one. That fact should not take away from his efforts. There are those that had the natural talents but didn't put in the time to exploit them. Sell put them to shame because he did everything to make the most of what he had.

Wow, 150 miles a week?

In one week this dude was getting 6 massages, 4 prostate milkings and using an anti-gravity treadmill. If all I had to do was lounge around and get my rectum fingered I'd run 150 miles a week too.

again, Josh Cox would go as high as 170 mpw and 150 was typical. So let me guess, you don't consider Josh Cox to be blue collar?

Sell never referred to himself as blue collar and ....never referred to himself as blue collar. As blue collar he never to himself referred.