Competitor ditching the elites is a blessing in disguise b/c I'm sick of watching our runners get paid to "race" so

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10 years ago 08/31/2013 5:05pm EDT

Sersiously, how many times do Meb and Ryan get paid to tempo a 63:00 half with no competition?How many US marathoners run 2:15 and get paid for an easy place at a RnR marathon rather than go to Europe and challenge themselves or try to PR on a fast course?Compare it to what Renato wrote:

Renato Canova wrote:
Secondly, when some athlete is near a jump of quality, he doesn't try to build his experience competing in some top marathon abroad, but continue to stay in US running or small marathons (where it's possible to win some prize), or big marathons without any chance against Kenyans and Ethiopians, losing immediately the motivation.
May be I don't know very well the American market. May be many athletes can earn more money running shorter events, because the American circuit of Road Races provides very good prizes for US runners.

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=5353533&page=1

Remember back in the day when 30-50 Americans would run under 2:20 in our major marathons? Maybe we can get back to that?

10 years ago 08/31/2013 9:37pm EDT

re: Hardloper

Josh Cox had a slightly less angry response as well. He says the runners actually share the blame. http://joshcox.com/competitor-groups-decision-to-remove-elite-funding/

10 years ago 09/01/2013 9:47am EDT

re: Hardloper

They are going to maintain contracts with Ryan, Meb etc. they will still have their paid tempos. What they are cutting is the few elite fields that they still did have with a dozen or so athletes of each gender going at it.

10 years ago 09/01/2013 10:14am EDT

re: fecker

8-10 months a year there's no such thing as running an easy 2:15 marathon even for the elite - just look at the latest Words and Olympics; 2:12-2:15 there is usually good enough for 10-15 place...

10 years ago 09/01/2013 11:25am EDT

re: fecker

fecker wrote:
Josh Cox had a slightly less angry response as well. He says the runners actually share the blame.
http://joshcox.com/competitor-groups-decision-to-remove-elite-funding/

I worked with athletes that had developed a sense of entitlement. They did just well enough to get to the Olympic Training Center and while they trained they did not improve. When the bar was raised in terms of performance standards they whined and pouted. None made the new standards. The org finally realized that the model was not going to work and shifted resources.

10 years ago 09/01/2013 3:43pm EDT

re: Hardloper

Remember back in the day when 30-50 Americans would run under 2:20 in our major marathons? Maybe we can get back to that?

I don't see how taking money away from top athletes would somehow affect the rest of the field unless they're putting it towards more prize money or prize money for more people. They probably won't do that. And the only part of the Renato Canova quote that makes sense is the part where he says he doesn't understand the American market.

10 years ago 09/01/2013 8:26pm EDT

re: fecker

fecker wrote:
Josh Cox had a slightly less angry response as well. He says the runners actually share the blame.
http://joshcox.com/competitor-groups-decision-to-remove-elite-funding/

That was bar none, absolutely the most intelligent thing that looney josh cox has ever said. It is absolutely true. Track and field and running in general has become the most god awful boring sport ever. The only elites dont do themselves any favors. The Boring interviews alone speak for themselves.

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