2-time top 5 NCAA xc runner Maksim Korolev running $600 road races - Is he unsponsored? What does his future hold?

Who?

$600 isn't so little that a 28 mid guy running 30:30 won't show up for it?

I think it's a wonder more guys don't pick up $$$ at races like this for tempo efforts.

000000 wrote:

Who?

3rd NCAA XC 2013, 4th 2014; 6th USATF XC 2015

Harvard grad, working on masters at Stanford, doubt that he'd go to NOP.

mcdougall789 wrote:

$600 isn't so little that a 28 mid guy running 30:30 won't show up for it?

I think it's a wonder more guys don't pick up $$$ at races like this for tempo efforts.

Exactly. Easy money for a workout.

He graduated from Harvard and is now in grad school at Stanford.

One should certainly be able to make *far* more money with degrees from Harvard and Stanford than as a 2-time top-5 NCAA XC runner. If he can also pick up a few hundred dollars here and there for keeping in shape and running some races, all the better.

last I heard he still had a year left of grad school at Stanford and is looking to move to the marathon this fall.

Considering Ames is just a hop, skip, and a jump from Harrisonville (or is he in KC now?), I'd drive up for a night race and grab $600 too.

Is he completely done with NCAA eligibility? I know he didn't really do anything in 2015 outdoor...

Good For him. Atleast someone is making honest money. Unlike those drug cheats in Hebron, KY! Glad he beat some of them!

NCAA isn't the Olympics and finishing well in the Champs doesn't mean you're a guanteed pro after College. Shocking to Americans, but a 28min 10K is not that good internationally nor is a top 5 placing at NCAA.

So I'm home for a few days and pick up a paper and see a lot of kenyans running 13s/14s for july 4th 5k. Then see even more kenyans running 30:00 for a july 4th 10k 20-odd miles down the road.

When did my old kentucky home become my old kentucky rift valley?

Alan

Worst_Girl wrote:

NCAA isn't the Olympics and finishing well in the Champs doesn't mean you're a guanteed pro after College. Shocking to Americans, but a 28min 10K is not that good internationally nor is a top 5 placing at NCAA.

What's your 10K PR?

How many top 4 NCAA finishes do you have?

Next up someone will say eh, degrees from Harvard/Stanford aren't that impressive. You have to love letsrun and it's collective extreme arrogance.

Anyway, the guy may just be running without sponsorship while completing grad school. Not a bad plan for a good student.

Marathon would be a good choice. A 28 min 10K/good XC runner has 2:12 or faster potential. So unless you're one of Canova's Kenyans that run 2:07 as a "jog" then 2:12+/- is still a solid time for a US runner.

Egon Braithwait wrote:

000000 wrote:

Who?

3rd NCAA XC 2013, 4th 2014; 6th USATF XC 2015

What?

yawn wrote:

Egon Braithwait wrote:

3rd NCAA XC 2013, 4th 2014; 6th USATF XC 2015

What?

Just the facts. Only on letsrun would a top 3 NCAA finisher be implied to suck. You guys are weird.

But but... did he look comfortable?

Actually no. I've seen the guy run and he looks like he's about ready to keel over. A 21st century Zatopek.

That's right though. Look comfortable, and wear your hat backwards and have a twitter account. That's what it's all about.

runningart2004 wrote:

When did my old kentucky home become my old kentucky rift valley?

Alan

When somebody built an airport.

well..... wrote:

He graduated from Harvard and is now in grad school at Stanford.

So what, nobody ever fails at Harvard. I found that out today.

eee yaaa wrote:

What's your 10K PR?

How many top 4 NCAA finishes do you have?

Next up someone will say eh, degrees from Harvard/Stanford aren't that impressive. You have to love letsrun and it's collective extreme arrogance.

Anyway, the guy may just be running without sponsorship while completing grad school. Not a bad plan for a good student.

Marathon would be a good choice. A 28 min 10K/good XC runner has 2:12 or faster potential. So unless you're one of Canova's Kenyans that run 2:07 as a "jog" then 2:12+/- is still a solid time for a US runner.

Your post is dumb.

What does his 10k pr or the amount of top 4 ncaa finishes have to do with whether or not 28:00 is a good world class time? That has nothing to do with arrogance.

And no, degrees from those schools aren't that impressive. They are hard to get into not hard to graduate from. Undergrad is undergrad. The facts don't change from school to school.