A lot of companies sign athletes every year out of college. Who got the luckiest with a shoe contract?
Josh Mcdougal?
A lot of companies sign athletes every year out of college. Who got the luckiest with a shoe contract?
Josh Mcdougal?
Mary Cain if she doesn't get out of her rut. She'll be the highest paid 4:14 1500 runner in history.
Brian Theriot
saladbar4.0 wrote:
Mary Cain if she doesn't get out of her rut. She'll be the highest paid 4:14 1500 runner in history.
Now there's someone who doesn't get the question.
Do Oiselle athletes count?
Except that she's run 4:04.62, which happens to be the National Junior Record.
I'd hardly call that lucky. So some mediocre semi-elite runner who'll never win anything significant gets paid shitty wages to postpone a proper career while continuing to deliver mediocre results? A half intelligent college grad can earn more than 95% of 'pro' runners by being entirely average in a professional job, and still carry on running if they want. Is there really any difference between someone who can run a 29 minute 10k and a 30 minute 10k? Is it worth sacrificing the most important years of your career to turn that into 28:30? You're still not going to make a living by running, even if you get 'lucky' and some company hands you free shoes and $30k a year.
Every Hanson athlete.
nikeman wrote:
Except that she's run 4:04.62, which happens to be the National Junior Record.
It was the national junior record, Alexa Efraimson ran 4:03.39 at the Pre classic to break it.
Re: Brian T. read question #4. At least he semi-admits it.
http://speedendurance.com/2014/03/28/interview-with-brian-theriot-ucla-sprinter-turned-pro-800mile/#
sahgadh5 wrote:
I'd hardly call that lucky. So some mediocre semi-elite runner who'll never win anything significant gets paid shitty wages to postpone a proper career while continuing to deliver mediocre results? A half intelligent college grad can earn more than 95% of 'pro' runners by being entirely average in a professional job, and still carry on running if they want. Is there really any difference between someone who can run a 29 minute 10k and a 30 minute 10k? Is it worth sacrificing the most important years of your career to turn that into 28:30? You're still not going to make a living by running, even if you get 'lucky' and some company hands you free shoes and $30k a year.
What some people fail to understand is that not all people value money and possessions like others do. Apparently to you life is all about making as much money as possible and to some that would be viewed as sad and pathetic as well. Different perspectives.
Tslatts45 wrote:
A lot of companies sign athletes every year out of college. Who got the luckiest with a shoe contract?
Josh Mcdougal?
This is a joke right? McDougal deserved every single penny he got. Do you realize how hard it it is to win NCAA xc.
McDougal forever = Beast!!
explainer of things wrote:
saladbar4.0 wrote:Mary Cain if she doesn't get out of her rut. She'll be the highest paid 4:14 1500 runner in history.
Now there's someone who doesn't get the question.
Mary Cain has sold a lot of Nikes. High schoolers love her- every kid on my team knows her.
Sally McRae!
https://ultrasignup.com/m_results_participant.aspx?fname=Sally&lname=McRae
Best result is an 8:20 for a 50 miler
Cristian Soratos
Because a half intelligent college grad can earn more than 95% of pro runners by being average at an office job doing so isn't that much of an accomplishment. But very, very, few can run 28:30 for 10km the latter is really more of an accomplishment and worth pursuing if you're so inclined.
No longer--Alexa Effraimson broke 4:04
Tslatts45 wrote:
A lot of companies sign athletes every year out of college. Who got the luckiest with a shoe contract?
Josh Mcdougal?
Josh Mcdougal is about the absolute worst example you can pick. How did you even come up with that? I'm really curious....
NCAA XC Champ. 13:20 5k PR which at the time was the 5th fastest ever by a collegiate athlete. 3:57 mile as a collegiate athlete.
agreed--if it provides a chance for someone to do something they really enjoy and live for the moment then that says something. Non everyone is into that cubicle lifestyle but I can also understand wanting some financial security.
You have the rest of your life to work in an office, run slower times, and reminisce on what you could have run if you taken that risk.
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
Matt Choi was drinking beer halfway through the Boston Marathon