Mary Cain—training in Mammoth (with Deena Kastor)

Greek goddess wrote:

[quote]You are just very jealous of Alexi. Not only is she fenomenol filmmaker but she also is an Olympian, a Greek record holder...

That would be an awesome drug name. "Fenomenol"

Huge vs lean wrote:

Pappas and Cain look huge and way out of shape, especially compared to Kastor in that photo.

I think you need to redefine huge and out of shape. Get out if here

Drainthefecesswamp wrote:

I had a professor who said if we could get every single answer wrong on a multiple choice final, he would give you an automatic A in the class. Get one question right and you have to accept whatever you got on the final.

His argument was to get them all wrong, you had to be absolutely confident in your knowledge and it was absolutely more impressive than getting them all right.

The fatal flaw in your professors whole argument is that you could turn in a blank test sheet, therefore ensuring you get every answer wrong by simply not answering. This also requires zero knowledge or thinking on your part.

To me Mary Cain appears to be totally fine with the current state of her running situation. Almost a transcendental 'dont give a damn about these narrow-minded trackheads' type of look.

MrGambinus wrote:

To me Mary Cain appears to be totally fine with the current state of her running situation. Almost a transcendental 'dont give a damn about these narrow-minded trackheads' type of look.

So you're saying we're about to see her take the ultra running world by storm?

I know that when Mary signed her contract with Nike, Nike was going to pay her tuition for college (don't know about grad school). Not sure if she is finished with college or not but if she's still attending then Nike is obligated to keep paying her tuition.

Track Fan 1979 wrote:

I know that when Mary signed her contract with Nike, Nike was going to pay her tuition for college (don't know about grad school). Not sure if she is finished with college or not but if she's still attending then Nike is obligated to keep paying her tuition.

Her dads an anesthesiologist in westchester county. I think they can afford Fordham without Nike dollars.

No one has mentioned asics. Not popular with anyone who ran for their HS track team or NCAA, I will admit, but Kastor's group is asics-affiliated to the same extent BTC or NOP are Nike-affiliated. This may bum out many of you, but it is actually possible that both of them have made a huge sponsorship switch!

No Swoosh?? wrote:

No one has mentioned asics. Not popular with anyone who ran for their HS track team or NCAA, I will admit, but Kastor's group is asics-affiliated to the same extent BTC or NOP are Nike-affiliated. This may bum out many of you, but it is actually possible that both of them have made a huge sponsorship switch!

Take a look at the logo on display on MC's shirt in the photos posted.

I believe Asics no longer sponsors the group. On now sponsors at least some of the athletes. https://www.mammothtrackclub.com/

Drainthefecesswamp wrote:

56trd wrote:

Pappas is brain damaged.

I had a professor who said if we could get every single answer wrong on a multiple choice final, he would give you an automatic A in the class. Get one question right and you have to accept whatever you got on the final.

His argument was to get them all wrong, you had to be absolutely confident in your knowledge and it was absolutely more impressive than getting them all right.

I really hope Pappas is doing something like that: pretending really hard to be completely vapid all the time, because the alternative is really depressing. Imagine going through life like that!

First of all, Alexi is a wonderful person, and you are not her intended market. Second, there are plenty of other athletes for you to follow.

She's just being herself and speaking to other "runnergirls" out there traveling the path and experiences of running that she has.

If you can't handle someone just being themselves, authentic, genuine, and being successful in multiple careers - you are the problem, not the target of your dislike.

Alexi has survived a tough beginning in life (her mother committed suicide) and became an academic success, a creative success, and an athletic success.

She is a great role model for her fans.

Not A Therapist... wrote:

Drainthefecesswamp wrote:

I had a professor who said if we could get every single answer wrong on a multiple choice final, he would give you an automatic A in the class. Get one question right and you have to accept whatever you got on the final.

His argument was to get them all wrong, you had to be absolutely confident in your knowledge and it was absolutely more impressive than getting them all right.

The fatal flaw in your professors whole argument is that you could turn in a blank test sheet, therefore ensuring you get every answer wrong by simply not answering. This also requires zero knowledge or thinking on your part.

Obviously you had to give all wrong ANSWERS, smart guy.

The last time that I turned my test in without answering any questions, my teacher marked every answer as incorrect. Are you saying that he was the one who was incorrect? If an answer is not correct, it is incorrect.

I agree with you that Alexi markets herself directly to high school/college girls. Obviously, that’s going to lead to her social media presence and general persona being more twee and cheerleaderish. I don’t personally find her interesting or funny but I’m not her target audience. There’s nothing wrong with that.

I also agree that people on here are way too harsh on her, bordering on cruel.

What I don’t agree with is that she’s a good filmmaker or writer. Film industry is hard as hell and I respect her for going for her dreams, but either she’s just not that talented in that arena or she needs to improve a lot. High school girls might disagree—again, nothing wrong with that.

Bravey Owl wrote:

AnswerForYou wrote:

Sorry if Alexi has a serious neck condition or Tourettes or something but why does she tilt her head in an awkward position in every photo?

https://theworldaccordingtoalice.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/burrowing-owl-head-turn.jpg

Thank you. Bloody brilliant.

Hate for Pappas started on these boards when she:

1) Wrote some article about meeting President Obama and said her running success is due to hard work, not genetic talent

2) Used her dual citizenship to compete for Greece in the Olympics instead of going the much harder route of trying to make the U.S. team

3) Claimed she did #2 for the purpose of inspiring young Greek girls, and not for any personal gain

4) Created some grade school level "short films" for the NYT

5) Wrote a very poorly-penned article in the NYT about being friends with a Chicago Cubs player (but mostly about how she's an Olympian)

6) Subsequently posted some more dumb vlogs to YouTube of her squealing childishly at mundane everyday things

7) Ran a subpar marathon debut

...yeah, I keep up with drama.

Didn't she also have her NYT friend publish some stupid article about her oddball wedding or something?

reer wrote:

Didn't she also have her NYT friend publish some stupid article about her oddball wedding or something?

when it all began... wrote:

Hate for Pappas started on these boards when she:

1) Wrote some article about meeting President Obama and said her running success is due to hard work, not genetic talent

2) Used her dual citizenship to compete for Greece in the Olympics instead of going the much harder route of trying to make the U.S. team

3) Claimed she did #2 for the purpose of inspiring young Greek girls, and not for any personal gain

4) Created some grade school level "short films" for the NYT

5) Wrote a very poorly-penned article in the NYT about being friends with a Chicago Cubs player (but mostly about how she's an Olympian)

6) Subsequently posted some more dumb vlogs to YouTube of her squealing childishly at mundane everyday things

7) Ran a subpar marathon debut

...yeah, I keep up with drama.

1) Which is true - a lot of people have her talent but not her achievement level

2) You make her sound like a pretender when in fact she beat the 3rd place American in an Olympic 10,000

3) She is. Even if she were just the 1st woman to rep Greece in 10K, she would be an inspiration. But she's out there, connecting & talking to fans. Like many Euro countries, participation in girls sports lags far behind boys' compared to US.

4) She starred in a feature film too. Actually the filmmaker is Jeremy Teicher who is an industry professional.

5) No it was about growing up in the dorms and was rather sweet. The article was republished by Dartmouth's official media who must have liked it enough.

6) "Squealing childlishly"? You're the reason why Wejo stepped in to stop LetsRun's Q rating from dropping any further.

7) You are 1 out of 7. Talk about sub par. But yes, she had a disappointing race, like half of the American elites. She hadn't raced since the Olympics - and she re-injured herself - she has sub 2:30 speed and will get it, if she wants it.

Do you guys - and of course it's literally guys - know what you sound like? To quote Mr Welch, have you no shame? Read it to your wives or girlfriends, and see what they say. Or any decent human being.