Guys,
Jill is for real. She might not beat the record because it is a tough course but she should be good for a 54:00 at the longest. Everyone seems so shocked that these Ultra runners are coming out and crushing "elite" records. Whatever, we don't have "elites" in ultra and your records are soft
I heard Smartrunnr has been pacing her on tempo runs.
What this will prove is how superior Ultra Runners are to Road Racers. How can you compare twits in their daisy dukes running 50 mpw to pioneers running 50 miles on a Sunday. Ultra, b*tch
This all reminds me of Sidd Finch. If you do not know who Sidd Finch is/was/could have been, see Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidd_Finch
One of the greatest hype stories in all of sports.
That would be good to get Brojos to contact them. She has to have at least a few more fast workouts planned before the race. Even if they are short intervals or tempos. Make some arrangements to come out and video/report on the workouts to lend legitimacy to her attempt?
whereisSR wrote:
I heard Smartrunnr has been pacing her on tempo runs.
Hahahahah! Almost had water coming out of my nose as I read this while taking a drink.
Pete225487 wrote:
I emailed him as well and asked him about Jill. He responded this morning:
drsedicum
To psimmons76
Today at 7:36 AM
No worries. I've never seen anything like this. She is just a girl who puts in a lot of miles on the trails - I mean A LOT OF MILES. And she runs tough. I hope she races tough. Honestly, we are focusing on Boston and I am a little upset that this has received so much attention - but I understand. Jill seems to be handling it fairly well.
austin
Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
Yeah this is ridiculous. Why wouldn't you want your athlete getting attention? With that level of talent he claims she is, she'd get a sponsor right away and could be living off a professional running salary. That's just completely selfish of him.
She doesn't do workouts. She is an Ultra Runner
Sellersville Runner wrote:
Guys,
Jill is for real. She might not beat the record because it is a tough course but she should be good for a 54:00 at the longest. Everyone seems so shocked that these Ultra runners are coming out and crushing "elite" records. Whatever, we don't have "elites" in ultra and your records are soft
Care to show your examples of ultras coming out and "crushing" these elite records?
Nobody honestly cares if Jill is an ultra runner or not, so you're missing the point. It's just completely irresponsible and unprofessional of the Rotary Club and the coach in how they're handling this. The RD didn't even know the course needed to be USATF certified or that drug testing needed to be in place to count as a record. You can see his conversation on Facebook.
So if Jill is "for real" as you claim, then why is she working with these idiots when she could be signing a contract with Nike?
You realize that all of these emails and photos of text conversations are made up, right? Admittedly this is a more popular thread than the one in which I produced high school track results showing Eminem was a 1:54 800m runner. (If I hadn't used the real names of other rappers as the other runners, that story would have had more legs.) But this stuff is just as phoney.
redjacket wrote:
Pete225487 wrote:I emailed him as well and asked him about Jill. He responded this morning:
drsedicum
To psimmons76
Today at 7:36 AM
No worries. I've never seen anything like this. She is just a girl who puts in a lot of miles on the trails - I mean A LOT OF MILES. And she runs tough. I hope she races tough. Honestly, we are focusing on Boston and I am a little upset that this has received so much attention - but I understand. Jill seems to be handling it fairly well.
austin
Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
Yeah this is ridiculous. Why wouldn't you want your athlete getting attention? With that level of talent he claims she is, she'd get a sponsor right away and could be living off a professional running salary. That's just completely selfish of him.
bigtool05 wrote:This is hilarious. Why would he be upset about an AMERICAN RECORD ATTEMPT receiving attention? Coaches, athletes and agents typically go out of their way to publicize something like this. Why would you want the fastest woman in the country to NOT receive attention for her running ability? This is just so bizarre. At least with Mike Rossi there was something I could understand, something I could wrap my head around about the whole thing. Here there's nothing. It's just weird through and through.
Maybe he's setting up an exit plan, citing harassment from internet bullies. I'd love to know how this whole thing got going though.
Sellersville Runner wrote:
Guys,
Jill is for real. She might not beat the record because it is a tough course but she should be good for a 54:00 at the longest. Everyone seems so shocked that these Ultra runners are coming out and crushing "elite" records. Whatever, we don't have "elites" in ultra and your records are soft
You're an obvious troll, but even if she ran 54 minutes (setting aside the ridiculous 51 minute training run and AR possibilities) 99% of us would be blown away and admit that she's legit. But I don't see this happening.
Sellersville Runner wrote:
Guys,
Jill is for real. She might not beat the record because it is a tough course but she should be good for a 54:00 at the longest. Everyone seems so shocked that these Ultra runners are coming out and crushing "elite" records. Whatever, we don't have "elites" in ultra and your records are soft
Name just one
I don't believe it, but I asked previously in the thread what motive they have behind it if it's a hoax. Because in the end they look foolish and are likely lose participants in next year's race. Austin is real, as you can check his facebook and see his private practice based out of PA. The RD Bob is real, as you can see him actively posting in the Rotary Club thread, and listed on the Rotary Club's site.
The reason this thread has so much traction is because it does involve real people with real things to lose if they're lying.
So if you can explain to me the motive behind this whole farce, please do.
bigtool05 wrote:
Sellersville Runner wrote:Guys,
Jill is for real. She might not beat the record because it is a tough course but she should be good for a 54:00 at the longest. Everyone seems so shocked that these Ultra runners are coming out and crushing "elite" records. Whatever, we don't have "elites" in ultra and your records are soft
Name just one
Usain Bolt, David Rudisha, Renaud Lavillenie. Need I go on?
redjacket wrote:
I don't believe it, but I asked previously in the thread what motive they have behind it if it's a hoax. Because in the end they look foolish and are likely lose participants in next year's race. Austin is real, as you can check his facebook and see his private practice based out of PA. The RD Bob is real, as you can see him actively posting in the Rotary Club thread, and listed on the Rotary Club's site.
The reason this thread has so much traction is because it does involve real people with real things to lose if they're lying.
So if you can explain to me the motive behind this whole farce, please do.
That's what makes it so weird. I can't think of any explanation that makes the least bit of sense. Maybe they started this as a joke, but then why would the race director, sponsor, and the athlete all continually double down on their claims, all the while appearing totally sincere? It's so f*cking weird.
On behalf of Mike and the kids and especially myself I'd like to thank all those involved. You've pushed Mike's thread off of page 1 so I wish you good luck in your event.
Sindy
bigtool05 wrote:
redjacket wrote:I don't believe it, but I asked previously in the thread what motive they have behind it if it's a hoax. Because in the end they look foolish and are likely lose participants in next year's race. Austin is real, as you can check his facebook and see his private practice based out of PA. The RD Bob is real, as you can see him actively posting in the Rotary Club thread, and listed on the Rotary Club's site.
The reason this thread has so much traction is because it does involve real people with real things to lose if they're lying.
So if you can explain to me the motive behind this whole farce, please do.
That's what makes it so weird. I can't think of any explanation that makes the least bit of sense. Maybe they started this as a joke, but then why would the race director, sponsor, and the athlete all continually double down on their claims, all the while appearing totally sincere? It's so f*cking weird.
Exactly. And the person who commented with an Imgur picture of her conversation with Jill on Facebook (in which she claimed she had indeed run 51:31) was by a real person here in the thread who is equally as perplexed as the rest of us. You can easily find her on Facebook simply by looking at the Rotary Club post and the comments in there. So those conversations were not made up at all.
The only logical answer I can think of is just a bunch of delusional people who sincerely believe Jill is going to be the next Shalane.
That's hilarious. I remember this. I was in high school and read the magazine article in the school library. Thanks for the reminder.
That is very interesting as today is the first time I have ever seen the Rossi thread bumped down to the second page. This has Rossi written all over it
When it is all said and done, will this thread just become a part of the Rossi thread?????