We merged two Mary Cain threads into 1. The 2nd one was entitled, "Update: Mary Cain makes another sexual allegation - Alberto Salazar looked at her exposed breasts while she was sleeping"
She uses his real name, and later explains that the school admitted they knew about his reputation and issues during parent meetings. It doesn’t seem like slander.
I wondered about the parents too but the situation of bullying at the high school is so bad, I understand why her parents considered it. Just a bad combination of events.
Who else deserves some credit and recognition? My biggest supporter, advocate, and person who has always believed in me is my former Nike coach, Alberto Salazar, as well his wife, Molly. After the accident that took my leg, I was severely depressed and would not be alive today if it weren’t for them. Any success I ever achieve in this life, including the hardest battle of just being ‘happy’, is thanks to them.
Reading that ending to the article hit me like a brick in the face. I don't think I ever heard of someone liking the guy.
How about the fact that some of these medications cost upwards of 10K a month and insurance won't front multiple months worth? Who says Pete wasn't talking with his oncologist? Regardless, the point is that Mr. Cain's response was not one that would be expected from a physician and likewise for Mary's subsequent commentary.
So in your world, Pete goes to Russia without enough medication cancer medication knowingly and without any plan. He just thinks "I don't have enough medication but I'll just wing it. Someone will deliver my medication to Russia for me."
Some of us don't live in fantasy land. Dr. Cain's response is the exact response you'd expect from a physician: that's illegal, I could lose my license, go talk to your actual doctor.
Only in the NOP was smuggling drugs from country to country normal.
Hahahahah so, if that’s what he thought - that they were trying to smuggle drugs— why the heck would he let his minor daughter continue on with the team?!?!?
Who else deserves some credit and recognition? My biggest supporter, advocate, and person who has always believed in me is my former Nike coach, Alberto Salazar, as well his wife, Molly. After the accident that took my leg, I was severely depressed and would not be alive today if it weren’t for them. Any success I ever achieve in this life, including the hardest battle of just being ‘happy’, is thanks to them.
Wtffff, this is the first time I've heard of her. Sucks to hear that her leg was destroyed, but it's freaking awesome that she found a way to overcome it and find happiness. Good for her!
There is a phrase for transporting someone else's drugs across international borders: it's called "smuggling". Any normal person wants to avoid even the APPEARANCE of possibly smuggling, let alone to RUSSIA.
On the Jordan Hasay thing, I did some digging and got reminded that Jordan posted some passive-aggressive comments right after Mary's New York Times piece in 2019. Here's an old thread about it:
So in Jordan's first post in almost a month, she praises an "Ablerto friend" (David McHenry), posts a picture revealing how lean and fit she is, quotes Kobe Bryant about not quiting, and behind her is a quote from the first w...
I believe the quote is: you wake up and run into one a$hole - you ran into an a$hole. Everyone you run into is an a$hole? The a$hole is you
Something else could be true as well: some people are a$hole magnets and / or bring out a$holish behaviour in the others. Common problem amongst girls with a nice and soft character.
I believe the quote is: you wake up and run into one a$hole - you ran into an a$hole. Everyone you run into is an a$hole? The a$hole is you
Something else could be true as well: some people are a$hole magnets and / or bring out a$holish behaviour in the others. Common problem amongst girls with a nice and soft character.
Something else could be true as well: some people are a$hole magnets and / or bring out a$holish behaviour in the others. Common problem amongst girls with a nice and soft character.
Who else deserves some credit and recognition? My biggest supporter, advocate, and person who has always believed in me is my former Nike coach, Alberto Salazar, as well his wife, Molly. After the accident that took my leg, I was severely depressed and would not be alive today if it weren’t for them. Any success I ever achieve in this life, including the hardest battle of just being ‘happy’, is thanks to them.
Reading that ending to the article hit me like a brick in the face. I don't think I ever heard of someone liking the guy.
I don't keep track, but my sense is that many of his athletes liked him while many hate him.
Young girl recounts traumatic experience, brings attention to systematic issues in the pro running world, and your take is that she needs to "overcome her victimhood"? Considering she's at Stanford medical school, seems to me she's doing just fine. Do better.
Man, I'm tired of hearing about Mary Cain and her accusations. At this point, she is clearly just an attention seeker hoping to stay relevant after the world has moved on from her junior days. Can Letsrun just ban any threads about her accusations for at least two weeks?
MC published a book that highlights an important, hugely problematic aspect of pro running. Like it or not, somebody needs to be talking about these aspects of the sport. Nobody is making you read it.
This is the take you give when you lack empathy and critical thinking. May you never find yourself or a loved one in an abusive dynamic.
Why would I have empathy for a dysfunctional situation like that? Normal people feel disgust not empathy for the Nike cult. They leave it behind and don't look back. She didn't.
I was part of Nike's original cult way back in 1977. I saw Nike for what they were in less than two months, and fired them in less than a year. That's what Cain should have done.
You should have empathy because this is the story of a young and hugely inexperienced girl who is going through this for the first time in what is, for her, a very high stakes situation. Yes, she could have left. There are many things she could have, should have, done differently. But being in an abusive power dynamic is no small thing, and so yes - a little empathy would go a long way.
Young girl recounts traumatic experience, brings attention to systematic issues in the pro running world, and your take is that she needs to "overcome her victimhood"? Considering she's at Stanford medical school, seems to me she's doing just fine. Do better.
"Do better" is such an obnoxious thing to say to someone.
Mary should move on precisely because she's at Stanford medical school and has a real opportunity there. Being stuck in the past will only drag her down.
As she said herself, while her classmates are starting Step and preparing for clerkships, she is out doing school-girl themed photoshoots with spikes around her neck at the age of 29, in order to promote a book where she disses almost everyone who crossed her path during the time where she was making at least 6 figures being a pro athlete.
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