The Ben True pod - An amazing listen. True reveals he pays Dan Curts $20k a year to train with him

rojo · 2021-02-25T00:31:23-05:00

Find out what True thinks about the super shoes. He's got some really interesting observations. Find out how he ran a 26+ second pb at age 35. Find out how he's become rejuvenated by finally finding a training partner for the 1st time in 6 years. The unsponsored True reveals he is PAYING Dan Curts $20,000 a year to train with him and it's going really well. To start things off, I read the following quote to True from another messageboard thread as I loved it. [quote][b]OldRunners wrote:[/b] Ben True running sub-28 at age 35 after 10+ years as a pro. Give him props for still grinding at 35. Give him props for showing up to the start line with no sponsor when his mid-30s counterparts have retired and moved on to other things. Give him props for doing all this solo, not at altitude, without a youtube channel, unlike all of the other groups out there (Team Boss, BTC, Tinman Elite, etc..). He is the guy that comes out of the boonies from somewhere in New England forest and kicks your ass in a race. At age 35. Give some respect to this dude instead of devaluing his accomplishments. He would have run sub 28 even with normal spikes.[/quote] https://www.letsrun.com/news/2021/02/ben-true-podcast-grant-holloway-indoor/

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5 years ago 02/26/2021 3:18pm EST

re: mise en scene

mise en scene wrote:
Ex D1 G5 wrote:
I will listen to anyone else interview Ben True, just not this bunch. There's good reason I never see anyone promoting this pod outside this website. Though Chris Chavez is way too chummy with his interview subjects, he has far greater acumen and integrity.
Yea, that's always been a bit weird for me about Chris Chavez - he seems more focused on being friends with his subjects (track & field athletes, pro runners) than being an actual reporter.
Don't really follow other pro sports or read/watch other sports media so is this common in other sports (blurry lines between media and athletes)?

You get 25 shots from half court..Make one you get $25 million, make none you get 25 years in jail. Do you attempt the shots?

5 years ago 02/26/2021 6:07pm EST

re: mise en scene

mise en scene wrote:
Ex D1 G5 wrote:
I will listen to anyone else interview Ben True, just not this bunch. There's good reason I never see anyone promoting this pod outside this website. Though Chris Chavez is way too chummy with his interview subjects, he has far greater acumen and integrity.
Yea, that's always been a bit weird for me about Chris Chavez - he seems more focused on being friends with his subjects (track & field athletes, pro runners) than being an actual reporter.
Don't really follow other pro sports or read/watch other sports media so is this common in other sports (blurry lines between media and athletes)?

Dan Patrick can get this way on his radio show, he would be the only analogous figure I can recall. It's weird because it detracts from the actual conversation for public consumption, the inside jokes should be kept off the air. Plus you can't trust him to ask anything remotely probing or insightful as a result.

5 years ago 02/26/2021 6:07pm EST

re: drocha86

drocha86 wrote:
mise en scene wrote:
Yea, that's always been a bit weird for me about Chris Chavez - he seems more focused on being friends with his subjects (track & field athletes, pro runners) than being an actual reporter.
Don't really follow other pro sports or read/watch other sports media so is this common in other sports (blurry lines between media and athletes)?
You get 25 shots from half court..Make one you get $25 million, make none you get 25 years in jail. Do you attempt the shots?

Exactly, it digresses into softball city pretty quickly.

5 years ago 02/26/2021 6:12pm EST

re: Roof Inspector Gadget

Roof Inspector Gadget wrote:
Ex D1 G5 wrote:
Primarily? Yeah. I only really check the times if it's a time trial set up in a low-stakes race with the stated intention of hitting standards. But I hardly ever look at results from that kind of race unless I'm in it. It kind of stops being sport to me when participants aren't really trying to race. That's probably a big part of why Yuki & Desi's Boston wins were so compelling and resonated with so many, not just me. Or why so many more tune in to see the OT and Oly games, where top three is the major aim of every entrant and time is of a tertiary concern.
"Time is an essential element for the vast majority of track runners" = projection on the part of a slim minority
Nah, I think this "I'm too cool to care about times" is just an attempt to make out like you're some elite hard-core and competitive badass. Face it, most everyone cares about time in track. Or would you say people don't care when world records are set? ..and think of it this way - thousands, even millions of people participate in races on the track (as well as other surfaces). Most of them are in no position to place high, so of course time becomes their primary focus. Take your typical Boston or NYC marathon - you have 50,000 competitors, and maybe the top couple of hundred at most are focusing on place. Everyone else, when asked how they did, will respond with a time. They're not going to say "I got 3815th".

Oh well. I don't know why you think a couple of marathons trump an exponentially greater number of high school track runners who obviously focus on place as a primary concern (that's what gets the team points), but I really don't see any point to spending more time speculating about it. Hey, good luck to you going for that BQ, though!

5 years ago 02/26/2021 10:24pm EST

re: Ex D1 G5

You're right, stud runner. Track runners don't care about times. That's what makes this website so weird, because I'm looking on the front page, and what do I see? Times!

Grant Holloway ran a WR of 7.29 for 60m hurdles! But really, who cares - we just want to know what place he got.

Eliud Kipsang ran a 3:51.73 split on a DMR...who cares? What place was he?

Antonio Lopez Segura set an ACC indoor 5K record in 13:49...they should have just said he got 1st place and left it at that, right?

"NC State won the women's DMR thanks to Elly Henes’ closing 1600 meters time of 4:33.80." Why mention her time? It's irrelevant. REAL competitors like Ex D1 G5 probably don't even know what their PR's are because they are too competitive and all-around amazing.

5 years ago 02/27/2021 2:31am EST

re: Ex D1 G5

Ex D1 G5 wrote:
Plus you can't trust him to ask anything remotely probing or insightful as a result.

^ I think this is a good approximation of the vibes I get from Chavez - his style makes him seem like a fanboi, just doing PR but independently...

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