Maybe event sponsors should think twice about paying entry fees and travel expenses to elites who have quit races in the past. Another possibility would be to split the prize money more evenly among the top five finishers, so elites would have more motivation to finish.
Gotta run the motor for the heater to come on. How would Yuki have done if he had tucked in with the others? How would Sellers have done if she ran further within herself for the first half?
bleu wrote:
Maybe a blue collar runner but not a blue collar worker. Nurse anesthetists make great money! She’s still making bank taking off one day a week.
https://www1.salary.com/Certified-Nurse-Anesthetist-CRNA-Salary.html
I think youve confused money with the definition of blue collar.
She hands on in the operating room, on her feet, working technically manually in a fairly high pressure non desk job. She is not sitting down, she is dealing with life and death, her pay is comeserate to the work she does.
I would say Sarah is ahead of the curve in life after running, not writing mommy blogs or desperate for the next contract.
Do you consider trauma surgeons blue collar? She is by definition a "professional." Look up the definition of blue collar.
ZidaneValor wrote:
The weird thing about Boston is that it felt like a lot of the elite women quit at 40K.
Hypothermia will do that.
This woman is an inspiration to us all. Works a demanding job, trains hard, and is successful! Go getta 'em in Boston and don't listen to any negativity on these boards. You motivate me to get our there when I'm tired and think I can't! Plenty of days I think I can't get through a workout or even out the door. You'll never be a disappointment to me or many other fans.
bleu wrote:
Do you consider trauma surgeons blue collar? She is by definition a "professional." Look up the definition of blue collar.
Not blue collar by the non-running definition, but absolutely blue collar by the running definition. Like someone said, she's on her feet all day, dealing with high-pressure, life-and-death situations for part of the time--not clicking away at a desk job and definitely not spending her afternoons recovering for her second run.
I can agree with you. Definitely not sitting at a desk but being well paid for a demanding, education requiring field. Training in the dark is very difficult but in Phoenix Arizona I'm sure that's when most people train 8 months of the yr.
Money or honey wrote:
bleu wrote:
Maybe a blue collar runner but not a blue collar worker. Nurse anesthetists make great money! She’s still making bank taking off one day a week.
https://www1.salary.com/Certified-Nurse-Anesthetist-CRNA-Salary.htmlI think youve confused money with the definition of blue collar.
She hands on in the operating room, on her feet, working technically manually in a fairly high pressure non desk job. She is not sitting down, she is dealing with life and death, her pay is comeserate to the work she does.
I would say Sarah is ahead of the curve in life after running, not writing mommy blogs or desperate for the next contract.
LoL another letsrun poster who talks out of his ass. My wife is a CRNA just like Sarah Sellers. They sit down in the operating room while giving anesthesia. They are not on their feet at all except in-between cases when they go in and out of rooms.
bleu wrote:
Do you consider trauma surgeons blue collar? She is by definition a "professional." Look up the definition of blue collar.
I'm blue daba dee daba die.
Money or honey wrote:
bleu wrote:
Maybe a blue collar runner but not a blue collar worker. Nurse anesthetists make great money! She’s still making bank taking off one day a week.
https://www1.salary.com/Certified-Nurse-Anesthetist-CRNA-Salary.htmlI think youve confused money with the definition of blue collar.
She hands on in the operating room, on her feet, working technically manually in a fairly high pressure non desk job. She is not sitting down, she is dealing with life and death, her pay is comeserate to the work she does.
I would say Sarah is ahead of the curve in life after running, not writing mommy blogs or desperate for the next contract.
Isn't she also married to an orthopedic surgeon?
Racket wrote:
Money or honey wrote:
I think youve confused money with the definition of blue collar.
She hands on in the operating room, on her feet, working technically manually in a fairly high pressure non desk job. She is not sitting down, she is dealing with life and death, her pay is comeserate to the work she does.
I would say Sarah is ahead of the curve in life after running, not writing mommy blogs or desperate for the next contract.
Isn't she also married to an orthopedic surgeon?
You already know the answer to that so why are you asking? Moron.
YMMV wrote:
Hypothermia will do that.
Good point. My mistake.
Moranian Alerter wrote:
Racket wrote:
Isn't she also married to an orthopedic surgeon?
You already know the answer to that so why are you asking? Moron.
To illicit angry response from borderline autistic persons such as yourself
Shuddup, Ms. Sellers was congratulated for finishing second in a race she likely would've gotten 10th or 20th in under normal conditions. She knows what's up, to the point of being almost apologetic about her good fortune, the attention received and future race results. "...she hasn't live up to the hype"? I haven't heard anyone claiming her to be the next great hope.
It seems the consensus is that if she hits the OTQ her success will have continued. Personally, I just hope for her best effort as I do for all who will be out there...2:39?
GivingItMyAll wrote:
Met her briefly here in Tucson after her Boston performance. She's great, super nice, bright. Wish her all the best in whatever she achieves, or not.
And- I was pissed off at all the elites at Boston this year that quit. I thought they were supposed to be tough? I'm a friggen nobody, and I put on a jacket and went out there and ran the damn thing with everything I had. Wasn't my fastest race ever, but only a few minutes off what I might have been capable of without the headwind and torrential downpours.
And now I have great stories to tell about how miserable the weather was.
The elites have a different agenda than "just finishing" and sometimes the energy output it isn't worth it. For example, Kellyn Taylor went on to set a course record at Grandma's marathon a month or so later (she wouldn't have been able to do that if she had finished Boston), Galen Rupp went on to the Prague Marathon.
bleu wrote:
Do you consider trauma surgeons blue collar? She is by definition a "professional." Look up the definition of blue collar.
Hmm, so now your classifying professions of who you deem a professional or not.
If your gardener not a professional in his work, how about your local auto mechanic. Because she works in clean atmosphere of a hospital , you elevate the term professional. She is highly trained preforming a mechanical duty and is paid accordingly.
The real premise of comments here is that she is working full time on her feet. Not part time in running store. Or contracted up to sit home between massages and workouts watching Netflix .
Little dudes wrote:
GivingItMyAll wrote:
Met her briefly here in Tucson after her Boston performance. She's great, super nice, bright. Wish her all the best in whatever she achieves, or not.
And- I was pissed off at all the elites at Boston this year that quit. I thought they were supposed to be tough? I'm a friggen nobody, and I put on a jacket and went out there and ran the damn thing with everything I had. Wasn't my fastest race ever, but only a few minutes off what I might have been capable of without the headwind and torrential downpours.
And now I have great stories to tell about how miserable the weather was.
How would you have done if you were 118 lbs and 6% bodyfat?
Pretty damn well, if I do say so myself.
MN Haute Dish wrote:
GivingItMyAll wrote:
Met her briefly here in Tucson after her Boston performance. She's great, super nice, bright. Wish her all the best in whatever she achieves, or not.
And- I was pissed off at all the elites at Boston this year that quit. I thought they were supposed to be tough? I'm a friggen nobody, and I put on a jacket and went out there and ran the damn thing with everything I had. Wasn't my fastest race ever, but only a few minutes off what I might have been capable of without the headwind and torrential downpours.
And now I have great stories to tell about how miserable the weather was.
The elites have a different agenda than "just finishing" and sometimes the energy output it isn't worth it. For example, Kellyn Taylor went on to set a course record at Grandma's marathon a month or so later (she wouldn't have been able to do that if she had finished Boston), Galen Rupp went on to the Prague Marathon.
Thats all well and good. However if you accept appearance money, room and board, airfare etc. and you don't finish (for any reason other than injury, (or other physical ailment that makes it impossible to continue), you should be required to pay it back in full, or at least an agreed to portion. "Weather" shouldn't be a valid reason, unless deemed dangerous by the race directors for everyone to continue. Should be a contractual obligation agreed to in writing prior to the event. This may well be the case already, but I don't know.
I'm not reading past the first sentence. Here is your definition.