What shoe will Riley sign with?

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  • Ghost of Jason Rexing's Trainers

    Anonymous Poster

    4 years ago 03/05/2020 8:49am EST
    re: Baltsu

    Baltsu wrote:

    most athletes should remain unsponsored by a shoe company because honestly there cannot be much money involved for an individual runner when the field is so deep. He should sign with a company from another industry. He's getting an engineering degree. So he should sign with an engineering company that would offer him a job when he graduates.

    That and IT'S MARCH 2020 AND ALL SHOE COMPANIES HAVE ALREADY COMMITTED THEIR FULL BUDGET THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR. If nobody had a good enough offer after Chicago then they aren't going to magically come up with it now without cancelling existing deals.

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    dadsfadsfdasfdsafdas

    Member since 08/23/2019.

    1,247 posts. Last post 3 years ago.
    4 years ago 03/05/2020 8:55am EST
    re: JustRunBaby

    JustRunBaby wrote:

    Listen to his interviews.

    1. He chose to stay unsponsored to ensure he could wear the shoes.

    2. He chose to wear his free pair of Alphaflys even though he NEVER trained in them, because he believed they were better.

    So please don't even the fairy tale about how the shoes don't matter.

    .

    Does anyone else think it absurd that he couldn't get a pair of these shoes to train in before the race? A guy that ran 2:10:30 a couple months before doesn't have enough contacts to get someone at Nike to send him a pair? I can understand how some 2:15 guy doesn't get a sniff but we were talking about a guy that was a legit (granted 2nd tier) contender for the team coming in. Unless they just weren't available . (i.e. they were all on a boat from vietnam and didn't clear customs til like wednesday), it makes no sense.

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    BOHICA

    Member since 12/21/2007.

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    4 years ago 03/05/2020 8:59am EST
    re: dadsfadsfdasfdsafdas

    dadsfadsfdasfdsafdas wrote:

    JustRunBaby wrote:

    Listen to his interviews.

    1. He chose to stay unsponsored to ensure he could wear the shoes.

    2. He chose to wear his free pair of Alphaflys even though he NEVER trained in them, because he believed they were better.

    So please don't even the fairy tale about how the shoes don't matter.

    .

    Does anyone else think it absurd that he couldn't get a pair of these shoes to train in before the race? A guy that ran 2:10:30 a couple months before doesn't have enough contacts to get someone at Nike to send him a pair? I can understand how some 2:15 guy doesn't get a sniff but we were talking about a guy that was a legit (granted 2nd tier) contender for the team coming in. Unless they just weren't available . (i.e. they were all on a boat from vietnam and didn't clear customs til like wednesday), it makes no sense.

    In interviews, he says he talked with Chris Derrick about them. Apparently they didn't work well enough for CD, so based on that he planned to stick with what he already knew worked for him, as he also said in an interview. He did strides in the Alphafly on Saturday to determine which shoe to go with. He was in shape to have a great race regardless of whether he ran in Next% or Alphafly.

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    Earlyboy

    Member since 03/02/2018.

    335 posts. Last post 2 months ago.
    4 years ago 03/05/2020 12:07pm EST
    re: Not the shoes

    Read on twitter, think Pete bromka said Riley turned down contract offers to run in the Alphafly.

    Rileys coach said it wasn't the Alphafly that qualified him but a great run.

    It was a great run no doubt but it was also the Alphafly that qualified him.

    No doubt

  • Apologies if this is satire

    Anonymous Poster

    4 years ago 03/05/2020 12:10pm EST
    re: Earlyboy

    Einstein, he qualified in the VF Next%.

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