Parker Stinson needs to retire

If the 40th Kenyan marathoner bombed his latest race do you think we would have a 5 pg thread on letsrun talking about him? No, we wouldn’t, we wouldn’t even know. We do for Parker so clearly he moves the needle enough for a sponsorship.

Also….you simpletons really think Parker is getting millions from Saucony? I’d bet the guy is like most American runners…. which is practically taking a vow of poverty to continue grinding the roads.

Let the man run 90 miles a week for 45 K and pop off 2:10 marathons…. Saucony couldn’t hire a marketing rep for that little, so in the end everyone wins.

Except those on letsrun who spend 10 minutes surfing page after page to pile hate on top of a runner living our dream. you don’t win.

I bet he enjoyed the women of Spain though. I always mention with Spain, there's no fat people there. Makes a mockery of lowlife America.

https://instagram.com/stories/_parker_stinson_/2955946368837997956?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igshid=MDE2OWE1N2Q=

looks like he found a decent pick me up after a bad race

Exactement. Let him keep running if 1) he likes it, 2) he can afford it, and 3) he's getting something personally significant out of it. Sod you.

I wish him the best and hope that he runs a true breakthrough race. Something similar to Mantz's. Let's not forget at least Parker is clean. How many of the Africans at Valencia will come back unclean? I really stopped caring about their performances.

Problem with Parker is much more complicated than people think. He just isn’t that good.

Let’s correct this to 120 miles per week and $22,000 from Saucony.

It happens him ALL the time. At what point is he going to learn to pace himself?

Always blows up, time for the penny to drop.

Another thread where people don't understand that running fast ≠ huge sponsorship... The guy has 55k Instagram followers, which doesn't make him a mega star but in the world of running there's only a handful that have more.

True. His sponsorship with Chronos watches is solely because of his social media. Sub 28 minute guys are turned down even to get a free watch from Chronos because they don’t have the followers.

Maybe he enjoys what he's doing? Maybe he just wants to continue traveling and racing because he loves it.

Looks like a neither/nor situation here, tho.

The fact that we're talking about him on this forum is a return on investment by Saucony.

Went little too hot in a warm/humid day and that was it (Cam doesn't look too happy either ;) )

https://www.instagram.com/p/CkDO5B8OYWe/?hl=en
"Bummer of a race for me. Wasn’t really able to be tough when it mattered. Hot conditions (71 degrees / 74 % humidity) and the world class pace took it’s toll and I pretty much had to jog it in once I overheated to a 65:01 HM. Running super poorly in hot conditions has become a theme for me lately so that’s something I’ll need to figure out.
Not getting too low about this one to be honest. Always a shame to miss your shot at a goal race but I’ve really been enjoying training and happy with where that is at so I’ll move on to those next opportunities coming up for me to show a good race.
Spending a few days in 🇪🇸 with my boy @simba_runner before heading back to the 🇺🇸 and then heading into marathon training.
Looking forward to sharing which one I’ll be running next!"

Do you honestly believe that there are people in marketing that put stock in mentions on LR?
If that is the case then Greg deserves a six figure deal.

Yes, absolutely. According to the logic offered, talking about subpar performances is a positive brand builder and sales driver. Believe it or not.

I think a 1:05 is still pretty good compard to most...

Yes it's better than most runners but Parker showed a lot of promise and just hasn't lived up, additionally with the whole private scandal some people root against him

Parker just is not a marathoner. I'll need someone to explain to me why nobody runs road races any more, or shows for XC, or travels overseas to run races that aren't 26.2 miles. Mantz is the closest thing we have to that, there's certainly room for someone else. Someone who might race now and then and stay in the public consciousness, rather than post on Instagram or whatever.