Fractured her foot during Chicago. Have not seen her at all running in the Boulder area. Social Media silent. Anyone have any info on how her recovery/training is going?
I just watched her IG video. It was highly/stylishly edited, which makes me wonder why she included so much footage of her “gathering her wits.” All felt a bit melodramatic to me.
Fractured her foot during Chicago. Have not seen her at all running in the Boulder area. Social Media silent. Anyone have any info on how her recovery/training is going?
I just watched her IG video. It was highly/stylishly edited, which makes me wonder why she included so much footage of her “gathering her wits.” All felt a bit melodramatic to me.
I have to agree. I’m far too old to really be in on the social media / Instagram / whatever trends, but I feel like I’ve gleaned a bit of what the current style is just by trying to follow runners, for many of whom the best and fastest news comes from their accounts on such platforms. It does seem to be that it’s very trendy now to be “vulnerable” like that, but the kids still have to look good while doing it so there’s a lot of staging and prep (nice clothes, makeup, etc.) as well as editing to make the allegedly honest and vulnerable video even more perfect, and so it comes off as totally phony to me. Bates’ video adds in the obvious cuts and edits in the “struggling to speak” segment and the sad pop song is just overkill. Sit down in front of a camera, unedited, as you are, and tell me a sad story and I might buy it. No doubt this really is a sad time for Bates, but that video is played-up bunk. She probably shed all her true, ugly tears in private a while ago. This is her going back to that well just enough to cry but not enough to look bad, so this video is just for the sympathy and likes.
I just watched her IG video. It was highly/stylishly edited, which makes me wonder why she included so much footage of her “gathering her wits.” All felt a bit melodramatic to me.
I think she included the pauses etc. you're talking about because she felt they honestly reflect her current state. When you have to admit something you really, REALLY don't want to, it can be extremely hard even getting the words out -- you don't even want to hear the words come out of your own mouth, because that somehow makes it even more real.
So if that's genuinely how she's feeling, she probably wants everyone who supports her to know that. And the song she put in the background has lyrics that really go along with her words. So it makes total sense to me.
And at the risk of stereotyping: No, a male athlete in the same position likely wouldn't put out this exact type of video. Women tend to "adorn" their outward expressions more. (I said "tend," obviously there are exceptions on both sides.) Personally, I think these differences are a good thing.
I just watched her IG video. It was highly/stylishly edited, which makes me wonder why she included so much footage of her “gathering her wits.” All felt a bit melodramatic to me.
I have to agree. I’m far too old to really be in on the social media / Instagram / whatever trends, but I feel like I’ve gleaned a bit of what the current style is just by trying to follow runners, for many of whom the best and fastest news comes from their accounts on such platforms. It does seem to be that it’s very trendy now to be “vulnerable” like that, but the kids still have to look good while doing it so there’s a lot of staging and prep (nice clothes, makeup, etc.) as well as editing to make the allegedly honest and vulnerable video even more perfect, and so it comes off as totally phony to me. Bates’ video adds in the obvious cuts and edits in the “struggling to speak” segment and the sad pop song is just overkill. Sit down in front of a camera, unedited, as you are, and tell me a sad story and I might buy it. No doubt this really is a sad time for Bates, but that video is played-up bunk. She probably shed all her true, ugly tears in private a while ago. This is her going back to that well just enough to cry but not enough to look bad, so this video is just for the sympathy and likes.
And why are so many videos made while sitting in a car?
I agree that super- editing a video of yourself crying and adding sad music is a bit…overly affected. Makes me take the whole thing less seriously personally. Still feel bad for her and I do think she was clearly one of our 3 best.
it comes from tiktok where no emotion is real if its not filmed and set to sad music. Emma is trying to be a trendy influencer.
So many people do this trick, but they would also find good light under a porch roof, just inside an open exterior door or in the entrance to a garage, a.k.a. "garage light" No need to stage everything in the front seat of a car.
She got her hair and makeup just perfect for her heart breaking announcement. I was rooting for her but I found it to be just a little much. She probably produced more tears for this video than the actual divorce she went through.
Emma is emma. Ok with McGee. Aisha runs for Jamaica. Dom for SA.
The gals really don't improve or do well went it counts. Prob fun to be together for insta posts and pix but a bunch of 30 yo gals without jobs living the high life in CO and not showing improvement. Joe does not know much about marathons or coaching in general. They all end up in tears!
Joe is a great coach. They know he is a great coach and trust him. These are their careers. They would not throw away their careers to go with a bad coach. Please stay on topic. Emma got an injury. A large percentage of runners do each year. It's sad. She feels sad. That came across in the video that is, apparently, not how a bunch of 40-year-old men would express their sadness.
The edited clip with the inspirational music combined with her tears was too much to take without laughing. You have 4 weeks left and you are doing workouts, just run the trials and beat as many as you can. What a dirtbag
Emma is a bit of a lightning rod around here. The hobby jogger-recreational, follow the influencers love I mean LOVE Emma Bates. Many practically had her pegged for an automatic Olympic spot because of her social media persona and some really fast (too fast? Ask Parker Stinson) long runs. And then you flip over to letsrun, which is dark and hateful and the alt-right do-nothing trolls have a field day criticizing her running and her coach. It's laughable.
It's too bad she won't be able to line up for the OTs but there will be other opportunities.
But mostly--totally actually--I laugh at the incels on this site. What a bunch of clowns!
She should say f*** it and run the 3k Steeple. She might just be able to make the team in that event. I know everyone will say go run the 10k, but I think that's tougher than the 3k Steeple.
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