RIGHT...I'm actually a former abercrombie model turned doctor. The runners here all look like they just escaped from the Minnesota starvation experiment, or got cut from the chess club. Weirdly, that sort of thing is celebrated here.
Abercrombie model? That explains it - too Metro for Boulder.
Lived in Boulder for a few years, and I have to admit that it was painfully disappointing. Now that I’ve left, the entire running community looks like a delusional cult to me. The running is pretty good, but there are plenty of other amazing places to train. The dating scene is abysmal. There is no diversity. There are very few attractive people. Outside of the university and the pro athletes who live there, there really aren’t any young people so it is very boring and isolating. The pro athletes can’t even afford to live in Boulder so they’re all stuck out in the suburbs (Funbarrel and Schlongmont). The OAC gym is located in a 1 star shopping center. I wish I could drag everyone out of that dump so they know what they’re missing out on.
Lived in Boulder for a few years, and I have to admit that it was painfully disappointing. Now that I’ve left, the entire running community looks like a delusional cult to me. The running is pretty good, but there are plenty of other amazing places to train. The dating scene is abysmal. There is no diversity. There are very few attractive people. Outside of the university and the pro athletes who live there, there really aren’t any young people so it is very boring and isolating. The pro athletes can’t even afford to live in Boulder so they’re all stuck out in the suburbs (Funbarrel and Schlongmont). The OAC gym is located in a 1 star shopping center. I wish I could drag everyone out of that dump so they know what they’re missing out on.
I’ll back you up on that. I lived in Charlottesville, Eugene, and Bend before coming to Boulder. Boulder has a bigger elite running community, but tbh I found that most of it was off-putting. The entire running scene in Boulder reminds me of satirical Ben Stiller Movie.
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It happens once every 5 years. Tbh, I'm pretty mediocre. If I were actually good, I would've gone to Flagstaff or Park City, but I'm not, which is why I came to train with all the amateurs in Boulder. Pretty sure George Beamish is the only good runner in Boulder now.
It happens once every 5 years. Tbh, I'm pretty mediocre. If I were actually good, I would've gone to Flagstaff or Park City, but I'm not, which is why I came to train with all the amateurs in Boulder. Pretty sure George Beamish is the only good runner in Boulder now.
Josette Andrews, Val Constein, and Nuguse (who set a WR this year) are no slouches. But your point is well taken, it shouldn't be a shock to see one or fewer Boulder Olympians in LA in running events.
It happens once every 5 years. Tbh, I'm pretty mediocre. If I were actually good, I would've gone to Flagstaff or Park City, but I'm not, which is why I came to train with all the amateurs in Boulder. Pretty sure George Beamish is the only good runner in Boulder now.
Josette Andrews, Val Constein, and Nuguse (who set a WR this year) are no slouches. But your point is well taken, it shouldn't be a shock to see one or fewer Boulder Olympians in LA in running events.
RIGHT...I'm actually a former abercrombie model turned doctor. The runners here all look like they just escaped from the Minnesota starvation experiment, or got cut from the chess club. Weirdly, that sort of thing is celebrated here.
Abercrombie model? That explains it - too Metro for Boulder.
have you seen Sam Parsons, Robert Farken, and Charlie Lawrence. Now they ARE metro.