as usual, most posters on here have little to no knowledge of the commitment and discipline required to train and compete professionally. not to mention the trade offs of living that lifestyle. message to the haters: try it before offering an opinion that isn't credible.
cheers chris!
Adam Goucher come to mind. He is still trying to make it, he is from Portland. Should have retired three years ago but we won't even remember him at top form. We will all remember his 14:00 5K's.
Mad Props wrote:
Adam Goucher come to mind. He is still trying to make it, he is from Portland. Should have retired three years ago but we won't even remember him at top form. We will all remember his 14:00 5K's.
Hey bro.
Yeah, actually, I think I'll remember him for his XC successes and dropping 13:10 a few years back. But you keep doing what you're doing, 'aight?
Yeah, I will remember Goucher for his NCAA XC success.
Mad Props wrote:
Adam Goucher come to mind. He is still trying to make it, he is from Portland. Should have retired three years ago but we won't even remember him at top form. We will all remember his 14:00 5K's.
only if you have absolutely sense of perspective in the sport or knowledge of gouchers career...
so a refresher
goucher ran 13:11 fresh out of college, made an olympic/world championship team, won short and long at USA cross, then went through the tougest, most frustrating 5-7 year period of any top USA runner in recent memory
he came back at the end of his career with a new coach, woke up to run a 13:10 PR in, pred again the next year to run 13:10.00, made a world championship team the next year, and came back in 08 to try to make another olynpic team
then in 09 he struggled (and in my opinion he probably wont be back in 2010)...if one bad year is all you can remember of adam goucher after all that, the on behalf of the sport of track and field it would be best for everyone involved if you stopped paying attention
make that absolutely no sense of...
Sounds like he made a mature, rational decision at an excellent age for a life change, and his new venture sounds great! Good luck to him.
Love how he is saying to be part of this start up company, yet he is nowhere to be found on the "team" of Air bnb (HIS company)
probably he is just doing an unpaid internship there.
HOGWASH!
Why can't runners these days train and work?
What will he be doing for airbnb that will prevent him to train?
If he states that he put everything into running, wouldn't he be doing the same thing with airbnb?
Why not have two or more passionate things in your life so that you don't overdo it in one thing?
I am saying that many people would kill to be in his shoes at age 25 and I think it is a huge waste of talent to quit so abruptly..
You can't coach desire. Maybe he'll regret it. Maybe he won't. Only time will tell.
No, he's not doing an unpaid internship. That site you point to only lists co-founders and one advisor. He did not claim to be any of those things. He says he's Director of Marketing.
Why would you choose to believe he'd give up everything for an "unpaid internship?" What would cause you to think that? What dark forces govern your soul?
25 years.... man, i hadn't even started running at that age
He should have quit the day after his last college track meet. Hopefully Alan Webb, Dan Browne, Steve Slattery, and Brian Sell will join him.
Old schooler wrote:
HOGWASH!
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I am saying that many people would kill to be in his shoes at age 25 and I think it is a huge waste of talent to quit so abruptly..
I think many people would be a lot better off if they came to this realization sooner:
"Running tended to suck the life from me. It became a very selfish pursuit and one I regret letting take such a hold over my life. You live and you learn."
Face it. Running doesn't matter much in the big scheme of things. If you don't believe that you glorify God by running fast and you aren't interested in being a professional entertainer, than there are a million better things to do with a life.
For what it's worth, retiring from professional running won't prevent him from running, if he still enjoys the sport.