Not An Expert wrote:
It’s classic Rojo. Not necessarily wrong, but intentionally using inflammatory language. “Mid-major” would maybe be a more appropriate (and less inflammatory) term . . . but then it why would Rojo use it? He knows his role is to be the owner who toes the line of being a troll, whether it’s on the boards or in the media. And he’s committed to the bit.
I call it a Second Tier Marathon!
So, top men's finishers, only 1 under 2:10, 6 at 2:14 or under, and the first American is 2:17. Top women's finisher, only 1 under 2:30, 3 under 2:34. The only bright spot in the entire event is that Deena Kastor ran it in 2:32:38.
Put another way, only 6 men running made the 2:15 American A standard and only 3 women made the 2:37 A standard.
Definitely a minor league race.
I ran the race this morning. Calling it minor league seems fair to me. I've also run Chicago and Portland. Both were better run. The start corrals didn't appear to have any organization, besides pace signs that were ignored and fences that were moved apart/climbed over. As far as I could tell, the PA person didn't introduce any of the elite runners, but he did introduce Albert Pujols (major league baseball player) and a different player from the Dodgers that I forget. Overall feel of a giant weekend fun run. Has a lot of potential based on participant numbers and nice course, but would need different organization to feel like a major, in addition to more prize money.
Rojo is right, for once! wrote:
fair ball wrote:
Is it a WMM? Do top pros attend? Didn't think so.
And it's sponsored by Skechers, so definitely "mino- league race" for hobby joggers, which by the way eliminates 99% of people on the LR forum from being eligible to run it.
This.
In my mind, Skechers will always be Rick Fox, on the stairs, just hangin' out.
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/372324177308-0-1/s-l1000.jpgGrenio, you son of a gun! I was eating lunch and almost spit out a whole mouthful, LMFAO, I will never see a pair of skechers the same. damn that is some funny stuff!!!!
Grenio wrote:
This.
In my mind, Skechers will always be Rick Fox, on the stairs, just hangin' out.
So says a guy who could never win it or even make the podium…
Letsrun can thank it's lucky stars to exist in an age of such lazy journalism that any reporter would tab them as opinion leaders.
pre841 wrote:
Tyler McCandless in the lead group
Headline confirmed, then.
OutstandingAchievementInTheFieldOfExcellence wrote:
I ran the race this morning. Calling it minor league seems fair to me. I've also run Chicago and Portland.
Ouch!!! Portland!?!?
Maybe the race was run after some of these posts but the women’s race was not minor league the other day.
