Why on earth did Emma Bates think she could win Boston?

pretenders don't influence me wrote:

BrainCelll wrote:

Congrats on lying. She was only 4secs adrift at 40K and 8secs adrift at 25.2Miles

Link:results.baa.org/2023/?pid=leaderboard&...

She was dropped. I lied about nothing. Do you even know what dropped means? I stand by my post 100%. You get away or stay and get dropped unless you have great finishing speed. She doesn't.

Gentleman Savage wrote:

Badcompany wrote:

Listen “Peepskeets.” Her job as a professional runner is to sell products. She has almost 150K IG followers. The winner of the race has 20K. If you were part of a company looking to sponsor an athlete, who would you pick?

The one on SportsCenter. 150K is a pimple and IG is dying on the vine.

rojo wrote:

citiusblows wrote:

Why does the media keep falling for her bs and reporting it

Have you forgotten this?

Link:www.letsrun.com/news/2023/04/american-...

Called her shot and delivered just 2 years ago.

Badcompany wrote:

Gentleman Savage wrote:

The one on SportsCenter. 150K is a pimple and IG is dying on the vine.

Sportscenter? What are you, 70? Nobody cares about ESPN anymore, and the few losers still watching are old men. Her Demo is young women.

Gentleman Savage wrote:

Badcompany wrote:

Sportscenter? What are you, 70? Nobody cares about ESPN anymore, and the few losers still watching are old men. Her Demo is young women.

136, actually, thanks for asking. And, aside from your delusion that fewer than 150K watch SC on the daily, thank you for pointing out the obvious.

Badcompany wrote:

Gentleman Savage wrote:

136, actually, thanks for asking. And, aside from your delusion that fewer than 150K watch SC on the daily, thank you for pointing out the obvious.

Her demographic is young women. It’s all dudes watching ESPN. Hope this helps.

Gentleman Savage wrote:

Badcompany wrote:

Her demographic is young women. It’s all dudes watching ESPN. Hope this helps.

Nothing gets past you, does it?

Badcompany wrote:

Gentleman Savage wrote:

Nothing gets past you, does it?

Also, Instagram is constant, she can stay in touch with her fan base on a daily basis.

What was there a 30 second blip about the Boston marathon on ESPN?

BTW, she’s about to begin her Boston recap. I give her credit for being smart about it and realizing to not take it so seriously and have fun. 👍

Gentleman Savage wrote:

Badcompany wrote:

Also, Instagram is constant, she can stay in touch with her fan base on a daily basis.

What was there a 30 second blip about the Boston marathon on ESPN?

BTW, she’s about to begin her Boston recap. I give her credit for being smart about it and realizing to not take it so seriously and have fun. 👍

Nobody cares, run faster.

Badcompany wrote:

Gentleman Savage wrote:

Nobody cares, run faster.

People do care about her. Nobody cares about you old man.

Gentleman Savage wrote:

Badcompany wrote:

People do care about her. Nobody cares about you old man.

She sure loves you, white knight.

not as much wrote:

yeren wrote:

Sissay Lemma and Evans Chebet thought they could win too.

yeah and they are both f**king idiots too.

and not hot AT ALL.

ZatopekWasTheLastCleanMedalist wrote:

It definitely isn't unique to Emma. In other sports, athletes are better at acknowledging that performing at the highest level is difficult and that there are worthy competitors trying to do the same etc. etc. Pro runners tend to be pretty black and white about "I'm the best and if I lose it's because I'm hurt/sick." I think it would be healthy if they could frame it as "I did my best but it's really hard to win." It's especially ridiculous because they don't know their competitors' training. How could you possibly know you're ready to win a major marathon?

Obviously, Emma and others know this. I just don't get why they have to do the false confidence thing every time out.

Bates Mode wrote:

The recaps have started? Pass. There’s no intrigue in her, in these recaps, in someone who finishes 13th. Can we ban the recaps unless you’re top 5?