In a short time she's had a great career even if she accomplishes nothing else - NCAA runner up and champion. And she's a publicists dream - willing to talk, transparent and a bit off the beaten track (so to speak). I think she has a trusting nature - and that is attractive as well as a bit worrisome.
Parker, my guess is the hamstring issue is an overuse injury from your either the pool work (if lateral, closer to the back of the knee), or perhaps a compartment pressure or nerve stretch injury from the ARC trainer. Mobilizing the nerve should help but you need to mix up your cross training.
Jesus people. The government is t calling you on your phone and having you send them Cash app payments in chunks. I can't believe any idiot under 60 falls for this stuff.
John Bridge was right about a fool and their money.
It is an old scam. A few years back they would call saying they were from social security or some other agency. They would already have certain info, like portions of your social security number. They would tell you they needed to verify your bank number and account information, and people would give it to them. I never heard of the scam taking seven hours. Anyway, no government agency will call you and and ask for vital private information.
I almost exclusively use my cellphone and I have a simple policy- if I don’t recognize the number I don't answer the call. If the caller turns out to be legit they'll generally leave a VM, although some scammers will also. But the scammers are easy to spot in the VM.
As for emails I hover over the address from where the email was sent. That’s not foolproof as really top notch scammers might even be able to spoof addresses. But I trust my instincts and I check with the real organization to see if they contacted me. Texts can sometimes be trickier. There I just delete it if I'm not absolutely certain about it. Only one time did I receive a follow up phone call from a number I recognized where they said they had texted me. But they texted me from another number that I didn't have in my contacts.
Pop the email jeaders 8nto an analysis tool and look for a dkim pass. No financial 8ntitution worth dealing with will not be signing emails and enforcing delivery with a dmarc record.
I'm more interested to see what the scam was. I get that NIL pays athletes a lot, but what college student has $20k laying around and falls for such a scam?
I only received a small allowance per year, and only the very richest students at my college (typically foreign royalty or similar) received allowances of greater than $50k per year.
I guess you know ALL college students finances in the country? You don't know anyone's situation so don't make generalizations.
I know a person in her mid-20s who is very smart (but naive) who got scammed. They told her she would never be allowed to see her family again if she didn't follow instructions. They basically had her brainwashed for 3 weeks while she gave them access to all her available sources of money until a friend broke her out of the brainwashing.
My point is that scamming is a terrible thing and no indicator of intelligence or value as a person. I only feel sadness for Parker and impressed that she bounced back from this so well.
Sorry, but anybody who falls for that sort of a scam is just plain dumb.
If you don't believe that she will go far in life, you are not being honest with yourself. She is likeable and is better looking than anyone in the real world.
It’s kinda wild you’re getting downvoted. Of course someone with Olympic level athletic talent, who could model if they wanted to, and comes from a wealthy socioeconomic background will do well in life
It's baffling sometimes why runners in Valby's situation don't just...leave the sport?
I suppose I'm just surprised that we have to watch so many elite collegians flame out in the pros. It's as if the path for earning a degree and maybe a title or two (IF YOURE LUCKY) and into an easier, safer, more lax life is just simply non-existent.
And this is in no sense meant as a dig. The vast majority of all collegiate athletes in other sports simply do walk away, even the best of the best.
Go watch Philly Bowden, TAS. Go listen to Morgan McDonald. These people are living miserable lives trying to cling on to a running career that just simply is not there anymore.
The fact that TAS has had a better post-collegiate career than McDonald and Bowden is hard to grasp. However, he has finally started embracing the fact that he doesn't have the wheels he used to and is instead keeping things light.
Morgan ran 13:13 and ran at the Olympics after college, Spencer is running croc miles and doing pacer tests.
I can't believe people are having an argument about the abilities of various running YouTubers, and nobody has mentioned the greatest of all time, 22-mile trail running world record holder Seth DeMoor! I mean he made a go of it for 7 years with a growing family, if Brown or Bowden want to do the same in their 20s, travel around, run and do the best they can, let them. That said, I did watch Brown run the C heat of the Stumptown 800m over the weekend. That was almost as ugly as my last 800! Took the lead through 400m then got passed by everyone to finish last in 1:54. Spencer you ought to give up the mid distance stuff and stick your nose in a 10k, or better yet run cross country this fall and a marathon in the Spring. They said they have a local XC series in Portland on the broadcast. Run that!
Not to take away from anyone who enjoyed this podcast, but I personally didn’t like the way the pod host conducted the “conversation”, as he called it. Felt like he was trying to be friends with Parker instead of doing his job, which was interviewing her. Not that he can’t be friendly, but the tone was a little cringey, like he was trying to be overly friendly, and there was very little actual digging into interesting storylines. As soon as Parker made a slight inclination of resistance to talking about her situation with her new coach, he changed subjects and never brought it up again. Like, you won’t at least ask if there’s anything going on there?
Several times the host expressed negative opinions about the way certain “media” groups conduct themselves in the sport, as if he somehow does it better. The funny part was he contradicted his own opinions on this. E.g. he complained the media always brings up Katelyn when interviewing Parker—then proceeded to do exactly that in his interviewing. Also told Parker he doesn’t believe the “mix zone” is a healthy media practice and didn’t partake in it at NCAAs despite having credentials—then Parker told him he should use it next time and he was basically like “oh yeah I definitely should!” Just felt like he was sucking up to her so bad.
there is absolutely nothing wrong with a plain old interview. You’re not reinventing the wheel by sucking up to your interviewee— you’re just not getting the most out of your interview. Believe it or not, we listen to these podcast types because we want to hear answers to interesting, deep, and sometimes challenging questions. There is always from for friendliness, but professionalism is the other side of the coin in this field. Do not neglect it in the hopes it might earn you points with Parker Valby.
This thread sucks. I'd rather hear everyone's opinions about her season and struggles with new coaching this year but you all are repeating the same dumb crap about her getting scammed. Someone be interesting!
PS - I didn't add anything of substance to this thread lol.
While sampling the comments here I kept thinking...why didn't she make a separate call to her parents during the 7 hours? Then after listening to the podcast the details were far more bizarre and Parker far more gullible than this thread led me to believe.
The scammers actually convinced her to take an oath of secrecy. She went to a Walmart to send the money. The scammers were on the phone with her the entire time. The Walmart cashier was concerned about the transactions and said he wanted to make sure she wasn't being scammed. Parker waved him off, saying don't worry this is money for a friend.
The scam artists had her scan bar codes to send the money. Parker later realized those bar codes looked totally unprofessional. But in the moment she was so convinced she drove 40 minutes to a different Walmart to send the rest of the money.
I'm trying to imagine the thread here, if Katelyn Tuohy had done this.
Once she spoke to her parents and realized she had been conned, Parker noticed that her phone tried to tell her from the outset. It said, "Potential Spam."
I listened to 15 minutes of this podcast…I ended it where this running effect host was telling valby he had a press credential for ncaas at Austin but was too cool for the mix zone because all the professional reports do is ask the same old questions…he’s too cool for that…he’d ask different questions (if he were there)…guess he knows the “right” questions to ask
he then proceeds to ask Valby what the most annoying questions she’s been asked are…really separated himself from the pack there…lol
Yes this was the first of this podcast I listen to and thought the exact same thing
I was a minute into a scam call once before I realized what it was. I'm a pretty good judge on these things but when you're just not expecting it at all, it can really be believable. In hindsight of course it was obvious with them asking for my personal info, but at the time I just didn't see it.
Jesus people. The government is t calling you on your phone and having you send them Cash app payments in chunks. I can't believe any idiot under 60 falls for this stuff.
John Bridge was right about a fool and their money.
seriously. if you think someone from the IRS or any government agency is having you send CASHAPP payments in $500 increments...well, you might actually deserve it if you have that much disposable income and fall for this
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