The rule states that a standard manufacturer logo is permitted. So Nnormal doesn't have a singlet/shirt with a small logo?
It looks like she might be wearing the same black NNormal crop top that she used racing this summer. Her hair might be covering the logo in the facebook photo.
The rule states that a standard manufacturer logo is permitted. So Nnormal doesn't have a singlet/shirt with a small logo?
It looks like she might be wearing the same black NNormal crop top that she used racing this summer. Her hair might be covering the logo in the facebook photo.
That's not what she was wearing, that singlet has "NNORMAL" going vertically up the back and what she was wearing did not. Also that logo is not present on the front, you just picked a picture that happens to cover that area. Everyone was wearing their sponsor, Nike, Hoka, Etc. The 4th place male also has no sponsors on his kit because he's unsponsored. She said in her Instagram takeover the other day she was looking forward to repping NNormal at the race, but she wasn't wearing anything from them. Her singlet was not from NNormal, check the finish line video and various images around social media. I don't know if she's sponsored or not, but I do know she wasn't wearing it.
It looks like she might be wearing the same black NNormal crop top that she used racing this summer. Her hair might be covering the logo in the facebook photo.
That's not what she was wearing, that singlet has "NNORMAL" going vertically up the back and what she was wearing did not. Also that logo is not present on the front, you just picked a picture that happens to cover that area. Everyone was wearing their sponsor, Nike, Hoka, Etc. The 4th place male also has no sponsors on his kit because he's unsponsored. She said in her Instagram takeover the other day she was looking forward to repping NNormal at the race, but she wasn't wearing anything from them. Her singlet was not from NNormal, check the finish line video and various images around social media. I don't know if she's sponsored or not, but I do know she wasn't wearing it.
Start at 44:19 for definitive proof she is not wearing the Nnormal singlet.
Not arguing with you, that's why I said "might". And that's picture from facebook (that I got from the race thread) is literally the only picture I've seen. So no, I haven't see other media, and no, I haven't seen the back of the top, and no, I didn't pick the picture because her hair is in that position. So where are all these pictures on social media? I don't pay for live feeds, so I followed the LR thread and watched the 1K splits on the live results.
For those that can't see the link for whatever reason
AllieO wrote:
Race day 🤯
USATF XC Championships Jan 20, 2PM Eastern 📍Pole Green Park; Richmond, Virginia
Excited for another opportunity to represent @nnormal_official and test myself 👏
It doesn't settle anything, if you look above it was already posted that she said she would be repping NNormal:
"She said in her Instagram takeover the other day she was looking forward to repping NNormal at the race, but she wasn't wearing anything from them. Her singlet was not from NNormal, check the finish line video and various images around social media. I don't know if she's sponsored or not, but I do know she wasn't wearing it."
The fact that she said she was still with normal is great, but she still did not wear anything from NNormal. The question is why? Someone said her hair was covering it, which isn't true as you can easily see that hee singlet had no markings, but even if it was, she is the WORST brand ambassador ever. Others try to showcase the people that pay their bills, they would never let their hair cover their sponsor's logo in a victory picture. They put shoes around their neck or do something to highlight them. Also odd that NNormal has an athlete make it to XC worlds and have posted nothing about it. Lots of questions, nothing is settled.
It looks like something under her hair. Maybe they made her tape it up, like what some US runners had to do at World Cross last year. What are the chances she has a black crop top from another brand that looks exactly like the NNormal one she raced in last summer?
Seems odd, they aren’t opposed to wearing the spikes made by nike but when it comes to a singlet they cover up the swoosh?https://www.instagram.com/p/Co5cSDgJ_HD/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=
What if Allie O started this entire thread knowing she felt fit and had a good shot at making it to worlds? She makes this thread, creates some buzz for herself, her channel and her sponsor NNormal, more buzz than if she actually wore the kit.
Of the 6 girls in the picture, 4 has their hair on their left shoulder. Coincidence? Look at how the wind blows the flag.
It does seem your intention is you want her to be fired.
There is no logo behind the hair anyway so chill. There are some who like to argue without even looking at the facts as we know them. Let me recap what we objectively know.
1) She made a video where she was wearing a NNormal sweatshirt at home, but when she did her workout, she wore Nike leggings and a Brooks sweatshirt/fleece. The shoes are irrelevant since she explained that a long time ago.
2) She stated on Instagram that she was looking forward to representing NNormal at USATF XC.
3) While racing, she did not wear anything that said NNormal on it, this includes the singlet and her shorts (and the shoes, but again, that's irrelevant).
4) The video (on demand at Runnerspace) clearly shows that she is not wearing a NNormal singlet, there are multiple views throughout the race where you can see the front and the back.
5) We have no idea what she wore before or after the race, maybe she was decked out in NNormal winter wear.
Those are all facts, what those facts mean is anyone's guess. There is probably an explanation, but apparently no one has asked her. It does seem very odd and my personal guess that I'm sure no one cares about is that her contract is ending and she's not going out of her way to do any more than she has to do. Anything other than that and I too agree that she's not doing a very good job of representing the brand.
Everyone here speculates on who is or is not doping, and it's applauded by the founders, I see no reason why some speculation about the state of an athlete's contract is any different.
Why ignore or downvote the obvious explanation suggested on the previous page? Most likely there was some stupid uniform rule in effect because it was a Worlds selection race, like that Olympic Trials were a selection race. Only one manufacturer logo allowed, front side only, size limits (height, square cm limits), also size limits for registered clubs unless your club was grandfathered in in 1980, etc. We've seen that kind of thing before with officials asking people to cover up logos at many races in the past. It's likely NNormal doesn't have a compliant kit. Look at what she wore in races last year.
The funny thing is Allie O got destroyed in mountain running by a 23year old American Nordic Skier Sophia Laukli who runs like 20 miles a week and didn’t run competitively until last year.
That's not really that funny - SkiMo athletes generally tend to make world class mountain runners with almost the same/ if not better conversion than track runners etc do. No shame in that - 20mpw alongside full ski mo training is probably a hell of a lot more specific for mountain running than banging out track and threshold runs
Look at the top mountain runners in the world and a lot of them are doing SkiMo throughout the winter.
That's not really that funny - SkiMo athletes generally tend to make world class mountain runners with almost the same/ if not better conversion than track runners etc do. No shame in that - 20mpw alongside full ski mo training is probably a hell of a lot more specific for mountain running than banging out track and threshold runs
Look at the top mountain runners in the world and a lot of them are doing SkiMo throughout the winter.
Yeah but Sophia Laukli isn’t a Skimo skier. She is a Team USA Nordic Skier. Her strata says she ran 845 miles last year total. You can add her to the Parker Valby list of evidence that to be a great runner it’s not just about miles per week, it’s about volume of conditioning. You don’t have to run massive miles per week to be great.
Why ignore or downvote the obvious explanation suggested on the previous page? Most likely there was some stupid uniform rule in effect because it was a Worlds selection race, like that Olympic Trials were a selection race. Only one manufacturer logo allowed, front side only, size limits (height, square cm limits), also size limits for registered clubs unless your club was grandfathered in in 1980, etc. We've seen that kind of thing before with officials asking people to cover up logos at many races in the past. It's likely NNormal doesn't have a compliant kit. Look at what she wore in races last year.
This could be the case. Also Allie posted a video of her finish from the race on Insta last night and tagged Nnormal in it. I get that the YouTube influencer thing bothers some people and the 4 month ban is not the best look but clearly some people here have a weird ax to grind against her to keep insisting (hoping?) she was dropped by her sponsor despite evidence to the contrary.
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