Sean Brosnan’s “4:20 is not that fast” shirt is stupid

high school xc coach wrote:

it's a stupid thing to say, but look at the attention it has brought. if you are of the mindset that any publicity is good publicity, he wins.

i think people understand setting the bar high. how about saying something like "4:00 minutes is not an impossible time for a high school kid." It's all relative. 5:00 is fast for the majority of high school milers. 4:30 is a dream for almost everybody. 4:20 is knocking on the door of being an elite high schooler. Something between 4:05-4:10 might be considered national class.

why do you have to downgrade the 4:20 kid to set a higher bar for more talented kids? The Sahlman's and YOung's don't need to be told that 4:20 isn't a worthwhile goal in order to put in the work to make them their best selves.

I like Brosnan, but this just isn't a great quote.

LSub 4 wrote:

Sub16-3miler wrote:

I agree that is complete disrespect to like 95% of high school runners. I grinded my ass off for 4 years just to run 4:36. My best friend couldn’t even break 5:30 and put in just as much time and effort as the rest of my high school team. Brosnan seems out of touch with reality. Your average runner isn’t going to be breaking 4:20, complete disrespect to his own runners who can’t run under 4:20 too and work just as hard as the Youngs/Sahlmans but just don’t have the natural talent

And thats why you or your team will never be any good. It's all prospective and 4:20 is not fast for High School.

I'm sorry to say but you're soft.

what a joke smh wrote:

How many high school kids work their butts off to break 4:30 in the mile? And now you’re just diminishing their accomplishment?

Just irks me. Some kids don’t develop until after high school and it shouldn’t be frowned upon. You wanna keep the kids in the sport and hey some special things can happen in college and beyond. Don’t tell them they’re slow in high school.

trundzer wrote:

Looks like he needs to change the text on his shirt now

trundzer wrote:

trundzer wrote:

Looks like he needs to change the text on his shirt now

Will he refund anyone who bought a “4:20 isn’t fast” t-shirt?

Actually, did anyone even buy it?

what a joke smh wrote:

How many high school kids work their butts off to break 4:30 in the mile? And now you’re just diminishing their accomplishment?

Just irks me. Some kids don’t develop until after high school and it shouldn’t be frowned upon. You wanna keep the kids in the sport and hey some special things can happen in college and beyond. Don’t tell them they’re slow in high school.

Found a rumor wrote:

Rumor is a local t-shirt shop has been asked to make a "23:30 is not fast" t-shirts.

Thread:www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?th...

Kinda a loser wrote:

Found a rumor wrote:

Rumor is a local t-shirt shop has been asked to make a "23:30 is not fast" t-shirts.

Thread:www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?th...

Or “5th place is not that bad”

Urban legend? wrote:

coachy wrote:

They already gave out stickers that had the same slogan on it. I am sure the shirts are on the way after all the talk they are getting.

Stickers aren't shirts. And speaking of that, does anyone have any pictures of those stickers, or should we assume that they are just as imaginary as the shirts?

You got to love this strategy. Talk about an imaginary shirt, get everyone all hyped up, see everyone's reaction, and THEN produce the actual product.

Quakers Oats wrote:

harlinsdaler wrote:

Time will tell. Will NB talent phase out in 2-3 years? Or is there a system that will produce consistently for the foreseeable future?

It's not a system, it's a group of kids. Look at the roster beyond the 2023 class and who looks like they even have a hail Mary chance of being close to 9:00? Maybe Doshi? Then who? Unless he recruits a handful of the top tier runners, it's not looking promising. The current group were world beaters as freshman. Both Youngs, both Sahlmans and Cantu were all faster as freshmen than Doshi is as a sophomore. Who looks even remotely capable of 9:00 as seniors? Jonah Sloan, Nathan Porter, Jack Watson or Arnav Shetty? That crew looks to more of the lucky to get close to 9:30 crowd.

Lakeside funk wrote:

There was no shirt. Just a post on Letsrun MB’s

Actually yeah wrote:

Lakeside funk wrote:

There was no shirt. Just a post on Letsrun MB’s

Actually, there is.

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