BOWERMAN TC 5K Team Time Trial - Tuesday, June 30 at Portland’s Jesuit HS

Sierra Nevada wrote:

hot day in pdx wrote:

Jesuit had a 100% no photo\video rule as a condition of them doing this.

This statement is correct.

For those few that keep posting negative self centered comments - think.

Do you not think, if it were possible to stream live that Nike would not have taken the opportunity to do so?

Yes the same Nike that is the worlds most recognizable sports brand for a multitude of reasons - one of which is their marketing savvy.

Just relax could you, give benefit of doubt that several Nike minds are better than yours and then perhaps realize there were reasons for how this was done.

Hell. Mt Sac, the World's Most Famous Track and Field Facility has a video meet on July 9. But even though ONT is only 10 minutes from Mt Sac, and ONT has two Jumbo Jet runways long enough for flights bound across the Pacific and Atlantic, you don't want to fly to ONT is this pandemic and catch CV. Damn. No Fly Zone.

Don't beat your head against the wall. If I have learned anything on LRC, it is that runners and track fans are NOT a special breed. They may be skinnier but, they are the same entitled louts as the rabid goofball football or baseball fan that calls the local sports radio station to sputter their hot uninformed takes about what is wrong with the local team. Most of the comments on this thread seem to be one guy with multiple handles screaming about how he is supposed to be catered do or the sport will die.

Real world be damned! I don't care what the venue owner wants or the team sponsor says. I want my bread and circuses right know or I'll stomp my feet...or hold my breath...or not buy any Vaporflys...or, you'll see!!! If BTC and Jesuit allowed this to be livestreamed on Flotrack or Runner's Space, the same dude would be whining about paywalls or bad announcing or lack of 4K HD video or this not being in primetime pre-empting "The Bachelor" as proof of "killing the sport".

Maybe "Endurance Karen" should call Nike this morning and demand to speak with Jerry Schumacher's manager?

How about the times they ran! Really great to hear that. My guess is there will be video of the races at a later date to have complied with stipulations from the venue.

Huge confidence boosters for the BTC athletes. All have their stories, situations, desires and goals that they work hard to achieve. They represent many of the top USA distance athletes and I am so excited as a fan of the sport for these guys and gals and their future

Their coach and coaches are doing them right. Way to go BTC athletes!

Sierra Nevada wrote:

My guess is there will be video of the races at a later date to have complied with stipulations from the venue.

Nope. According to all the people on this thread that have been in contact with the school, video recording of any kind was not allowed at all as a condition to run the races. So we will not ever see video of this. Sorry :'-(

This is not true. BTC athletes have said video will be up later

When will Nike cut Gwens contract?

This meet wasn't a " last minute " event . Lets Run published a notice of this upcoming event nearly a week ago then it disappeared .

cheesewiz wrote:

This is not true. BTC athletes have said video will be up later

But all the people in this thread that have contacted the school have said that taking video of the races was not allowed as a condition for allowing the races to be run at the school. There have been several people in this thread that have insulted everyone asking for video. It is obvious that they are in the know because they contacted people at the school and were given the information. They surely would not make up lies.

Live streaming was not allowed. Recording was.

I hope you are smarter than the poster who couldn’t understand the difference.

Do you trust random people on the internet telling you there won’t be video? Or do you trust the athletes running the races telling you there will be video?

younger man wrote:

They can't release it later if they can't stream it.

Easily the dumbest statement I've read all week.

Sorry, but that's inexcusable wrote:

Downer it goes wrote:

Won't be able to stream it? Why? Instagram seems to be their favorite form of social media.

Inexcusable that in 2020 they can't find a way to stream it live. Just completely inexcusable.

It's 2020 , not 2040 clown ?

Sorry, but that's inexcusable wrote:

txRUNNERgirl wrote:

Just using a little common sense here, but if the venue wants to limit the number of people there, livestreaming might not be the safest option. Also, they haven't set the time and/or won't announce that information for the same reason.

It only takes one person with a phone to do a livestream. There is absolutely nothing unsafe about it. Sorry but there is just no excusing that. It's inexcusable.

Let it go. They specifically do not want people of your ilk there . or your friends .

vigilante wrote:

Sorry, but that's inexcusable wrote:

Yes it is, actually. It's the perfect opportunity to build viewership, or at least serve people who are already fans.

You need to remove “serve” from your vocabulary. Are people really this entitled now, or is this turd an outlier?

The poster is clearly trolling. don't respond and the poster goes away. the posts should be pulled to clean up the thread.

Oh please. If they wanted to film it they could have found a way to film it, and if Jesuit would not allow filming, find another track. I live in a small town, and there are two tracks here, I'm sure there are plenty of other tracks BTC could have used that are within driving distance. Heck, you have high school kids live streaming time trials.

You cannot argue with BTC's running results, but you can argue with their lack of creativity when it comes to engaging with fans and promoting races. No one ever knows their racing schedule, and then they just show up at some small meet (BU Last Chance) and do an intra squad meet, or hold an unadvertised time trial. If competitive track is ever going to grow beyond a niche sport, its stars need to start interacting with fans on a legitimate basis including what their race schedule is and increasing access to viewing those races in real time and after competition streaming. There's a lot of money out there in the running market, and if athletes want more financial parity, groups like BTC, Brooks Beasts, HOKA NAZ Elite, BAA, NB Boston, Team Boss, Reebok Boston, Hansons, etc. need to start increasing their brand awareness.

How about the RACE? Some really impressive stuff

McGorty makes a big jump into the Pro world with a competitive 5000m PR and jumps to 19th all time for USA.

Cranny and McGorty will become running’s new power couple.

Dunder The Covers wrote:

How about the RACE? Some really impressive stuff

McGorty makes a big jump into the Pro world with a competitive 5000m PR and jumps to 19th all time for USA.

Fisher too. 18 second PR. Shows what both McGorty, Fisher and Cranny can do when focused trading and sleep are their study versus a heavy load of classes at Stanford.

As well, their college coach (Miltenberg) didn’t drill them for results like some other college coaches would have been tempted to do.

Awesome result for all the BTC team and coaches

Bunch of morons on here. Quigley said that Patrick (Gwen's husband) would be recording and it will go up on YouTube. Everybody is just over this pandemic and has been for a while so clearly the idiocy and entitlement we are seeing in the US has fully bled out onto the boards.