Bo Jackson Baseball wrote:
I've been on Letsrun since 2002, visit most days for a peruse and follow HS, NCAA, Pro happenings pretty closely and I honestly only recognize 8 of the names between those racers. Maybe I'm slipping or are these just "free shoes+travel/race entry" type athletes?
There are the handful of runners that are well known names in this field, but obviously without Nike runners you’re not going to have many national title contenders. Most of these runners are the types of runners who finish in the 8th-25th range at US championships events. Still getting after it and running respectably but not winning those races to get much recognition. And many of these runners still work regular jobs, about half of them I’d say.