BREAKING: GWEN JORGENSON LEAVES BTC

Wanted to see her crush some long course triathlon but when you're a gold medalist at short course I guess you can feel good about what you did on the triathlon scene. Best to luck to her in the marathon. She can definitely run faster there.

She has an authentic Wisconsin accent.

burritogate wrote:

Uh go away wrote:

She is attention needy

She was fired from BTC

She is not an elite runner, sorry

For some reason, you almost never see Nick Symmonds described this way on the boards. The guy was booted from Nike, pivoted to product marketing partnerships and social media savvy to stay in the game. Yet, he’s considered a great “entrepreneur” while any woman who follows the same path is said to be “attention needy.”

Interesting double standard.

Seriously? Symmonds gets ROASTED on these boards...all the time.

Thank you for the feedback! wrote:

burritogate wrote:

For some reason, you almost never see Nick Symmonds described this way on the boards. The guy was booted from Nike, pivoted to product marketing partnerships and social media savvy to stay in the game. Yet, he’s considered a great “entrepreneur” while any woman who follows the same path is said to be “attention needy.”

Interesting double standard.

Seriously? Symmonds gets ROASTED on these boards...all the time.

+1

I'd recommend returning to the Tri, because she was one of the all-time greats, whereas she hasn't got the 5000m speed or the endurance chops for track or the marathon.

She has a faster 5k PR than Jordan Hasay.

Shelby sunk the ship and now the rats are jumping ship.

Thank you for the feedback! wrote:

burritogate wrote:

For some reason, you almost never see Nick Symmonds described this way on the boards. The guy was booted from Nike, pivoted to product marketing partnerships and social media savvy to stay in the game. Yet, he’s considered a great “entrepreneur” while any woman who follows the same path is said to be “attention needy.”

Interesting double standard.

Seriously? Symmonds gets ROASTED on these boards...all the time.

Symmonds won a US Champs after leaving Nike and continued competing under another shoe deal. And while yes Symmonds gets roasted all the time here (and he retired how long ago?), his videos get a million views for a reason and it’s not because he’s a man. Gwen is boring as hell. I’m a woman and can only take so many posts about a menstrual cup and so many videos of her sitting next to her equally boring husband with snippets of her running circles with faster BTC ladies. (And the kid is no longer that cute). Spice up the content and I’m here for it. But right now there are many other sub elite runners/fitness influencers that are way more entertaining.

AsbelKiprop wrote:

feeling pretty tough behind that keyboard, aren't we?

At least as tough as any anonymous little a-hole whose chief accomplishment in life is clicking on the Post Reply button.

I love Gwen and her free spirit. Never gives in to peer pressure or critics to follow her dreams. Her motto should be "I'll do whatever the f#ck I want to do".

What does Bobby McGee know about marathon training that Jerry does not?

igotoneforyou wrote:

Thank you for the feedback! wrote:

Seriously? Symmonds gets ROASTED on these boards...all the time.

+1

+1

Totally out of touch comment. Symmonds is/was one of the most trashed runners of all time on this site for being an "entrepreneur."

She never lived up to the hype

Coming off her Gold Medal in Rio, she ran a very respectable NYC marathon. I don't think she accepts that the multi-sport training made her a stronger runner.

parkerjohn wrote:

What does Bobby McGee know about marathon training that Jerry does not?

Bobby McGee knows how to get the most out of Gwen the athlete better than Jerry ever will. This is the only thing that counts.

@TheRunningEffect wrote:

Best of luck to her in her next endeavours.

https://youtu.be/bq4z7A6TuEw

Discuss.

Honestly, who cares? She has done absolutely nothing in running, yet received the support of someone who should have. So tired of this obnoxious privileged yuppie getting all the headlines. Move on..

MartyD wrote:

Coming off her Gold Medal in Rio, she ran a very respectable NYC marathon. I don't think she accepts that the multi-sport training made her a stronger runner.

2:41 is not "respectable."

I think it's funny that people think she has this big following on social media and then I see a nobody, like the daughter of one of the owners of the Bucks, with more IG followers.

She took the risk of leaving Tri and it didn't work. She just physically looked famished all the time rather than dominant.

who cares?

Seriously, who really cares?