Who hired Coleen Quigley and Alexi Pappas to commentate this "XC Champs"?

now I am so glad I didn't spend the money to watch this

first the announce how this was going to feature some of the best clubs going head to head like Bowerman being there (deep down I knew since it was not a team time trial they were not going to show). So this is pretty much a JV race.

and those 2 as commentators that would be painful

Am I the only one that thinks Alexi Pappas milks this sport for all it will give her? There hasn't been a shill like this since Katherine Switzer. Bravey?? BS Should have been titled "Gravy$$$"

Beantown Bob wrote:

Am I the only one that thinks Alexi Pappas milks this sport for all it will give her? There hasn't been a shill like this since Katherine Switzer. Bravey?? BS Should have been titled "Gravy$$$"

I'm not into trashing women on here. But in this case I have to agree. Why did she run a marathon last month in 3:19 just to participate and post a billion pictures on her instagram as though she got runner up in Chicago...

I can't stand running influencers, and it feels like Alexi is choosing that direction now. If you wanna run a marathon to participate do it! But you shouldn't get paid and sponsored for it.

inovnar wrote:

Beantown Bob wrote:

Am I the only one that thinks Alexi Pappas milks this sport for all it will give her? There hasn't been a shill like this since Katherine Switzer. Bravey?? BS Should have been titled "Gravy$$$"

I'm not into trashing women on here.

Why. Is it because you're a sexist who believe women should get special treatment? Everyone should get trashed on Letsrun, regardless of sex, race, or nationality.

Gravy 😂😂

inovnar wrote:

Beantown Bob wrote:

Am I the only one that thinks Alexi Pappas milks this sport for all it will give her? There hasn't been a shill like this since Katherine Switzer. Bravey?? BS Should have been titled "Gravy$$$"

I'm not into trashing women on here. But in this case I have to agree. Why did she run a marathon last month in 3:19 just to participate and post a billion pictures on her instagram as though she got runner up in Chicago...

I can't stand running influencers, and it feels like Alexi is choosing that direction now. If you wanna run a marathon to participate do it! But you shouldn't get paid and sponsored for it.

Why not? Are we not in the United States? Free enterprise and all that?

Beantown Bob wrote:

Am I the only one that thinks Alexi Pappas milks this sport for all it will give her? There hasn't been a shill like this since Katherine Switzer. Bravey?? BS Should have been titled "Gravy$$$"

huh..I'm not Alexi fan but isn't that what people are supposed to do? Not make any money just to appease the trolls of LetsRun? Get real dude. I am sure, if you have a career, you try to maximize the $$ too.

GTFO

Not a fan of either of them.

OozmaKappa wrote:

inovnar wrote:

I'm not into trashing women on here.

Why. Is it because you're a sexist who believe women should get special treatment? Everyone should get trashed on Letsrun, regardless of sex, race, or nationality.

people to say stuff like this usually hit their wives/ girlfriends. You are garbage.

BTW- No one is buying the "i'm a real feminist because I think it's okay to beat women

Hugh Hefner?

Coverage was outstanding, but, these two were the lowlights of an otherwise extremely well produced event.

I hope being in L.A. Pappas and Quigley got paid Hollywood Union Rate rather than Mt Sac fanboi rate (In-N-Out-Burger, no French Frys available, and a T-Shirt).

Beantown Bob wrote:

Am I the only one that thinks Alexi Pappas milks this sport for all it will give her? There hasn't been a shill like this since Katherine Switzer. Bravey?? BS Should have been titled "Gravy$$$"

No, everyone agrees with you. And from someone that has actually dealt with mental health issues, alexi pappas is an absolute disgrace. Her struggles are laughable. Anything for money though

Disappointed Gabriel Geay fan wrote:

Coverage was outstanding, but, these two were the lowlights of an otherwise extremely well produced event.

I think they should of reached out to Carrie Tollefson who did a good job with NCAAs or the girl that did the Michigan Ekiden both of them were good and not annoying. I also like Kara Goucher as an announcer.

Colleen Quigley has been added to my NOWAY list along with Leah Falkland and Des Linden. All 3 of them were unlistenable.

inovnar wrote:

Beantown Bob wrote:

Am I the only one that thinks Alexi Pappas milks this sport for all it will give her? There hasn't been a shill like this since Katherine Switzer. Bravey?? BS Should have been titled "Gravy$$$"

I'm not into trashing women on here. But in this case I have to agree. Why did she run a marathon last month in 3:19 just to participate and post a billion pictures on her instagram as though she got runner up in Chicago...

I can't stand running influencers, and it feels like Alexi is choosing that direction now. If you wanna run a marathon to participate do it! But you shouldn't get paid and sponsored for it.

well if she is indeed an "influencer" why wouldn't sponsors want to pay her for increasing their sales? I can tell ya, from being a runner in HS, College, and a bit after, Alexi is your standard sub elite club runner. I would bet that anyone on here would say that every team they have been on has had multiple "Alexies" on their team. There are many like her, so there are many who will want to buy what brands she represents.

briswiss wrote:

Beantown Bob wrote:

Am I the only one that thinks Alexi Pappas milks this sport for all it will give her? There hasn't been a shill like this since Katherine Switzer. Bravey?? BS Should have been titled "Gravy$$$"

No, everyone agrees with you. And from someone that has actually dealt with mental health issues, alexi pappas is an absolute disgrace. Her struggles are laughable. Anything for money though

Her mom committed suicide when she was a kid. I wouldn’t call that a ‘laughable struggle’.

kids play out front wrote:

now I am so glad I didn't spend the money to watch this

first the announce how this was going to feature some of the best clubs going head to head like Bowerman being there (deep down I knew since it was not a team time trial they were not going to show). So this is pretty much a JV race.

and those 2 as commentators that would be painful

Please link where it said anywhere that Bowerman was going to be there. Are you sure you’re not thinking of the Michigan Ekiden?

While Alexi and Colleen might be terrible choices for the letsrun community, maybe there were multitudes of fans who tuned in because of these two? Don't get me wrong, I as annoyed as the rest of you, but I'm a greying male Gen. X runner who was likely not the target audience. Maybe the choice we perfect for who was tuning in? (As much as it bothers me to say that)

It's hilarious that Alexi and Colleen are in many ways model entrepreneurs who have built better businesses than 99.99% of people on Letsrun. Then they get ripped by the vehemently anti-left folks on here as a bunch of woke liberals who need to shut up and get off their lawn.

I don't like their content either but these women have built brands around themselves and made $$$ in a way that this same group of people would praise if it were done in any other context.