Says some who had never raced in Europe. Being a tourist and being a professional runner are very different. Its bad enough living out of a suitcase going from airport to airport and train depot to train depot. Hotels, delays, food, varying accommodations etc. Now add kids to complicate things even more? What a fetid imagination you have. Just great. Just effing great. It ain't no National Lampoon European Vacation. Its a job. Its a profession. Its a very difficult way to make a living.
Culpepper seems like a grounded guy to me. He was a professional runner by any measure. He understands the business more than you do.
Guys like Kennedy, Dobert, Croghan, Williams, et al seem to have figured out a workable solution.
Says some who had never raced in Europe. Being a tourist and being a professional runner are very different. Its bad enough living out of a suitcase going from airport to airport and train depot to train depot. Hotels, delays, food, varying accommodations etc. Now add kids to complicate things even more? What a fetid imagination you have. Just great. Just effing great. It ain't no National Lampoon European Vacation. Its a job. Its a profession. Its a very difficult way to make a living.
Culpepper seems like a grounded guy to me. He was a professional runner by any measure. He understands the business more than you do.
Guys like Kennedy, Dobert, Croghan, Williams, et al seem to have figured out a workable solution.
Besides being a good coach, Culpepper is going to need to be a great salesman. Recruiting top post collegiate athletes that have run fast in the super shoes , to come train and race in the sub par Hoka models will be a tough sell. If you ran 27:45 in college and can’t get near that because you chose a Hoka deal is going to be a kick in the teeth. Scott Fauble is a clear example. What would he had run in years past had he not been with Hoka ?
Trying to make this thread into a Nike commercial? Several posts tried to, and the discussion went back to NAZ and Culpepper. Nice try, I guess. You can always buy ad space. That can't cost much more than the army who's job it is to scour the LRC MB.