A 2:08 American is running New York and he's still unsponsored.... Q&A with Scott Fauble

I think you're missing the point. 2:12 and 5th doesn't necessarily mean the field is weak; could be a harder than usual course. Fauble's point struck me, quite obviously, as saying that he cares less about time than he does about being a great racer, and he'd take a great race outcome on a slow course over a faster PR.

already a thread of this video. on this same page.

i don't know any other messageboards where the owner or administrator seems to go out of their way so often to step on other people's posts

This is abundantly obvious to me, too. It certainly seems that Fauble feels disdain or at least is indifferent to fans who care solely or primarily about times. Which I actually appreciate.

As for him being unsponsored and slower guys being sponsored, it clearly comes down to him being unsponsorable. Prior to this Citius feature coming basically on the eve of NYCM, what content has he put out or been featured in that connects significantly with fans of the sport? Stinson is regarded as a clown around here anymore yet who has the receipts for trotting out a dog-and-pony routine?

2:08 was a thing at NYC over 40 years ago, and the course was tougher then.

Heck, Rodgers ran 2:10 low in 76 and it was basically an XC course with people and bikes in the way all over the place.

Super shoes, advanced nutrition, training knowledge, and we're crossing our fingers an American will run 2:08.

There is a thread about him running 12 miles. I didn't realize he also answered questions while running. I was interested in a different written Q&A as it's much quicker to get through and started a thread on it.

If you want to spend 30 minutes of your life, you can watch that here:

And here is the other thread if you haven't seen it.

Met him a few times and he seems pleasant enough, but I hear many stories of him rubbing people (and sponsors??) the wrong way. Plus I don't think sponsors appreciate his constant dropping of "f" bombs on his social media sites.

Just my take.

Him be unsponsored is him asking for more money than the company feels he is worth. I am sure Nike would give him 5k and some gear. If he wants say 50k, they might go definitely not worth it... Same story for pretty much everyone who is unsponsored or dropped.

Thats actually sickening, a 2:08 marathoner is an absolutely elite athlete.

May i ask why doesnt he try and ran a crazy fast 10k by going all out from the start?

When i was a miler i could always put insane 400m sprints when i needed $$

What is up with his running form in that video?

Is it really in a world where Kipchoge exists? 2:08 is a mile behind

Seriously, this makes me question if running form even matter. That would put him in bottom 3 running forms in my running group lol.

30’ means how many beers?

It still is, a 2:08 marathoner is putting insane 10k and HM times, i dont understamd why nobody would sponsor him.

If he is thick headed and refuses to run anything except Marathon then i kimda could understand him not being "good enough" but from a broader picture that is one crazy good runner

This form tells me that he runs purely on his strength, no form at all. Maybe he is injured or in pain but i cannot see him running 2:08 with that form, its not possible.

Scott Fauble has a best of 2:09:42 on a LEGAL course. He finished as 4th American in that performance.
Good but there are several Americans ahead of him right now.

He's unsponsored. There's more money for fifth than ninth. But even if that's not an issue there are some of us more impressed with place than with time.

Having met him once, he's pretty into himself. For this reason, I can understand why sponsors would not want to support him or have him represent their brand.

He's also not relatively fast on flat courses and shorter distances compared to other elites, which probably limits his appeal.

He's obviously talking about 5th or 9th in the same field. 9th would be getting beat by four additional guys in addition to the same 4 guys in front of a 5th place. Weather or just slow placing can affect times, but your pecking order in any particular field will always be determined in a race.