Yes, Alexi Pappas is now update.

Who?

Culturally inappropriate according to Stanford.

Brave - This term perpetuates the stereotype of the "noble courageous savage," equating the
Indigenous male as being less than a man.

I'm not going to give this website a click for that article, but I'm guessing the word Olympics was used a lot

"At a time when the definition of what it means to be a professional runner seems to be shifting from a performance-centric model towards what might be described as personality-based marketing, Pappas represents the epitome of the new ideal."

Sigh. Not sure if "ideal" is the word I'd use.

She is the most interesting person in the world.

Her passport requires no photograph
When she drives a car off the lot, its price increases in value
She once went to the psychic, to warn her
Wonderwoman has pijamas with her logo
The circus ran away to join her
Bear hugs are what she gives bears
She has never waited 15 minutes after finishing a meal before returning to the pool
She can kill two stones with one bird
When a tree falls in a forest and no one is there, she hears it
She once got pulled over for speeding, and the cop got the ticket
The dark is afraid of her
Sharks have a week dedicated to her
Her ten gallon hat holds twenty gallons
She once made a weeping willow laugh
She bowls overhand
In museums, she is allowed to touch the art
She talks about the fight club
She once won the Tour-de-France, but was disqualified for riding a unicycle
A bird in her hand is worth three in the bush
The Holy Grail is looking for her
She once started a fire using only dental floss and water
Bigfoot tries to get pictures of her
She once turned a vampire into a vegetarian
She once won the world series of poker using UNO cards
She never wears a watch because time is always on her side
She has taught old dogs a variety of new tricks
She is the life of parties that she has never attended
Freemasons strive to learn her secret handshake
If she was to pat you on the back, you would list it on your resume
She is considered a national treasure in countries she never visited
Cars look both ways for her, before driving down a street
She can speak Russian in French
Her tears can cure cancer, too bad she never cries
She once brought a knife to a gunfight just to even the odds
When she meets the Pope, the Pope kisses her ring
If she were to visit the dark side of the moon, it wouldn't be dark
She once won a staring contest with her own reflection
Her signature won a Pulitzer
She lives vicariously through herself
Roses stop to smell her
She has won the lifetime achievement award twice
She once had an awkward moment, just to see how it feels
Mosquitoes refuse to bite her purely out of respect
Panhandlers give her money
When she goes to Spain, she chases the bulls
Her shadow has been on the 'best dressed' list twice
Two countries went to war to dispute HER nationality
When in Rome, they do as SHE does
Presidents take her birthday off
Her business card simply says "I'll call you."

She is the most interesting person in the world.

The question is, why are you posting it? Who cares?

People who need attention like that, to make money and say look at me, are basically insecure...and trust me, she knows it.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ & Attention

The fact that she pisses off so many men on this site makes me a huge fan of this woman. Quirky? Yes. Annoying? Sure. Living her dreams? Absolutely! Raising the blood pressure and cortisol levels of frustrated males that wish that they could make a living from running and running adjacent activities? Oh, lord does she do this with style!

really happy for her

Hi Alexi! Sorry your training isn't going so well lately. Maybe you should find a different coach, running 100k off 30mpw sounds like a great way to get injured.

I totally agree. I love this woman! To quote her from the article: "I celebrate anybody who knows what they want and is going towards their North Star without trying to limit anybody else in whatever their pursuit is." Seems some people on this thread might consider trying not to limit anybody else in whatever their pursuit is, though I imagine that would be quite a stretch.

I doubt Alexa will ever provoke the amount of derangement you have for Seth Demoor. Have you analyzed today's video yet?

I've heard her in a few podcasts and thought she was intelligent and interesting. I definitely found her interviews superior to most of the boring nonsense you hear from most track athletes in interviews.

Whenever Alexi gets brought up here, it seems that she attracts so much derision partially because people assume she's pursuing the things she is simply for attention. Posters here act like she must be intentionally thinking up unusual things to do simply to attract attention or social media clicks or something.

I was at Dartmouth at the same time as Alexi, and I don't find that portrayal of her to be accurate. If you went to a small or medium sized college, you probably remember those "campus personality/celebrity" types who always seemed to know so many people and be involved in so many things. I remember seeing pictures of Alexi in her track uniform, but I also remember watching her perform with an improv comedy troupe in a frat house, walking past posters for her honors thesis presentation in the English department, and seeing her out at parties with her sorority sisters. She was bopping amongst various athletic and creative pursuits before Instagram existed, before she showed any potential for being a professional track athlete, and before she or her husband had any sort of funding to get their filmmaking goals off the ground. Isn't it easier to believe that she actually does enjoy trying all this stuff, than to believe she's been putting on some quirky façade since she was a college freshman over a decade ago?

I'm not saying you have to like her or want to follow her, and I know she does have professional management/representation now. I just think she naturally is a zany, artsy type who would be pursuing most of the same things whether or not she were getting any attention or notoriety for it. Thinking that someone would only pursue her kind of interests or dress and act in the ways she does kind of tells on the posters here as being pretty boring people without a particularly interesting or diverse social circle.

Yet Seth DeMoor is doing the exact same thing - irritates you while making a living from running and running adjacent activities i.e., social media, while living his dreams. Why does Seth get to you but you are a huge fan of Alexi? Oh wait. I get it, you are also a "frustrated male", but in your case it's not being able to get a guy like Seth that raises your "blood pressure and cortisol levels". So you are like a gay incel? That makes a lot of sense now.

LOL! Apparently you don't know the meaning of "pisses off" too well. I don't think any of the posters are pissed off, but if that makes you feel all tingly inside posting it, then you and your partner should have a fun night tonight.

O. M. G!!! I have my very own haters! OK, it might only be a single hater. Maybe a handful of high school boys? (I can tell from their writing skills...shhhhh.) In any event, I am so blessed to have a cost-free timeshare in the minds of little misogynists and DGR stans. Soooo exciting! Look at the insults right there, right there, right there! I'm an incel with high blood pressure without social media presence running related...and a gay one at that! Who knew? It DOES make me all tingly inside to know that y'all get so hot and bothered by this alleged queen's musings. Just so you know, I'm never celibate and I am always looking to work it hard when I find a beauty. Will we love each other? Maybe. But a one-night stand works too, darlings!

Anyhoooo, keep on doing what you do Ms. Pappas! Olympian, author, screenwriter, producer, actress and totally fierce! YASSSSSS!

Lil' Sethastanis - I'll see you after tomorrow's video drop as you just know that I'll have something to say about it. Air kisses!

The bolded section is performing a heavier lift in your post than Atlas did in old Greek mythology.

Well put, I definitely agree. It's pathetic that the same dork recycles the same "most interesting person" attempted joke in every thread about her, because in fact she's actually more varied and interesting than pretty much all of her peers. That's why media likes her, and not just social media. It would be cool to have a teammate or next door neighbor like her. You don't have to agree with that, but at least be big enough to not continually bag on someone who isn't hurting anyone else and isn't conformist due to peer pressure or out of anxiety.

You don't have to like "personality-based marketing," but it's here and it isn't going anywhere and your favorite public figure who doesn't go that direction has made their own choices. If you have a twitter, instagram, facebook, tiktok, strava account then you're feeding the beast, no matter how you use it you're choosing to be a part of the problem you perceive.

Competing for Greece was a traitorous and cowardly thing to do as a citizen of the USA.

She, like most of the social media influencers are driven by a new form of narcissism that has endless levels of banality.

Her poetry and talent level is barely on a junior high level.

And, now for something positive to say… Can your hear the crickets?