Balancing Accountability and Empathy in the Camille Herron Debate

She would have to win the next US Women’s Marathon Trials

Interestingly enough, I just saw your promoted post on FB of this same defense of Camille. Reading through some of the comments others called out that there really hasn't been "abusive language" used towards Camille. You then commented that you mostly saw it on letsrun. But you still have responded or given any examples of what kind of "abusive language" you are referring to.

This all just seems like a coordinated defense of Camille and nothing more. I am guessing you have some connection to her?

groundsless pileon? lol. are you camille or just completely braindead. there are plenty of grounds here - from negatively editing her rivals' wikipedia pages to being the biggest karen in ultrarunning & trying to stop athletes' records from being ratified without grounds.

if you want to make a legitimate criticism please do so, but don't just lie as if we're all morons

For those curious it was posted to the Running Against Time FB group, of which I am not a part of.

why don't you just ask ashley paulson, stine rex, or victoria brown if camille's behavior was so groundless? she's a vindictive, toxic bully & pathetically tried to play the victim card after her behavior was exposed.

we all have faults so it's not judgment, just facts.

A while ago, I saw a large Lululemon billboard with CH’s photo and sensed trouble on the horizon: this is going to go to Jaguar’s head. Having seen her posts since she was in high school, I thought she was always prone to over-sharing which is, in turn, a sign of tying up one’s identity too much to running.
I empathize with the OP, here. While I can’t condone behind-the-scenes self-promotion or wife-promotion, whichever the case is, there is something going on in a fellow human being’s psychology and experience that needs to be addressed somehow, but not with the harsh criticism I see here.

Let results speak for themselves and get off social media if haters and trolls are a problem. It's hopeless to police the internet and there is neither accountability nor empathy.

She got dropped by Lulu, who cares only about image, not performance. Within a year she could have another sponsor.

I know one thing that could probably save her career: if she logged onto Jaguar1 and sincerely apologized and then stopped hiding her social media. Not her husband talking to some running site no one reads, Camille herself on letsrun.

Ya, the whole wiki thing will probably be a meme for a few months a, but she'll survive it.

I have no connection whatsoever. And in no way did I try to defend Camille and Conor. It's not the point I tried to raise.

I'll leave it at that and focus on other places of discussion.

Can we just know what was the abusive language?

Given the audience it was probably "Camille Herron did not win"

The majority of companies in the public space do care about image, primarily. That's not to say there aren't some that won't take a flier on someone who will put a list of verified WRs into their ad copy. But it'll mostly be marginal or start-up brands, like a KT tape knock off or Chinese shoes and gear. Wouldn't be a shock to see her back in Nike, either. It would be hilarious to see her rocking gear with Zyn or Abreva logos.

how do you think she isn't deserving of harsh criticism? spite editing her rivals wiki pages? crusading (without cause) to rob her competitors of rightfully earned records? You can certainly empathize with camille and acknowledge the mental health issues at play here while still criticizing the behavior harshly - she is not a victim!!

Camille has pulled out of TRE in Austin.