Why on earth did Emma Bates think she could win Boston?

Hot girl privilege

She did win Boston as far as I’m concerned

she is definitely less hot now

Sissay Lemma and Evans Chebet thought they could win too.

Can I win Boston?

yeah and they are both f**king idiots too.

and not hot AT ALL.

I think she is showing a lot of false confidence.

Did you all watch her flotrack workout. A lot of forced positivity, no confidence, doubt.

I think she doesn’t have that edge anymore. Granted this is her third act since becoming a pro.

she’s fast but doesn’t truly believe

Why should she? It would just be delusion. Confidence comes from success. The American women are not as good as the top Africans. It is what it is.

She comes across as totally delusional and nuts. She needs a coach that will bring her back down to earth and not keep inflating her ego and delusional like Team Boss has done.

Coaches shouldn’t encourage athletes to overestimate their expectations or abilities.

She doesn't believe. This is the kind of bs we hear all the time at these pre race media days. People say they are going for a record a the win only for us to find out that they've been battling injuries and only showed up for the appearance $$. This is no different.

Why does the media keep falling for her bs and reporting it

Her crazy eyes are new.

Anyway, the marathon is tough now. Too many good competitors now. Her time has passed.

Crazy eyes, watch out!

Not at all

I mean Chavez did allude go this and wanting to avoid it. She clarified she thought she was in 2:21 shape. That’s a less crazy projection, but she was 3+ minutes off after a well-paced first half. 2:21:31 would’ve gotten her 4th, but there were a ton of runners from there to Bates.