What ever happened to the blue collar distance runners?

They still exist

where are they tho

feels like late stage capitalism washed em all out

Bro if they are blue collar today they are stacking cash, working that overtime, took the jobs the white collars forgot about and are making that cash!!!!!!

Plus tradies get the ladies. Why run when the top two needs money and ladies are met?

Now go back to ruining your posture staring at 4 monitors worrying about your KPIs.

I’ll nominate Matthew Richtman. Training in the dead of winter in Montana and putting up great results.

It's a lost art form that is either extinct or has gone underground.

This day and age, you are either a corporate backed runner of a social media bimbo.

ah yes. dude sounds and looks like a teletubby but no doubt he's broke af

On the ultra side, Dan Green comes to mind. Until recently his only sponsor was the shoe store he works at. Living and training out of West Virginia, just missed out on a golden ticket last year at javelina and is currently running up to 160 miles a week for Cocodona 250.

Training is a science experiment, whether you like to think of it that way or not. The more information we learn about training, the less likely someone can excel without training like it’s a science experiment and using all the latest research.

They died alongside the American road race scene. A runner could make a decent living “road whoring” back in the 80s and 90s. In the early 2000s, the prize money went away in favor of charity events. Ed’s and race founders sold their events to corporate interests, and most of the marquee races became local hobby joggers celebrations. This has only become worse with influencers, ShoeTubers, six star clout seekers, etc. Even prestigious marathon races are now catering to the lowest common denominator.

Track meets are very selective and offer no money to the up and comer. Shoe deals are low dollar or gear only. Youngsters have to take a vow of poverty or quit in order to survive. I do miss the days where a couple of podium finishes each month and 20 hours of bartending an week allowed me to live a chill lifestyle.

Dont forget Ben Blankenship, the guy with long hair that qualified for the olympics, worked construction and basically never showered even though he had access to one.

They’re in Kenya and Ethiopia.

Hard to have “Blue Collar” with everyone sporting $200 bouncy shoes.

They avoid socials, including this board.

wait did he really never shower

Mostly true but some people that went to college for 4/8 years get really butthurt when they see what kind of money some of these blue-collar jobs are making, really butthurt.

honestly what kind of blue collar jobs are u talking about?

You’re not getting rich as an HVAC technician but you’re not sweating college debt or losing your job to AI.

Americans need to find ways to leverage TUEs and low-risk erythropoietin rX to compete with the foreign road hos