These meets are mostly manufactured hype. A lot of these kids are already racing too often as it is. Brooks PR feels like a completely forced event rather than something that developed naturally. The stands looked worse than a high school duel meet.
These meets are mostly manufactured hype. A lot of these kids are already racing too often as it is. Brooks PR feels like a completely forced event rather than something that developed naturally. The stands looked worse than a high school duel meet.
This meet has always seemed fake. I won’t name the coach, but one of the most successful high school coaches of all time used to skip this meet with his athletes for exactly that reason.
Stands are empty for same reason pro meets are empty.
Vast majority of US track fans are the family and friends of participants. This makes hs duel meets, Penn Relays, Drake, NCAA Conference meets seem full.
An invite event for 100 fast hs kids from around the country is not going to draw many locals, and not many family&friends fly cross country for a 1day meet.
Organizers know this and find other ways to get value out of the meet via videos and photos.
These meets are mostly manufactured hype. A lot of these kids are already racing too often as it is. Brooks PR feels like a completely forced event rather than something that developed naturally. The stands looked worse than a high school duel meet.
Manufactured is an understatement. All these high school meets are losing their value big time.
These meets are mostly manufactured hype. A lot of these kids are already racing too often as it is. Brooks PR feels like a completely forced event rather than something that developed naturally. The stands looked worse than a high school duel meet.
This meet has always seemed fake. I won’t name the coach, but one of the most successful high school coaches of all time used to skip this meet with his athletes for exactly that reason.
Then why even bother to mention it? Does it require top security clearance?
These meets are mostly manufactured hype. A lot of these kids are already racing too often as it is. Brooks PR feels like a completely forced event rather than something that developed naturally. The stands looked worse than a high school duel meet.
This meet has always seemed fake. I won’t name the coach, but one of the most successful high school coaches of all time used to skip this meet with his athletes for exactly that reason.
Not sure if it was Brosnan back at Newbury Park, but he used to skip these meets all the time. In all his years there, he only took his athletes to one outdoor national meet and one indoor national meet. He was very deliberate about not over racing his athletes in overhyped races, which is pretty rare these days.
This meet has always seemed fake. I won’t name the coach, but one of the most successful high school coaches of all time used to skip this meet with his athletes for exactly that reason.
Then why even bother to mention it? Does it require top security clearance?
Just a little disappointing to see the lack of crowd and authenticity. Maybe they just need to rethink putting on these meets or how these meets are put on.
These meets are mostly manufactured hype. A lot of these kids are already racing too often as it is. Brooks PR feels like a completely forced event rather than something that developed naturally. The stands looked worse than a high school duel meet.
Hoka and Brooks pay for these events as big commercials for their companies. So what? They ARE literally manufactured hype. That’s what commercials are. Athletes don’t want to go? Don’t go. They treat their athletes well. Travel, accommodations, swag, fun events, etc. What does develop naturally even mean? Any post season meet that isn’t part of a state federation?
These types of posts seem to come from athletes/parents/coaches who are salty they don’t get invites or from the RunningLane organizers. Don’t see what the problem is, much less why people feel compelled to post about it.
This meet has always seemed fake. I won’t name the coach, but one of the most successful high school coaches of all time used to skip this meet with his athletes for exactly that reason.
Not sure if it was Brosnan back at Newbury Park, but he used to skip these meets all the time. In all his years there, he only took his athletes to one outdoor national meet and one indoor national meet. He was very deliberate about not over racing his athletes in overhyped races, which is pretty rare these days.
I remember the coach of Liam Anderson who won NXN once said the meet was an empty stadium and uncomfortably forced.
These meets are mostly manufactured hype. A lot of these kids are already racing too often as it is. Brooks PR feels like a completely forced event rather than something that developed naturally. The stands looked worse than a high school duel meet.
Hoka and Brooks pay for these events as big commercials for their companies. So what? They ARE literally manufactured hype. That’s what commercials are. Athletes don’t want to go? Don’t go. They treat their athletes well. Travel, accommodations, swag, fun events, etc. What does develop naturally even mean? Any post season meet that isn’t part of a state federation?
These types of posts seem to come from athletes/parents/coaches who are salty they don’t get invites or from the RunningLane organizers. Don’t see what the problem is, much less why people feel compelled to post about it.
These meets are mostly manufactured hype. A lot of these kids are already racing too often as it is. Brooks PR feels like a completely forced event rather than something that developed naturally. The stands looked worse than a high school duel meet.
Hoka and Brooks pay for these events as big commercials for their companies. So what? They ARE literally manufactured hype. That’s what commercials are. Athletes don’t want to go? Don’t go. They treat their athletes well. Travel, accommodations, swag, fun events, etc. What does develop naturally even mean? Any post season meet that isn’t part of a state federation?
These types of posts seem to come from athletes/parents/coaches who are salty they don’t get invites or from the RunningLane organizers. Don’t see what the problem is, much less why people feel compelled to post about it.
RunningLane draws a much bigger crowd, and they don’t have to pay athletes to wear a Burger King crown on a movie prop kings chair when they win 😂😂😂😂😂
Hoka and Brooks pay for these events as big commercials for their companies. So what? They ARE literally manufactured hype. That’s what commercials are. Athletes don’t want to go? Don’t go. They treat their athletes well. Travel, accommodations, swag, fun events, etc. What does develop naturally even mean? Any post season meet that isn’t part of a state federation?
These types of posts seem to come from athletes/parents/coaches who are salty they don’t get invites or from the RunningLane organizers. Don’t see what the problem is, much less why people feel compelled to post about it.
RunningLane draws a much bigger crowd, and they don’t have to pay athletes to wear a Burger King crown on a movie prop kings chair when they win 😂😂😂😂😂
Because they have a million heats of everything. My aunt Gertrude could run there if she wants. Bay to breakers has a big crowd too while we’re at it
RunningLane draws a much bigger crowd, and they don’t have to pay athletes to wear a Burger King crown on a movie prop kings chair when they win 😂😂😂😂😂
Because they have a million heats of everything. My aunt Gertrude could run there if she wants. Bay to breakers has a big crowd too while we’re at it
Actually, the times at RunningLane are every bit as good if not better and nobody has to force the kids to be there. It’s a real track meet with a much better atmosphere. People show up because they want to compete and watch great racing, not because it’s been “manufactured”into an event.
Brooks is basically an old-person jogging shoe brand trying way too hard to be cool. The problem is that when you try that hard, it shows. Dont hate them for giving it a try
These meets are mostly manufactured hype. A lot of these kids are already racing too often as it is. Brooks PR feels like a completely forced event rather than something that developed naturally. The stands looked worse than a high school duel meet.
You can go back many years to other post season meets such as Golden West and Keebler. Same thing. This was in the 80s/90s. Its nothing to get excited over. Empty seats everywhere. It hasn't changed. It's going to be very difficult to change it. Who is going to spend their weekend in Seattle going to a high school track meet or go hiking/fishing, go day drinking, or some festival and especially if their own kid is not running? You wanna go to a track meet with full stands, go to an all ages JO meet with LOTS of kids participating. The only time I can really recall track being really popular in the US at any level was back then to. The marketing for track athletes was much more common. Who is the face of USA Track and Field now? There were these things called advertisements in paper magazines with athlete's faces back then and many people read them, plus they served as constant reminders as to who they were. Of course there were TV commercials with olympic sport athletes plastered over them. Carl Lewis was a marketing machine for year. Mary Decker was everywhere. Edwin Moses's winning streak was a known thing. The Reebok Dan vs. Dave in the decathlon commercial. Bruce Jenner on a Wheaties box. Eric Heiden in speed skating was massive. These days people are to lazy to click on an advertisement link and probably have 0-1% chance of reading the un-stimulating with few pictures message boards on Letsrun. We are the minority. So if people have zero idea who are the best US athletes right now, why would they go to a high school track meet?
These meets are mostly manufactured hype. A lot of these kids are already racing too often as it is. Brooks PR feels like a completely forced event rather than something that developed naturally. The stands looked worse than a high school duel meet.
Maybe people are tired of watching kids time trial vs actually race. Boys 800 was interesting and the mile always has a kid sub 4 nowadays it seems like.
two mile wasn’t much faster than it was 12 years ago when I ran at the meet.
Obviously running local road 5k is popular but not for spectating.
Accept it's a niche sport. Only time anyone watched is during the Olympics. Same way we watched gymnastics or figure skating - have you watched those since? No.
Diamond League in Stockholm had a ton of empty seats as well. The sport isn't very healthy right now. Too many drug busts, too many years of East African dominance, and too few compelling stars that people are clamoring to see.
An international friendly in soccer can fill a 60,000 seat stadium.
The NFL has a packed house to watch two teams with losing records play.
Even baseball draws better for a slow moving sport with sporadic action.
After 45 years of being an athlete, coach, and fan of this sport, I find myself bored with it. The product and the presentation is rather meh. I'd rather attend an MLS match because there is chanting, singing, drumming, and actual passion on display. That makes it fun and a party atmosphere! I am skipping NON because the stadium will only be 1/3 full and the only noise will be the occasional cheering, some Nike commercials played too loudly, and some over eager field interviewers trying to be hip.
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