What in the world is this guy wearing, Swimming trunks that go to his knees and a wife beater, that is awesome.. check out the pics of him on mens racing.. was he doing that in pro test of sponsers or something... because that is awesome if he is ... that picture is awesome..
Christian,
Dammit, what the hell? How much did that crap slow you down? Skateboards to the race and stuff? Why? Did you not care to be there? Geez.....
He skateboarded to the race? There were prob a ton of guys that could of taken his spot.. that is pretty crappy of him not to take it to seriousley.. I heard he supports Nazi"s.. i wouldnt doubt it though, is it just me or does he look like Ed Norton From american history x after norton gets out of jail.. or does he just look like one huge Gord.
How old is this guy?
He had a Nike equipment deal, so that probably shot that down! I can't imagine anyone wanting to sponsor him now. How come USATF allowed his petition anyways?
i think he was a success....ya'll are all talking about it....give him a shoe contract
So the definition of success is "talked about", even though he ran a poor race and looked like an idiot?
You guys all take yourselves way too seriously if his outfit bothers you that much. Why do you need to wear super-short shorts, or tights to race a 1500?
From what I have seen Christian takes his racing very seriously. He pursues a heavy race schedule, which may have caught up with him at Nats. For a lot of us here in CA, a skateboard is efficient regular around town transportation. Sorry, that we don't fit your stereotype.
Love the look. If you know you aren't going to win, why not make a statement. Sometimes we take ourselves way too seriously in our fancy little shorts and singlets.
What's the statement, though?
I'm all for high-level runners abandoning the corporate-sanctioned garb. Of course it looks a lot cooler and makes a more effective statement if you win.
I'd like to see a guy (or gal) win a major competition in a plain, ragged t-shirt and ratty gym shorts amid all the sponsored show ponies.
Check Dave Davis at the USAT&F Winter world XC trials a couple of years ago for the "outsider" look.
Christian, I' hope you;re laughing your a-- off at all this stuff.
dean moriarty wrote:
What's the statement, though?
"I'm not sponsored and I want everyone to know it"
When I have seen him race (several times) he usually wears a T-Shirt instead of the standard singlet like the other front runners. He doesn't fit the "norm" for runners of his ability, but he seems pretty cool if that matters.
Hesch pic:
http://www.brightroom.com/view_user_photo.asp?EVENTID=3159&PWD=&ID=3682517&FROM=photos&BIB=18
wish I could run an 8k at 4:40 pace and look that fresh
in the last mile.
http://www.brightroom.com/view_user_photo.asp?EVENTID=3159&PWD=&ID=3677383&FROM=photos&BIB=3
and outkick everyone incl this guy who probably won't be ordering copies of this pic.
That guy is Khalid Abdallah, winner of the Maui marathon.
dang, don't look at the board for a few days and look at that. i didn't know road whores were (are) that popular a topic here :)
ok, 1, Mr Capriati was kind enough to give me some shoes and clothes last year but as all the nike guys were wearing this years (red) stuff, i thought i'd just wear what i like run in so...also, i've never been good enough to justify a nike contract so not sure where people get the idea that i'm a nike guy.
2, someone elso could have run, had they entered and declared. heck, i think they should have put andy into the field but i'm not usatf. that's what keeps so many guys out, they don't declare on time and usatf just fills the field with chumps like me after the declaration deadline is up. why do you think pyrah and i made it in? we declared, they added us, wala. i was going up anyway to watch the 5k so i thought i'd get in one more race before shutting things down
3, yes, i do like to have fun, maybe too much sometimes but if i didn't, i'd go insane so... sometimes that works against me though. i don't think it was such a good idea to play b-ball with my buddy two days before usa's. jacked my toe (kinda like broe's, turf toe kind of thing) then found out i made it in. oh well, at least i didn't tear a ligament surfing (it's happened before :).
see you all on the roads this fall :)
CH
two things Christian...
Its "voila" not "wala." Its a french word meaning "there!"
How old are you? I saw you were 23 but you look older?
Keep up the skateboarding, its good for the soul.
