Who is more Blue Collar? Gilmore or Sell?

Okay, I like both Gilmore and Sell, but this is stupid.

i do pilates. f*** you.

hilton runnr wrote:

i do pilates. f*** you.

HAHAHA, YUPPIE!!!!

unless you are a girl, then it's cool.

Sean Wade says pilates saved his career, and I would consider him a pretty blue collar runner.

Sean Wade also drinks Starbucks and watching Friends re-runs.

So enough about Sean Wade!

Wade also has a degree from Rice University, drives a Ferrari, teaches at an expensive Jewish school, works as a personal trainer, lives in an expensive area in Houston, and posts his training on a blog. Hardly blue collar stuff.

What the f**k qualifies "blue collar" anyway? They are both runners trying to make a living at the sport, like every other elite American marathoner. And I do not think either one is hurting financially. You all need to stop with this "blue collar" crap. They are not he only ones working hard trying to make it in a piss-poor sport in the good ole U.S.

Not sure who's more Blue Collar, but Brian is definitely more Red Neck (and proud of it).

On a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is perfect blue collar and 1 is a yuppie golfer guy, I would give Sell an "8". I would give Gilmore a "7" and I would give Ritz a "4". I would give Webb a "6", but only because his balding hair making him look more blue collar. Otherwise it would be a "5" for him.

Webb is rich, he is NOWHERE near blue collar.

Rupp gets a 3 due to the breathe-right nose strip and the rubber band bracelet things that match his uniform.

Does Gilmore still train in California? Because there is no blue collar there.

Never been to Fresno or Bakersfield?

"Maybe I should take a shit in the Princeton bus."

That's BC

Blue collar is just the runner's way of saying I have a bigger, manlier dick than you. aka Look at me, I rose from nothing, I use shitty shoes and cotton t-shirts and never have eaten a powerbar ever and I still kick your ass.

It's dumb. Trying to further exclusify a sport that needs no more isolation, trying to exile newcomers for their newfangled gps devices and nike frees. Trying to appeal to the working-class man with small snapshots of a media-friendly runner's personality.

What the fudge. Show up on the line. I don't give a damn what brand your socks are, whether you have clima-lite or dri-fit on or not, whether you ate whole-wheat pasta with organic tomato sauce the night before or a 48 oz steak. Do your running the way you like. Race me intelligently, with balls, and train with dedication and you'll earn my (and others) respect. Not by defaming others for the way they choose to live their lives and enjoy their pasttimes.

Boingo gets a "1" on the blue collar scale.

Good job boingo!

You get a gold star next to your name.

Seriously though.

There is no such thing as blue collar today in American running.

There was in Finland in the 20's with Nurmi.

And there was in Ethiopia in the 60's Bikila.

But not now.

wade held the WR for the beer mile...thats pretty f***ing blue collar

That's not "exclusifying", the sport becomes more and more "exclusified" all the time due to the fact that prices for gear and to enter races climb and climb while the gap between the rich and the poor grows unabated. 5k's for $10 or less aren't completely extinct, but 10k's for $40 and half-marathons for $65-85 and up are more and more the norm.