There is nothing wrong with bashing DK. He puts himself out there for public consumption. Some of the public will marvel others will not.
I detest him because he is turning the sport of running and the people who do it into sideshow freaks. I spent a lot of my formative years with this labor of love and to see DK desecrate the sport drives me bananas. Others whose life experiences differ from mine probably get a kick out of it and are emboldened to take their "running" to a new level. Good for them but that doesn't change my level of resentment. Does that make me petty, small, tiny or whatever other attributes the lovers give to the haters? Probably not.
Another problem I have with it is that I want our best and most talented runners to make a living off of their accomplishments and running fast. If they can make more money with false claims and doing their best impression of a hamster then that hurts our sport. More and more the public appetite for running is predicated not on wins or losses but rather what kind of stunt can you perform. He is an affront to me and the sport that I love. But that's just me, I bet the penguins and Gallow-Walkers are going nuts right now...too bad for me.
Now let's get back to the action until the 10k tonight. I'm actually looking forward to the letsrun.com play by play tonight...