erin donohue is a baller!

That was one of my favourite races to watch. A thick white girl from the US mixing it up with the best. To bad T Clement didn't get in that slow heat, may have fared well.

A "baller"?

Is that some sort of European expression. Here in the US, it means something quite a bit different from what I think you intended to say.

It just means she's tough.

guessing now wrote:

A "baller"?

Is that some sort of European expression. Here in the US, it means something quite a bit different from what I think you intended to say.

Ive heard this expression used quite often. Always by an American, never by a European.

guessing now wrote:

A "baller"?

Is that some sort of European expression. Here in the US, it means something quite a bit different from what I think you intended to say.

for god's sake, i'm a middle aged white guy and i know better:

I thought a baller is a basketball player, particularly a good one.

One runner you could describe in this way would be Marion Jones, a three-year starting point guard at UNC who led them to the 1994 NCAA championship.

I remember watching her destroy the field in the 800m and 1600m in the NJ High School Meet of Champions a few years back, and then tripling as a javelin thrower... Back then, she basically just powered her way through the mile... I think her listed weight was something like 130 or 140, but she was solid. Glad to see she has made it to this level so far.

Yeah--when you think about how much more effort is required for her to pull probably 30-40 pounds more than some of her competitors each step around the track it really makes her accomplishments seem pretty amazing. She's probably around 140...you know a lot of those other women racing are right around 100-110

From a Runner's World Brief chat in June:

Are the javelin days completely over for you?

ED: I think so. I haven’t thrown the javelin since my senior year of college. It was fun to do, but I don’t think I can really compete in both the javelin and the 1500 seriously. I don’t want to bulk up too much. I actually outweigh my competition by 30 or 40 pounds.

Thirty or 40 pounds, really?

ED: I would say so, probably. I’m anywhere from 140 to 145 pounds, usually. I don’t think any of the other girls are up there with me (she is 5 ‘7 ½").

Wow, I wonder if she's one of the heaviest sub-4:10 runner ever?! I'm sure there are no stats for that ... surely the heaviest that's 5-10 or shorter.

Of course, I guess there are other heavier 800-types, like Mutola, who have run faster 1500s.

But I don't know how much of it she'll ever lose ... and maybe it won't hurt her for 800/1500. Like you say, she's very strong, solid, and carries it well. I, too, watched her in HS and marveled at her all-around athleticism. Plus, she's a great person. Definitely someone NJ can be very, very proud of. I'm really glad she's improved since graduation. Seemed like she was in a rut for awhile.

iameuropean wrote:

Ive heard this expression used quite often. Always by an American, never by a European.

I am an American and I have never once heard an American use this expression (except in a porn movie once...)

you're telling me you've never heard the song that goes:

"i wanna be a, baller, shot caller, 20 inch blades on the, impala"

... and you call yourself an american?

Just so no one gets the wrong impression from this thread:

Erin is tight as hell, she has very low bodyfat. She is just solid as a rock.

She runs like 100 miles a week, if not more.

Girl is fit as HELL.

I don't think her frame could ever really stand to lose the weight, there isn't really anything to lose.

Well, apparently Katelyn Kaltenbach is a "baller"

http://www.myspace.com/xcballer

Mutola is a lot smaller than people of here imagine

how about wrote:

you're telling me you've never heard the song that goes:

"i wanna be a, baller, shot caller, 20 inch blades on the, impala"

... and you call yourself an american?

Yes I do. I admit, however that I do not call myself a "redneck".

Um... I am not sure "redneck" would be the appropriate slur.