"....Pat yourself on the back since you trained so hard, so many miles and are a true marathoner in your book(cause no one else will)- and dont be condensending to those not as serious. The reason many runners dont care so much about the sport is the elitist attitude of so many."
very good point. my apologies
'snot rockets'
CLASSIC!
Ahhhnold? Is that you mein herr?
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Rexing is. That is all ye need to know. Only the fool teaches the otter to swim.
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Runner xyz wrote:
I'm sorry, but I really find it unbelievable that we can have over 300 responses to a thread about some guy (Rexing) but can only have 25 responses to my thread that I started titled "RUNNING CAN BE POPULAR IN AMERICA." I was trying to facilitate a conversation about how to get running more popular in America. I noted that it is very easy to build at least a small fan base (especially a college team), but no one makes any effort to reach out to the community, and to local running clubs. All college teams have to do is reach out a little and invite running clubs and high school runners out to meets. Instead this is rarely ever done, and we wonder why running is not as popular as other sports such as football and basketball. The only way to get running popular on a national level is for all colleges across the nation to reach out. Then, running will become more personal and a more attractive sport to watch. I believe this new atmosphere will spread to non-runners in addition to current runners. If you care about the popularity of our sport (which definitely is important to the success of the sport as a whole), PLEASE look at my thread which should be a few threads down from this one!
It's because your post is too common and tired. Please, spare us your incredible passion for pretending you're smart.
Hahahaaaaaa wrote:
Runner xyz wrote:I'm sorry, but I really find it unbelievable that we can have over 300 responses to a thread about some guy (Rexing) but can only have 25 responses to my thread that I started titled "RUNNING CAN BE POPULAR IN AMERICA." I was trying to facilitate a conversation about how to get running more popular in America. I noted that it is very easy to build at least a small fan base (especially a college team), but no one makes any effort to reach out to the community, and to local running clubs. All college teams have to do is reach out a little and invite running clubs and high school runners out to meets. Instead this is rarely ever done, and we wonder why running is not as popular as other sports such as football and basketball. The only way to get running popular on a national level is for all colleges across the nation to reach out. Then, running will become more personal and a more attractive sport to watch. I believe this new atmosphere will spread to non-runners in addition to current runners. If you care about the popularity of our sport (which definitely is important to the success of the sport as a whole), PLEASE look at my thread which should be a few threads down from this one!
It's because your post is too common and tired. Please, spare us your incredible passion for pretending you're smart.
Why did you respond to a thread that's almost three years old?
F*** off ,you pathetic prick
I went to a base ball game the other week and thought why the hell doesn’t track and field do something like this. The game of baseball it self is every bit as boring as track. To help with that they have audience participation games, mascots running around, beer, random pump up music and more to make it a good time. I can totally see track being more audience friendly if some of those tactics where employed. Also, add the aspect of onsite betting to the mix and get the horserace type fan interested. Also, if the club seen was bigger then maybe people would become fans of their local clubs. I think it can happen. Track could be just as popular as baseball and dare I say it NASCAR!!
who cares if its popular. what the f*** diffrence whould that make.
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I went to a base ball game the other week and thought why the hell doesn’t track and field do something like this. The game of baseball it self is every bit as boring as track. To help with that they have audience participation games, mascots running around, beer, random pump up music and more to make it a good time. I can totally see track being more audience friendly if some of those tactics where employed. Also, add the aspect of onsite betting to the mix and get the horserace type fan interested. Also, if the club seen was bigger then maybe people would become fans of their local clubs. I think it can happen. Track could be just as popular as baseball and dare I say it NASCAR!!
Well, look what happened when Bow Wow was hired to pump up the crowd at the Adidas Classic...
Baseball is boring, but big men hit things very far, and for some reason, this is better than Track & Field.
I bet that if the Shot, Jav, Hammer placed a fence at the end of their respective zones, it would become more popular, as people would watch to see if they got a "home run." I sincerely believe this...
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why do you want running to be popular doesn't effect me in the least.
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