Melody Fairchild going for it again

Flagpole wrote:

Honestly how could someone look at her and think she's 22?

I actually agree with Flagpole.

The author has to sell his story. A 37 year old who looks like she's 22 piques people's interest. A 37 year old who looks 33 doesn't.

BTW-- there are higher resolution photos here...

I wish her all the luck in the world but her chances of doing this are exactly zero.

I seldom get a chance to check Let'srun, but I'm so glad I did today. God speed to Melody!

She is living in her own little dream world. She doesn't have a shot in hell of making the team let alone hiting the qualifying time.

Joan Nesbit Mabe wrote:

I seldom get a chance to check Let'srun, but I'm so glad I did today. God speed to Melody!

Nice comment from a very fine runner. I remember you tearing it up in the 90s. You should post here more often.

chocolate. wrote:

You remind me of that dick who came on here just to talk about how much weight Melody had gained since she was in high school. Seriously, what do you get out of it?

Dude, I just found the comment in the article to be odd and fantastical. Not sure how it makes me a dick to say a 37-year-old woman doesn't look like a 22 year old, especially when she doesn't. As a former journalist, I like to see accuracy in reporting, and that statement, in no way shape or fashion was accurate. This is no slam on Melody Fairchild. She is attractive and fit...just doesn't look like a 22-year-old, and to me, that's a compliment.

Here is picture of Bruce Jenner - he looks the same as he did when he won the gold medal in decathlon - just amazing how he has not aged

For comparison sake - that is picture of him around time he was Olympic champ - virtually identical photos

Flagpole wrote:

Good luck to her, but the article mentions she still looks like she's 22, and by judging from that picture, I say no she doesn't...she looks like a fit 37 year old. What the hell? Why would the article say she looks like a 22 year old? Does the author assume all non-fat people are young?

Flagpole, if you are puzzled by this, I can't imagine you are the great husband you boast to be. Sometimes you say nice things even if they aren't true.

So, complete fiction is what is described as "nice"?If I told my wife she looked like she did when she was 22 she would think I was either a loon or a liar. I actually think she looks even better now in her 40s than she did in her early 20s, and I do tell her that, but I could not be and would not be married to any woman who would want fake compliments.Besides, this article wasn't written by her husband or boyfriend. It was written by a supposed journalist...maybe the author is seeing impaired. Again, Melody Fairchild is an attractive woman...she just doesn't look like she's 22...not even close. That was a very odd thing to say in that article when it's no where near close to true.

hot damn wrote:

Flagpole wrote:

Good luck to her, but the article mentions she still looks like she's 22, and by judging from that picture, I say no she doesn't...she looks like a fit 37 year old. What the hell? Why would the article say she looks like a 22 year old? Does the author assume all non-fat people are young?

Flagpole, if you are puzzled by this, I can't imagine you are the great husband you boast to be. Sometimes you say nice things even if they aren't true.

I have a terrible time figuring out how old some people are by their appearance. A few years back I asked my wife who the old woman that had apparently moved into the house across the street was. My wife was completely puzzled by my question and asked how old the woman was. I answered that I didn't know but was guessing mid to late 60s.

Eventually the "old woman" was in front of the house and I pointed her out to my wife who told me that it was high school exchange student from Greece who was 17 It could be the other side of the coin.

HRE wrote:

I have a terrible time figuring out how old some people are by their appearance. A few years back I asked my wife who the old woman that had apparently moved into the house across the street was. My wife was completely puzzled by my question and asked how old the woman was. I answered that I didn't know but was guessing mid to late 60s.

Eventually the "old woman" was in front of the house and I pointed her out to my wife who told me that it was high school exchange student from Greece who was 17 It could be the other side of the coin.

Well, this clarifies a bit for me. Maybe some people have no ability to determine the age of people. This is not a weakness of mine. In your case HRE, at least you KNOW that this is a weakness of yours, so I'm assuming you would then not comment in a newspaper story that a 37-year-old woman looked like she was 22.

She looks younger than 37. By photos alone she looks much younger than Shalane(example of someone who is 30 and looks 45.

Gah! 22 = 37-15. If the article has said "even though she looks 15 years younger" you wouldn't be arguing over this. The writer just wanted to convey that she looks young.

you are the one living in a dream world. i would love for you to try running with her for just 4 miles at 7000'. i would pay money to watch you suffer like a dog trying to stay with her.

Wow, I didn't even know Morgan Fairchild was a runner!

90sfan wrote:

Gah! 22 = 37-15. If the article has said "even though she looks 15 years younger" you wouldn't be arguing over this. The writer just wanted to convey that she looks young.

Words and numbers have meaning. He could have said "looks several years younger" and it wouldn't have been as silly as "still looks 22".

To me she looks exactly her age...a fit and attractive person her age, but still looks her age.

15000 wrote:

She looks younger than 37. By photos alone she looks much younger than Shalane(example of someone who is 30 and looks 45.

Completely disagree. Shalene looks a lot younger than Fairchild. I actually didn't know how old Flanagan was, but I would have said 28. Melody has the wrinkles of a late 30s woman. Shalane definitely looks younger.

xyzoldmantime wrote:

She is living in her own little dream world. She doesn't have a shot in hell of making the team let alone hiting the qualifying time.

It's posts like these that provide the motivation for others...

Ahole

Not that it matters what I think, but to me she actually looks older than 37. Either way, good luck to Melody. I wish her success!