Olympic trials marathon

Stupidest idea today

It is the uS Olympic Trials - have some respect.

YOU HAVE SOME RESPECT! Your the most stupid idea of the week

The correct grammar would be you're not your It is contracted from you are in case your junior high school did not teach you this grammar rule

USATF / IAAF uniform rules apply to this race and prohibit anything but a (size restricted) manufacturer's logo and/or the runner's club name.

thanks! must have not picked that up. you must be sitting at YOUR desk hating yourself, and just want to get in an online argument with someone who is just playing around. Not sure why you thought the OP was such a bad idea anyway?

I ran the '96 Trials in Charlotte. Paul Zimmerman from Beaverton, OR led the race for the first 15 miles. He was wearing a singlet with a large "Intel Inside" logo on the front. I believe he worked for the company. The rumor was that he was paid $1000 for each mile he led. He went out in 4:49 and had as much as a minute lead. He dropped out somewhere around mile 20.

That's what I'm talking about.

We need some funding for this under funded sport.

I mean you can qualify with a 2:18 and have no chance to make the squad so you might as well make some money. Maybe you will have a 2:15 PR going into the next trials if you are young and you could hope to place in the top 20.

If an up and comer could make some money this way at the trials, maybe they could quit their job at the running shoe store for a few months and get some real training in.

Thread of the day!

Great idea Greed!

are you thinking about doing this? if so, i think it's superb, and as far as "having respect", i think the fact that he's fast enough to even be in the trials, grants him the right to do anything he wants, as long as he's not being a jackass, and trying to make a living is not the case whatsoever. But i digress,

Your silly idea will not happen. If it did happen, the US Olympic Trials standard for 2016 would move to 2:12:00 and dash a lot of dreams.

greed

You should contact Lauren Fleshman and see if her Nick Picky Bars, or whatever they are called, would want to sponsor this. The runner could remove his singlet in the first mile to reveal a huge temp chest and back tattoos.

That would be stickin it to the man.

And said athlete would then be black-balled from all major races in the USA - remember who is watching this race - all of USA's top Race Directors and Elite Athlete Coordinators attending the Running USA Conference

I actually think that is a pretty good idea.

I agree, maybe letsrun.com could sponsor them.

How much would it hurt a company like Pepsi or Coke to give some young kid a shot and anyway it would be fun to see how long they could go.

I would at least like to see a 2:12 rabbit.

I think it would help us find our best team at least.

Greed: why dont you look into doing this for LETSRUN. Assuming you have qualified for the trials it wouldnt hurt for you to ask. And if you are who I think you are, even if they do ban you from future races, im sure you have somthing to fall back on.

This is unreal, One, no one will "ban" a person for basically keeping the trials honest. Greed is also helping a company get publicity during a time where most athletes will only be representing major players in the running world, or no one. And if greed is who I think he is, running is really just a hobby that he happens to be blessed with an incredible talent and work ethic. But I again, digress.

How about an Apple logo, they have a lot of money and design their Ipod toward fitness oriented people.

Grimes Lawn Care is sponsoring Chris Barnicle in his trial run!

We are excited to be in this venture together and we wish him luck and to run faster than a lawnmower!!

-Grimes Lawn Care

I have no problem with someone doing this as long as:

if you do this, please let it be known here, so that you don't f up anybody's race but yours