Desiree Davila talks for the 1st time since London

Des seems really humble and willing to work her butt off. She's this tiny little waif, but when she straps the shoes on, she's got this giant killer inside her.

Here's a link to her Garmin Connect page:

http://connect.garmin.com/profile/desiree_davila

She's getting there!

glad to finally see progress...Go Desiree

Love to see her focus on a 10k track this spring and get her speed and racing legs back under her.

Maybe this injury over time will prove to be a blessing in disguise. Backed her off for a forced break. Lets hope she does not rush back into marathon this year.

Nice to have her back on the scene.

She hasnt spoken since the olympics? Thats pretty harcore.

Regarding the LR commentary on this being a promotional piece and not designate as such by Flotrack.

I originally viewed it either from this thread or a tweet.

Really enjoyed it, found it revealing and chilling, showing some of what runners go through in the cost of pain and struggle to try and reach the top and their goals.

And then at the end of the video, having the Brooks logo roll up was kind of a shock.

1. Well extremely well produced.

2. WTF, it's an advertisement.

On the other hand, I like a lot of what Brooks does to support the sport. They do a ton of great stuff.

The Brojo's, and LRC, however have a LEGIT point, and that is that Flotrack is playing fast and loose with FTC regulations -- and YOUR TRUST as viewers.

This could have been just a crappy obvious, manipulative ad.

Instead, it turns out to be a manipulative promo piece.

Anyone who reads this board knows that I point out when LRC is less than professional.

Flotrack deserves to be called out for being less than professional and deceptive.

At first I thought that the piece was a Fotrack Pro "Driven" piece that they had put up "for free" out of admiration for Davila.

Then it turns out to be an ad.

The ad was so good -- that it should have just been denoted as a promo piece.

It's a great promo piece/ad -- and Flotrack ought to have designated it as such.

Brooks, if they are listening, should require that Flotrack do so...

Whenever stuff like this comes up -- it just harkens to the many less than professional results Flotrack has given in promises and performance.

AND, it makes me wonder why or when the folks at Stanford and other places that are laying down and giving FT the rights to webcast -- are going to wake up and hold Flotrack to professional and ethical standards.

Sometimes I wonder if Flotrack will be around in 18months.

yogibear wrote:

Aren't we supposed to give her flack for not dropping out and letting someone else actually run the race?

Didn't she mention that the alternate was also injured?

Clara Grandt was the declared athlete. She still hasn't run because of injury.

I believe, given enough warning, they could have gone to #5. I don't know the exact time frame, but I'm confident that if Davila had given a greater heads up we could have run a full squad and not embarrassed our country.

Watching videos of the Hansons team training in Michigan makes me depressed. Most of them are B list Olympic Trials qualifiers. Some are better. They sacrifice their 20's to train full time in a depressing isolated environment. It looks miserable. Sorry. Just sayin.

In what way is it an isolated environment?

;kja;lsdkjfasdf wrote:

Watching videos of the Hansons team training in Michigan makes me depressed. Most of them are B list Olympic Trials qualifiers. Some are better. They sacrifice their 20's to train full time in a depressing isolated environment. It looks miserable. Sorry. Just sayin.

Perfect example of a letsrun dope thought process. "That place looks different than mine, therefore it is bad because I and where I currently live am the standard by which all others are judged."

In addition, they have one of the biggest losers on the planet in their midst. That will suck the energy out of anyone.

A Goose Named Top Gun wrote:

I believe, given enough warning, they could have gone to #5. I don't know the exact time frame, but I'm confident that if Davila had given a greater heads up we could have run a full squad and not embarrassed our country.

You are an embarrassment.

bringer of the troof wrote:

In addition, they have one of the biggest losers on the planet in their midst. That will suck the energy out of anyone.

Who? I like the team, so who is the energy sucker?

I think she's spoken between London and now.

You sound pretty bitter. Isolated, yes, somewhat, I'd imagine especially if you're single. But aren't most of the team members married? That would certainly make a difference.

what a cry baby