He's willing to risk injury to save $80. He doesn't deserve a contract.
He's willing to risk injury to save $80. He doesn't deserve a contract.
Since when do shoes wear out after 700 miles?
Well it is obviously he hasn't been spending his money on haircuts. You think with the money saved he could get a new pair of shoes!
He could get free shoes if he wanted them. I think he is just letting people know he's without a contract. It's like the guy on the street corner holding the "Will Work For Food" sign when he's really got a pocket full of food stamps. (I always keep granola bars in my car for those dudes and they never take them.)
There are plenty of small post collegiate programs that would love to take on someone like AJ and give him all the free gear he needs. One (I think it was New England Distance) just advertised on letsrun a couple days ago. AJ is just looking for something better.
He needs to settle for now and work his way back up. Sometimes you have to start with the fat chick before you can nail the prom queen.
I'm embarrassed to share the same name as him
AJ stop protesting. First he did the "I will not shave until I get a sponsor" and now the shoes thing. Be more like Jason Hartman and just keep working and see if the sponsors come or not. You may have run 3:53 but finishing 4th at a World Marathon major two years in a row easily trumps that so if anyone has a right to get angry about sponsoring it's Hartman, but he does the classy thing and doesn't be stupid about it
*******ATTN AJ ACOSTA*******
If you are reading this, let me take your girlfriend out on a date and I'll buy you a pair of shoes!
might be wejo wrote:
Since when do shoes wear out after 700 miles?
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I assume that he received his degree from Stanford? If so, just a shot in the dark, but use the free education and get a job. Part-time and you will have enough to get buy and get a pair of shoes every couple of months.
I don't buy the whole, "he is just letting people know he doesn't have a contract". There is a kid in VA who ran 4:04 at PENN, AJ ran maybe that in the three races he has run this year.
AJ, GET A LIFE AND A JOB.......
AJ comes off as very self centered, has one of the worst Twitters in the game and acts above most others at his level. Unless he runs 3:33 out of nowhere, which doesn't look likely, he'll fade into obscurity if he doesn't change his attitude.
It's called going to runningwarehouse, buying the 20% off gift certificates given once a year, using a 15% off club running discount, and getting MSRP 80 dollar shoes for 35-40 dollars after the discounts.
AJ is a great guy. I'm betting none of the posters have ever met him. You bashers sure know how to hand it out. tho.
If you losers were as good at running as you are at bashing then you'd be just like AJ, getting bashed on Letsrun! That's what happens on this rag. Become good at running....get bashed....by all the wannabe's.
ATTN: WANNABE'S....sign on with Letsrun and you too can bash Galen, Webb, Alberto, AJ and all the rest of the guys in the world....Bash the runner's you secretly wish you could hold a candle to.
Sorry for the interruption....Let the bashing continue!!
One time AJ and I were running in the woods and we came across a wounded duck. I was tempted to keep running but AJ knelt down and could see the duck in much pain. He very gently lifted the wounded duck and wrapped in his singlet. He ran home and every day for 3 months he would feed by hand that duck. Not just once a day but like 7 seven times a day. The wounded duck slowly improved and gained weight. Ater the 3 months I convinced AJ the wounded duck was healthy enough to be let back into nature. We ran to approximately the same place that we found the wounded duck. AJ gently kissed the duck on the beak. The duck, it appeared, had a tear in his or her eye. AJ put the duck on the ground. The duck shakily waddled a bit then fell on the ground. AJ pick him up and set him on the groung again and patted his behind. The duck, more steady this time, began to waddle off. He looked back once and seemed to wink at us. AJ was crying uncontrollably. The duck looked one more time and then just flew up in the sky. We never saw that duck again.
Those saying AJ should be more like Jason Hartman are out of your mind. Hartman is even dumber than AJ. Seriously, who gets 4th at Boston and goes a whole year without a contract? He doesn't need to be like Hartman, he needs to be like Josh Cox. That guy knows how to market himself.
Thank you all for this very entertaining thread!
I have met the guy and he is a clown. I hope my federal taxes are not supporting him.
AJ - you are unsponsorable. Why? You aren't good enough of a runner and you have charcter flaws that make people not like you. Why then, would Nike et al cough dollars for your services? What about you would make someone buy a shoe you endorsed?
I'm sorry if this sounds harsh, but you need to face facts.
KEEP ON! wrote:
AJ is a great guy. I'm betting none of the posters have ever met him. You bashers sure know how to hand it out. tho.
If you losers were as good at running as you are at bashing then you'd be just like AJ, getting bashed on Letsrun! That's what happens on this rag. Become good at running....get bashed....by all the wannabe's.
ATTN: WANNABE'S....sign on with Letsrun and you too can bash Galen, Webb, Alberto, AJ and all the rest of the guys in the world....Bash the runner's you secretly wish you could hold a candle to.
Sorry for the interruption....Let the bashing continue!!
Hey AJ, the offer still stands!
Hey AJ, I'm only 5 years older than you, make $181k a year in the endurance sports industry and actively support pro track athletes and triathletes with trainers and gear. I gave up running to focus on my career, and now I have a bigger impact on the industry than you will ever have. Plus, I'm not considered over the hill in my field in my early 30's.
sucks to be you. have fun sleeping on futons and getting your butt kicked by collegians every year. After you figure out that you're unsponsorable, you'll quickly figure out that you have no job skills and are unemployable. Character flaws are character flaws, no matter what field you're in. IT or running. I might use some of my $24k per year seeding budget on my athletes today just as a thank you. Thanks for not being total mooch douches like AJ Acosta.
KEEP ON! wrote:
AJ is a great guy. I'm betting none of the posters have ever met him. You bashers sure know how to hand it out. tho.
If you losers were as good at running as you are at bashing then you'd be just like AJ, getting bashed on Letsrun! That's what happens on this rag. Become good at running....get bashed....by all the wannabe's.
ATTN: WANNABE'S....sign on with Letsrun and you too can bash Galen, Webb, Alberto, AJ and all the rest of the guys in the world....Bash the runner's you secretly wish you could hold a candle to.
Sorry for the interruption....Let the bashing continue!!
Wannabee is what? no speaky Engrish?