What an awesome thread. Track needs way more heels, hope AJ gets fast again.
What an awesome thread. Track needs way more heels, hope AJ gets fast again.
Mentally, Acosta is just another whiny, colicky pre-adolescent. Potential sponsors realize it's all about AJ all of the time. Babysitters are expensive these days. It must suck for the persona Acosta has so assiduously cultivated to be so fully rejected. You got nothing, dude.
Seriously...I wouldn't touch that guy with a ten foot pole.
Flukey Stokes wrote:
Mentally, Acosta is just another whiny, colicky pre-adolescent. Potential sponsors realize it's all about AJ all of the time. Babysitters are expensive these days. It must suck for the persona Acosta has so assiduously cultivated to be so fully rejected. You got nothing, dude.
AJ Acosta = Uncle Ruslan.
I've gotten a couple shoe deals in my late thirties and early forties and I'm not even on the level of upper echelon high school runners at 5000m and up. So, I'd think that a 3:53 miler would be worth a shoe deal. But he's got a lot of comp for scarce dollars right now.
Not Cool Bro wrote:
On a separate note, why the is the OTC using RunnerSpace to host their website? That site is horrible, I would think a group like the OTC could hire a half-decent programmer to build them a respectable one.
OTC Elite used to have a site, and it was actually pretty sweet, but it must have gotten too expensive to maintain or something because I can't seem to find it anywhere.
funny wrote:
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.
I know AJ and have had my issues with him. But he is not stupid, and in the right setting is in fact charismatic and a leader. For AJ I don't see it being about the money, so forget your 181k salary, I see it being about his pride.
The people with pride we mock when they fall, but they also tell the stories, dream the dreams, and live hard.
Don't tell him how to live. I'm not saying he is doing it right, but I doubt "funny" is really living that much better of a life with all that bitterness inside.
I wish him the best. It is tough to be a professional runner these days. Tough sport to make money and live.
Stone_thrower1011 wrote:
I know AJ and have had my issues with him. But he is not stupid, and in the right setting is in fact charismatic and a leader. For AJ I don't see it being about the money, so forget your 181k salary, I see it being about his pride.
The people with pride we mock when they fall, but they also tell the stories, dream the dreams, and live hard.
So you're saying he's too proud to buy shoes? That strikes me more as arrogance/thinking he's better than he is than pride.
I hope the quote was just for show and that he isn't actually so poor, "proud", and stupid that he'll risk injury by not doing a simple thing like buying proper footwear.
Hingle McCringleberry wrote:
OTC Elite used to have a site, and it was actually pretty sweet, but it must have gotten too expensive to maintain or something because I can't seem to find it anywhere.
Web hosting is like 5 bucks a month. Must have been some other reason. I'm pretty sure RunnerSpace is based in Oregon, so maybe there was some kind of deal made. Whatever it was though, I think OTC got the raw end of it because that site sucks. I would build them a better one for free.
Check out the guy's twitter account and figure out if you would sponsor him if you were a corporation.
the fact AJ is complaining about shoes publicly is a great indicator of his idiotic mentality, no company wants to sign up for that shi*
Does AJ really have no job whatsoever or does he just not want to pay for shoes?
If he were to come out of the closet like Jason Collins, the world would be his oyster.
Nation we need to turn our lonely eyes to AJ. Woo Hoo Who
AJ has announced he is not going to bathe or wash his clothes anymore until someone gives him a contract!
whats his shoe size and adress, I'll mail him a pair.
70 bucks is two 5 hours shifts at McDonalds. He needs to get a damn job.
I ran 4:33, 15:29, and 32:29 and I got free shoes. He isn't trying hard enough.
There is no way you ran 15:29 with only a 4:33 mile pr.
Thats like running your mile pace for 3 miles basically.
I call BS.
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Matt Choi was drinking beer halfway through the Boston Marathon
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
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