Kara signs with Skechers

Phrases like "mediocre talent" and runner with no potential, used to describe Ms. Goucher make me laugh. A bronze medal in the 10,000 meters at the 2007 World Championships and two time Olympian is not mediocre. She may be on the down slide of her career and she may not have won as much as her statements indicated she wanted to/thought she could, but facts are facts. She has had a good running career and she is cashing in as much as she can. She would be a fool not to. She had the longest line at the Boston Marathon expo on of people waiting to meet her, the day before the race. Some folks here can't stand her (perhaps rightfully so) but the majority of people in the running community do like her and many will wait to meet her and gladly buy whatever product she endorses. She is very marketable. I never met her and I don't judge people based on interviews alone because they can be edited and quotes taken out of context. She could be a great person or a selfish bit*ch. I don't know nor do I care. Signing her will help Skechers as much as Meb has even if she never wins a major marathon. It is all business and likely a good move for her and Skechers.

And yet curiously not too tired to click on, read, and post on a thread about Kara. You, sir, have problems.

shut it wrote:

Getting pretty tired of kara and shalane constantly yakking out their butts. Just shut it and train, or shut it and retire. Either way, just shut it.

Funny really, the only absolutely attractive girl/woman in running is the Italian Sara Galimberti (15.55 winning section 2 last night). But Americans don't know her, and that is not all that fast really (unless you are just so hot it doesn't matter). Goucher may not be as hot as her, but she has a resume, amongst the mostly "plain" women who populate running (unless you have serious speed goggles), that makes her standout. Her ability to create notoriety (keep her name in the running public eye anyway) for herself is what is valuable. It is so obvious that very few people on this board know much, if anything, about marketing.

Good for Kara for working her marketability and reaching out for sponsors. At the same time though, I cringe when I see her on a cover. When Desi gets injured, she works hard and we barely hear about her. When Kara gets injured she lets everyone know the sob story and sends out pictures of herself with a \"I believe\" logo/meme/whatever. She strikes me as incredibly self centered. Did anyone else find it odd that Runners World would have real Boston Marathon victim stories and add the sob story that Kara Goucher put her son in therapy because he saw her upset (in the elite hotel)?

I understand she has to do what she has to do but I respected her more when she wasn\'t trying to sell herself every second of the day.

Last night Huddle runs the second fastest 10,000 in U.S. history beating Hasay, last yrs Olympian, by almost a min and not one thread. Instead, a debate on a 35 yo woman's looks. You people need to read Glamor magazine instead.

Bleu wrote:

Last night Huddle runs the second fastest 10,000 in U.S. history beating Hasay, last yrs Olympian, by almost a min and not one thread. Instead, a debate on a 35 yo woman's looks. You people need to read Glamor magazine instead.

Don't you pedos have better forums to troll?

The mistake we make wrote:

The thing is, she never was hot and now she is really old. Plus she has a massive ego that can't be backed up by results. Time to make room for runners with potential who are hot and have at least a shred of intelligence, like Cranny.

Let's try this again:

Don't you pedos have better forums to troll?

Bleu wrote:

Last night Huddle runs the second fastest 10,000 in U.S. history beating Hasay, last yrs Olympian, by almost a min and not one thread. Instead, a debate on a 35 yo woman's looks. You people need to read Glamor magazine instead.

Why don't you start a thread then? They are free and anyone can do it, no registration required.

supercuts wrote:

not cute, not hot, stupid as stone, way old

That didn't take long, 9 minutes following the original post. You can do better next time with some tempos and intervals. 2/10 Keep trying.

shut it wrote:

Getting pretty tired of kara and shalane constantly yakking out their butts. Just shut it and train, or shut it and retire. Either way, just shut it.

It goes with the territory "THONNING".

When they were both pure track athletes you never heard a peep out of them.

It is the media; not the girls. The media forces them to be the "Kim Kardashian of running".

This is actually the only place, maybe outside of the Salazar household, where Kara is hated. Her popularity with the running public is immense. And with good reason.

The haters lead the score here. Pretty much any time Kara is mentioned the crawl out.

By my count so far in this thread:

Haters - 15

Positive/defenders - 9

in-between/neutral/irrelevant - 7

C'mon haters you can do better we're all pulling for you! Or maybe not. All you do is talk but don't see much on the performance end.

Yup. And some of us here actually like her, too. I don't see any reason not to, frankly. She's had some great results and she's trying to earn a living. Don't see why people are so excited to be so negative.

Yanqui wrote:

This is actually the only place, maybe outside of the Salazar household, where Kara is hated. Her popularity with the running public is immense. And with good reason.

The mistake we make wrote:

The thing is, she never was hot .

I assume you're a homosexual?

It seems like these guys are just mad that an "old" woman could still beat them in a race, even past her prime. Kara's success in running, and in business, seems to be threatening to the trolls around here. Jealousy makes people haters and it looks as though some people are trying to make up for their incompetencies with ignorant and flawed statements. It's partly hilarious and partly sad to witness.

now that she has lots of free time to look after the kid, is adam going to finally get a job? or is she too busy tweeting and facebooking

shut it wrote:

Getting pretty tired of kara and shalane constantly yakking out their butts. Just shut it and train, or shut it and retire. Either way, just shut it.

I agree. This is kind of like Ryan Hall.

shut it wrote:

Getting pretty tired of kara and shalane constantly yakking out their butts. Just shut it and train, or shut it and retire. Either way, just shut it.

Wait... I kind of understand saying that about Kara (even though I don't understand it), but Shalane? Shalane just ran the most balls-out race I've ever seen and pulled a 3-minute PR with an American record at Boston?

I think she is pretty damn worthy of some yak.

She definitely needs to shut her pie hole and train. We need to start seeing publicity for these new chicks who actually are attractive and have a future.