Kara signs with Skechers

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.

Mr Hanson would like you to have a seat sir.

dude, really? wrote:

kybaws wrote:

"After watching Keflezighi, himself a former Nike athlete, win Boston, Goucher said, “I was like, ‘Yeah, let’s do [the deal]. Clearly, [Skechers is] onto something.’”

Anyone have any info on when she is even going to run again after this latest injury?

it's not the shoes

She just signed a contract with a shoe company. Do you really think she's going to say it's not the shoes? Do you think?

I have seen the light. It's so clear now. Meb was allowed to win Boson in order to lure Kara to Skechers. What a devious conspiracy.

jhlspath wrote:

I have seen the light. It's so clear now. Meb was allowed to win Boson in order to lure Kara to Skechers. What a devious conspiracy.

9/10 good one

I think you're onto something. Now the Ivy educated sub 14 min K, 500K/a year geniuses her*e can do some more sleuthing.

[*in reality probably bitter 17 to 20 min 5K runners, making $9K a year at a fast food outlet and still living in mom's basement at 35 years old, plus never had a date in their life (all which explains their bitterness)]

Seems like kara is the one who is bitter because she is old and not hot.

I understand now. When people correctly point out that Kara is old, not hot and talks too much, the little fanboys get riled because they are even less attractive and have a dimmer future than kara. Sorry dudes, facts are facts, and there is no hope for you. Kara may be stupid and old, but she has that little flock of fierce angry birds who love her and want to be her friend.

six shows at once wrote:

I understand now. When people correctly point out that Kara is old, not hot and talks too much, the little fanboys get riled because they are even less attractive and have a dimmer future than kara. Sorry dudes, facts are facts, and there is no hope for you. Kara may be stupid and old, but she has that little flock of fierce angry birds who love her and want to be her friend.

^^^^nailed it

six shows at once wrote:

I understand now. When people correctly point out that Kara is old, not hot and talks too much, the little fanboys get riled because they are even less attractive and have a dimmer future than kara. Sorry dudes, facts are facts, and there is no hope for you. Kara may be stupid and old, but she has that little flock of fierce angry birds who love her and want to be her friend.

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Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion man.

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I have opened the runersworld link to Gouchers announcing she'll shill for Skechers shoes. The first time the lead-in commercial was for Brooks the second for Mizuno.

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.

. Huddle is f'ugly. Feel better

Smara wrote:

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.

Kara is a part of the new generation of mommy runners , its like a coffee chat around the so called stresses of being mothers and running. Daytime talk show material , social media blogging etc. Its appeals to certain certain segment i.e. : Oprah mentality.

As an athlete Kara will never be close to what Meb has done for Skechers. Timing was perfect for Meb with few good races left in him , running on the rise and the well conceived launch of a current competitive athlete and good product. Meb's story is heartwarming. Kara ran some great races and had a baby.

BTW , Desi has the fastest two times by any american woman at Boston in its history.

zohan wrote:

The mistake we make wrote:

The thing is, she never was hot .

I assume you're a homosexual?

Contrary to popular belief men will not actually screw anything female if they(the men) are not gay.

Just wondering if anyone else found it interesting that Kara decided to delay the announcement of her signing with skechers until 2 weeks after Boston because she didn't want to "overshadow" Meb? Did she really think that an announcement about her shoe deal would take away from the first American win at Boston since 1983? Is she a bit delusional? I like Kara and have always been a fan. But seriously, Meb is awesome and his achievement is and always will be awesome. There is no way her shoe deal could overshadow that. I think Meb's race is still overshadowing her shoe deal, 2 wks later.

pajaro wrote:

Just wondering if anyone else found it interesting that Kara decided to delay the announcement of her signing with skechers until 2 weeks after Boston because she didn't want to "overshadow" Meb? Did she really think that an announcement about her shoe deal would take away from the first American win at Boston since 1983? Is she a bit delusional? I like Kara and have always been a fan. But seriously, Meb is awesome and his achievement is and always will be awesome. There is no way her shoe deal could overshadow that. I think Meb's race is still overshadowing her shoe deal, 2 wks later.

But everyone loves kara and wants to be her friend. She is such a super nice and humble person. She knows that her massive popularity would have eclipsed Meb, and since she is so publicity shy, she just couldn't stand for that. Seriously, I don't understand how this magnificent person hasn't been made a saint yet.

The underspin is KG believes sponsored athletes should be able to control the marketing machine of the sponsoring company. She would not permit the announcement of her signing to harm a fellow athlete. No matter how much marketing sense it would make to include her signing as a side story showing how the company was expanding and growing in to the serious athletic shoe market she would not permit it. Athletes rights come first.

and the bashing goes on and on wrote:

The underspin is KG believes sponsored athletes should be able to control the marketing machine of the sponsoring company. She would not permit the announcement of her signing to harm a fellow athlete. No matter how much marketing sense it would make to include her signing as a side story showing how the company was expanding and growing in to the serious athletic shoe market she would not permit it. Athletes rights come first.

I doubt that any one at Skechers had any concerns that would come out from a press release from Kara that would over shadow the Meb campaign they are running now. Kara is delusional about her value to the public. She is not relevant at the moment , to gain Meb value and presence she will have compete and race well.

That response is pretty silly, Cranny is a 17/18 year old girl of course she might look better then a woman who has given birth to a child in her mid 30's. Also I think their goals are pretty different id be a little confused if magazines were going around using Cranny an oncoming college runner for publicity. Kara is 1.Recognizable being her previous years success, 2.What a lot of female runner/women in general aspire to become, 3. still by a wide audience deemed as attractive.

So I agree with this poster, this is nothing but pure hatred almost to the extent of jealousy

Per the Runner's World article, Skechers wanted to announce the deal right after Meb won, but the final details had not been worked out. The endorsement was announced two weeks later because they needed to iron out the full contract. The rumor mill keeps churning and churning...