Abbey D'Agostino signs with New Balance

Stayin in MA.

didn't even notice the cross. not making a big deal about this at all it's just interesting to see. Obviously going with the "good girl" image- and continuing with a marketing goal of targeting a younger audience (high school, college). I love what NB is doing

lol - i don't think the younger generation will be as brainwashed by fairy tales to feel guilty all the time - F*ck that!

So with Abbey D + B-Mart New Balance now has the hottest two female runners on the circuit.

Clearly a better athlete (PR and Championship wins) than Hasay but have to wonder if she is making more? I wonder if Jennie is making as much as Hasay?

probably not. but someone like abbey isn't in it just for the money- she loves the sport and loves the team concept that they are hoping to build with NB

It would probably make since for her to move down to Providence and train with Molly and Kim. That could be a good group for her plus she could stay in the Northeast.

sneaky asian wrote:

probably not. but someone like abbey isn't in it just for the money- she loves the sport and loves the team concept that they are hoping to build with NB

Actually she is in it for money , its her career. Her agent did ask around for offers and it was always about the money. She has a job she loves so she gets paid for that.

NB would like to replicate what Nike has going on , its a good thing for the sport and hopefully elevate athletes performances.

Is Amy still training in Providence? Any chance of this group they are trying to create being a Hastings, Smith, D'Agostino distance training group with Mahon / Coogan? I would love to see D'Agostino move up to the marathon and assume she probably will but gradually like Shalane.

Thank you for not going Nike, Abbey.

Mmm ... Smith and Hastings don't run for Mahon. Mahon coaches the BAA elite (sponsored by Adidas) and Smith and Hastings I believe are coached by Ray Treacy and sponsored by Reebok and Brooks?

But I do think all of them (BAA, Smith/Hastings, Rodgers/D'ags) should be working together to some degree - at least competing against each other - to legitimize the elite training group experiment in New England. I bet it won't happen, but it would be nice to have a quasi-counterpart to the groups in the other parts of the country.

Smith and Hastings are great, but Molly Huddle is also part of that group. Arguably the best of any group of 3 women training the country (over 5k-Half Marathon anyway). Adding Dags would turn that into something else altogether. Also Smith is no longer Reebok as someone noted above, but New Balance. Huddle is with Saucony and Hastings with Brooks.

Money talks wrote:

sneaky asian wrote:

probably not. but someone like abbey isn't in it just for the money- she loves the sport and loves the team concept that they are hoping to build with NB

Actually she is in it for money , its her career. Her agent did ask around for offers and it was always about the money. She has a job she loves so she gets paid for that.

NB would like to replicate what Nike has going on , its a good thing for the sport and hopefully elevate athletes performances.

I know it is about money...what I said is it isn't JUST for the money

Money talks wrote:

sneaky asian wrote:

probably not. but someone like abbey isn't in it just for the money- she loves the sport and loves the team concept that they are hoping to build with NB

Actually she is in it for money , its her career. Her agent did ask around for offers and it was always about the money. She has a job she loves so she gets paid for that.

NB would like to replicate what Nike has going on , its a good thing for the sport and hopefully elevate athletes performances.

What does a runner make minus the 6 pairs of shoes she'll get. Do they offer her 30K yearly and travel? More or hopefully not less? She is good pro prospect! NCAA's was a bad race period. She'll go 15:10 this summer

I like her a lot, but she bears an eerie resemblance to Jodi Arias.

In a few years, all posts will be about what contracts are being signed and for how much. Posters from one company will degrade the accomplishments of athletes from another. Posters supporting one running club will question the reputation of another, and posters paid to support one group of shoes, running apparel and swim wear will disrespect all others.

While running performance from high school through the professional ranks is at the highest level in 30 years, there seems to be a very big divergence in the ability to manage this sport in a productive and ethical way that does not make the sport look like a bunch of hungry jackals each focused on finding their next scrap of meat.

Unfortunately, running is an inherently independent sport ... and nobody has found a way to make this sport profitable in the USA except for a very few. I think there is an incredible lack of innovation in this sport.

However, you need to understand that the very nature of the runners and coaches who inhabit this sport do not have the mentality of making this a broader, more approachable and profitable sport.

So live with the fact this sport is populated by such people and understand that running has few opportunities for people to make a long career in running.

At least until someone creates a new concept that will avoid the downward spiral that I have seen in the lack of general support of the our greatest runners simply because they are on a different team?

Even a attractive, accomplish Ivy type like Abby isn't going to make a great salary. I would say 30K to 40K yearly tops. And she is marketable, good looking and well spoken! Shameful I agree. Most kids from her school make much more right out of college.

She is attractive, but she will not have a career as a model, so I don't think that is high on her resume or list of life's objectives.

She went to an Ivy, but for now has chosen a career as a runner so I don't know why an Ivy education is relevant to her career at this moment.

Since she has chosen a career in running and it is unlikely that there will be an Air-Abby shoe anytime soon and perhaps only about 10000 people will ever know her name, I think a $40,000 salary is generous and there is no reason that she should make more than other college graduates who are tasked to produce a product for a company in order to make a profit.

A runner does not produce anything, not a new product, not a new idea not even labor that goes into producing a product. A runner's value is simply if they entertain and motivate the public so that their sponsor sells more shoes or swim wear. If they don't understand that then perhaps they need another line of work.