LOL What Do You Think of Kara Goucher' new Skechers' Commercial????

Robert Paulson wrote:

My only issue with the add is it mocks two gentlemen who may very well be doing hill repeats.

That's no gentleman, that's Jeff Atkinson in the gray shirt.

I've got a lady crush on Kara. She can do no wrong in my book.

but the little flock of angry birds loves her and wants to be her friend

Robert Paulson wrote:

My only issue with the add is it mocks two gentlemen who may very well be doing hill repeats. Are we to think less of runners who do intervals versus a steady effort run? Not all workouts are done the same or serve the same purpose.

Yeah, that was stupid. The thing I THINK they were going for though of course I think is even worse. Basically, she's going super slow and these guys pass her. Supposed to be of course that they can't handle her pace over the long haul, but that doesn't put THEM in a bad light...it puts HER in one, because she is faster than 99+% of all male runners, so it should not be to her (and is not) an accomplishment of any kind when she runs faster than some no-name guys. The commercial is kind of insulting to her as a runner in that way.

Anyway, anyone who either is or has been a competitive runner on any level would find this to be a bad commercial on many levels.

I quite like it even though I'm not a Kara fan. First she laughs at the silly guys, then she gets a nod from The Man Himself who's also on an easy run.

Admit it, if you see a girl running in front of you, you want to pass her. If you're so uptight that you cannot appreciate a little joke about yourself I guess Kara's audience would be thrilled.

Meh. She's cute and she sells shoes. Good for her.

I just can't believe that Runner's World hasn't had Kara on the cover for a few weeks. How dare they? This is an outrage. Kara must be given more opportunities to yak about how great she is. Nobody else even comes close to deserving those covers as Kara. Damn it, we all need our daily dose of seeing Kara's bare midriff. I don't care how hot or young those models are, EVERY COVER SHOULD BE KARA.

Running hill reps with Jeff is Humberto Sanchez, Western State Alumni and mentioned in Running with the Buffaloes.

Top Noticer wrote:

Meh. She's cute and she sells shoes. Good for her.

She has a sexy voice too.

agc5k wrote:

bigtool05 wrote:

this. I hate Kara's smug smile after she sees them stop

Kara is so annoying at this point. "These miles are about my comeback." No those miles are about Kara continuing to milk every bit of money she can out of gullible race directors and sponsors that believe she's still got it.

Give it some time and people will stop believing in her and her name will lose its star power. When the star power fades and is coupled with the poor performance, she will be effectively done and have to get a real job.

Jealous much?

Wrong. I think it exposed the douchey runners who have to speed up to pass women then can't handle the pace. Those are not competitive.

Once again the women hating can't get a date lets run trolls attack women.

Is that like S Rothstein making catty comments of the Nike sponsored women on Instagram ?

ballhog wrote:

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Oh. I. Am. So. Terrified.

What a f'ing moron!

It's a very American sports commercial. It involves "redemption", "overcoming", "proving doubters wrong", and that kind of stuff.

Come on Kara, you're just an aging runner trying to get back in shape one more time. I actually like Kara and hope she has some success. But let's not make it seem like she has to overcome an army of doubters. The sad truth is, nobody really cares all that much!

Is that Meb at the end?

Grgas the Overcomer wrote:

It's a very American sports commercial. It involves "redemption", "overcoming", "proving doubters wrong", and that kind of stuff.

Come on Kara, you're just an aging runner trying to get back in shape one more time. I actually like Kara and hope she has some success. But let's not make it seem like she has to overcome an army of doubters. The sad truth is, nobody really cares all that much!

+1

What I.AM - Mr. Right Please wrote:

Once again the women hating can't get a date lets run trolls attack women.

The usual imbeciles all come out to play.

Wow, I liked the ad. It's fine and well done.

As for the comments about about passing people? In a race? I'll pass anyone in front of me if I can. Gender does not matter! It's a race! No apologies needed.

In training? Yeah, passing people for ego is silly if you can't hold the pace and it isn't your training pace.

No...what I said was correct.