Rojo and Wejo: Give Emma Coburn the homepage for her AR

Sadly, I think this might be true. I put our best chances of a medal on Galen Rupp in the marathon and he might not even run the race. If he does run the race he's probably got about a 3% chance of earning a medal.

rip usa running wrote:

she got trounced by 2 doping Africans by 10 seconds.... The USA will not win a distance medal in Rio.

Seriously mate? wrote:

Sadly, I think this might be true. I put our best chances of a medal on Galen Rupp in the marathon and he might not even run the race. If he does run the race he's probably got about a 3% chance of earning a medal.

rip usa running wrote:

she got trounced by 2 doping Africans by 10 seconds.... The USA will not win a distance medal in Rio.

I love T&F, but I can see why no one wants to watch. That race was not at all exciting, in terms of Emma Coburn. She never was in contention for the win.

While I respect the performance placed into context, the fact we are not competitive with the Africans is killing interest.

What about Emma in a little black dress? Or just a little black bunhugger? Or maybe just 100% Emma?

Would Jager get a black page if he ran 7:59 and finished 3rd, 10 seconds behind the leader?

Yer wrong wrote:

Would Jager get a black page if he ran 7:59 and finished 3rd, 10 seconds behind the leader?

No, because the new WR holder would get it.

black pages matter wrote:

Yer wrong wrote:

Would Jager get a black page if he ran 7:59 and finished 3rd, 10 seconds behind the leader?

No, because the new WR holder would get it.

Touché.

Well what if Emma sets the AR another 3 times this season. Does she get a black page every time?

Not sure how democratic this whole thing is, but I vote no on this instance.

Yer wrong wrote:

Would Jager get a black page if he ran 7:59 and finished 3rd, 10 seconds behind the leader?

I think I remember Jager getting a splash page for the race he fell down, got second and didn't break 8. It was an AR like Coburn.

Here it is brah...

Yer wrong wrote:

Would Jager get a black page if he ran 7:59 and finished 3rd, 10 seconds behind the leader?

Why not, Ritzenhein got one for running 12:56 and finishing third.

Does letsrun give a black page honoring female runners for anything other than prostitution?

smh

For those who don't remember, yes, they did a black page for the breaking news about Suzy.

An AR is an AR. It still counts if it didn't win the race.

Keni Harrison more deserving of a page. AR and #2 all-time.

honest question wrote:

Does letsrun give a black page honoring female runners for anything other than prostitution?

smh

For those who don't remember, yes, they did a black page for the breaking news about Suzy.

This is a disturbing thought. In the Johnsons defense, they did give one to Jenny Simpson for winning the World Championship in 2011.

However, looking at who gets a black page for an AR and who doesn't it seems white, male underdogs who set AR's get black pages.

Ritzenhein/Solinsky (1 AR each) -- right color, right sex, right status

Bernard Lagat (2 ARs) -- wrong color

Evan Jager (2 ARs) -- wrong status

Galen Rupp (2 ARs) -- wrong status

Molly Huddle (2 ARs) -- wrong sex

Shannon Rowbury (1 AR) -- wrong sex

Emma Coburn -- ?

That was in extremely poor taste, and speaks to the maturity of the site owners (and thereby encourages immature behavior from the site users) when Suzy Favor-Hamilton got a black page but not a number of other female runners for their you know, actual running accomplishments.

A number of women do read this site but unsurprisingly make sure to never reveal their gender or anything that would give away their identity. Who can blame them? Letsrun needs to get some women onto their "staff."

I respect Coburn's accomplishment, but I will honestly say that women's sports just aren't that exciting/competitive compared to men's. Enough with the political correctness. How long has the women's steeple even been a competitive event?

I don't like the attempt to shame the site into artificially putting up a black front page. This site is more concerned with mid-dist/dist. and (as are all general sports media) more concerned with men's sport.

Finally, yes, I think the misogynistic/objectification of women stuff on here is bad and pretty immature for some middle aged guys to allow (and even occasionally promote) on their site.

black desires wrote:

What about Emma in a little black dress? Or just a little black bunhugger? Or maybe just 100% Emma?

Kimmy toe wrote:

Why is it so bad to admire the physical beauty of a talented woman? Get over yourselves. She's pretty, fast and good for the sport.

Try it at work and let us know.

Letsrun is sexist is the answer.

Les wrote:

honest question wrote:

Does letsrun give a black page honoring female runners for anything other than prostitution?

smh

For those who don't remember, yes, they did a black page for the breaking news about Suzy.

This is a disturbing thought. In the Johnsons defense, they did give one to Jenny Simpson for winning the World Championship in 2011.

However, looking at who gets a black page for an AR and who doesn't it seems white, male underdogs who set AR's get black pages.

Ritzenhein/Solinsky (1 AR each) -- right color, right sex, right status

Bernard Lagat (2 ARs) -- wrong color

Evan Jager (2 ARs) -- wrong status

Galen Rupp (2 ARs) -- wrong status

Molly Huddle (2 ARs) -- wrong sex

Shannon Rowbury (1 AR) -- wrong sex

Emma Coburn -- ?

What's a status?

Maybe I used the wrong word. Non-underdogs. Not surprising that they set ARs.