Drew Hunter's Car

In calculating "hours" for pro runners, one has to add sleep into the mix. 9-10 hours is minimum for most to to realize potential (including naps). Paula Radcliffe and Great Szabo admit to 10-13 hours/day. Among clean all-time runners, Bayi's coach attributed his success to his "discipline" in taking a mid-day nap while others frittered their talent away trying to other things instead. You have to be "all-in", but pros can be reticent about the "dirty little secret" of enhancing performance through additional sleep.

I don't really keep up with Drew Hunter but I looked at his Insta page and saw the picture. Almost looks like he is driving a rental or someone else's car. I know Millennials are more likely to boast about things, but wouldn't it be a bit showy to post a picture like that just to show off your car? Maybe not these days. I am 37 and most people my age kind of view that as tacky. I am guessing he got the chance to drive someone's sports car and posted about it.

That said, a Chevy Tahoe can run $70K if you get a decent trim level so it's not like a $70k car is way out of a pro athletes league. I have babysitters who drive Mercedes SUVs and almost every other mom at the carpool line is driving a GMC Denali. All of those cars are in the same price range.

Good for Drew for his contract and if that is his car, it looks like a pretty fun one. I hope he is careful with his money and his life. No more photos while driving!!!

I think Drew and the Hunters would be the FIRST ones to agree with you. That is why, given the fraction they guaranteed vs scholarship uncertainty, he jumped on the deal.

"I just don't think he's worth a 6 figure deal."

rojo wrote:

We started letsurn.

Does this mean the end is near?

Vanity plates wrote:

It's a lease.

Chuckle.

nickcageman wrote:

tse wrote:

Didn't your brother run 2 hours most days? What was a typical day for your guys at Cornell? My guess at my all-in average time spent training in college was ~5 hours. I'm sure a pro could throw on another couple hours of BS without the academic limitation.

I'm a hack runner and I average 13-15 hours a week running. If running is your full time job you should be in the gym, rolling, core, hip, etc, not to mention naps. Sh1t, I would love to take naps. Anyways, I think he has the time to take some college courses, but I don't think it's worth the added stress that it comes with. Maybe take a few online courses here and there during the off-season to get a head start on pre-req stuff.

Even when I had nothing else to focus on but running, I rarely spent more than 3 hours training. A training day that included pylo, weights and a massage could be done in 2 hours. I can see a long distance runner doing a double perhaps taking more than 3, but that might be once or twice a week. All professional athletics is boring most of the time, most of your day is spent resting and watching TV...the body can only train but so much.

That would be a helluva run by that dude. Alexa was 1.8 seconds off of making the Olympic Team Bro!

He didn't make the Trials last year aand it only took 3:39.5. You can say he didn't have the chances some of our other 3:40 Americans got. This year, with Ray Flynn as his agent, he will get into many races. He will for example run Millrose indoors and have the slowest PR by several seconds. He won't spend long as a "miler" or he will be reduced and then out of the sport inside 5 years. Or, he will be on what ever show/welfare program Nike and German Fernandez have agreed on (though he did run a 3:34 once in the last 5 years of being pro).

I can't see Drew breaking 3:36, but that will still put him in the top 6 at year's end and the 1500 always looks like you were close.

Haven't heard exactly who training with? Andrews just a rumor? Same shoe sponsor; same agent.

I would've bought the car for sure.

Don't believe this thread without pics.