Symmonds is confessing that he is a prostitute.
Imagine SFH saying:"I never considered myself a lover. Sex was a business of mine and a great way for me to market products."
Symmonds is confessing that he is a prostitute.
Imagine SFH saying:"I never considered myself a lover. Sex was a business of mine and a great way for me to market products."
Yes, that is true wrote:
How about this...... wrote:We don't consider ourselves a running organization. We look at it as a great way to make a lot of money and running happens to be an avenue to do that.
Signed,
USATF leaders
You nailed it!
Nailed it with a 1:42.95 pound hammer Baby!!
I think we can ascertain now: Symmonds is the furthest thing from a modern Prefontaine.
Can't wait to read the apologists and sycophants on here tomorrow.
LOL at Letsrunners acting like scorned lovers after their golden boy says: I never really was that into you.
I've never been invested enough in Nick Symmonds to care what he thinks but this really wasn't necessary.
Lying through his teeth
Okay Whats Next wrote:
What does he think he has left now that's worth marketing?
How does he think this "running never mattered anyway" approach is supposed to play out in any way favorably with runners or non-runners?
That was a very dumb thing to say. I really didn't care about running, but only did it to get money.
Not smart marketing
For those of us who love the sport of running it was very disheartening to hear.
Yeah what a tool.
Track and field needs good publicity. This guy reckons he is some kind of marketing/public relations guru. Uses his position as a former world class runner to talk down the sport, despite his main 'business' being a chewing gum aimed at runners.
Grade 1 arsehole.
If Symmonds has proven one thing to me, it's that performance does not equate to name recognition in this sport, unless it's on a completely different level and, even then, does not lend itself to being all that rewarding.
For all the efforts Nick symmonds put into being Nick Symmonds and trying to portray this persona that really comes across as "just another tool who's good at something but thinks they're better than they really are", Nick will never be a household name.
Think about how hard this guy tries to to be famous (Paris Hilton, "sitting out" of a Championship) and literally 0.01% of the population or less know or care who he is.
Time is fleeting. Do this because it's what you love, or go do something else. Really and truly, if what he said is true, I feel bad for the guy for wasting years of his precious life being so unsuccessful at his mission and being too blind to see it.
If it took him this long to realize most don't get rich from running then he definitely doesn't have the smarts to make it big in business
RatAyyummer wrote:
Acey Decee wrote:He kind of blew it then. He would be much wealthier now if he didn't have to go through the charade of training and racing instead of focusing 100% on business.
Symmonds always struck me as not that bright. This quote kinda proves it. He overvalues himself and his ability to market. I doubt most runners know who he is outside of LR.
He got full of himself. He won't be missed.
agreed. 100% of non-runners have no idea who he is. His entire marketing base is runners, and he just alienated himself from all of them.
I guarantee he thought of himself as a runner at some point and also loved the sport. I would wager that the quote is more in the vein of Nick not expressing himself completely.
Regardless, how could you be against him if he is for athletes making more money and trying to take some of the power back from the apparel companies? Makes no sense. I think he's cool and will miss him.
1.42.95 / 3:34 doesn't happen by accident.
While I don't like Symmonds' escapades, I do respect him coming from D3 to a world class level.
Gotta respect that.
But I won't miss him, especially since the USA is stacked in the 800/1500 now.
rojo wrote:
Symmonds exhibited his marketing brilliance yet again today by formally announcing what we already knew - that 2017 will be his last as a pro track athlete - in the New York Times and then later on the rungumwebsite.
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/03/sports/olympics/nick-symmonds-retirement-running.htmland
https://getrungum.com/blogs/blog/nick-symmonds-final-track-and-field-seasonHere is the full quote from the NY times that I must admit pissed me off a little bit.
"I never considered myself a runner. Running was a business of mine" and "a great way for me to market products."
You gotta understand where a quote like this really means. He's saying this because he knows he's not the top dog anymore and it's a way to play it off. So hes already setting up his excuse for If and when he gets his arse handed to him this summer in eugene. He can't simply say, I'm not the guy I was before and I'm leaving the sport because of that fact. He does mention his age and being hurt last year but even when he does it comes off as an excuse and not just matter or fact. Symmonds plays it off, he really truly wants to go out on top and he may do that, but just in case it doesn't, he has his excuses lined up.
I always liked symmonds since he seemed like a normal dude who was into drinking beer, fishing, and chasing women unlike dweebs like rupp, hall ect. That said, his act has gotten really tiresome over the last couple of years. As someone else pointed out, he is nowhere near as smart as he thinks he is. I don't see himself being successful in whatever he tries to do after hanging them up.
Also, does anyone actually buy rungum? I have never seen a single person with it.
huh.
RMT: So, over the years, would you say that your identity was running? Meaning, you introduced yourself, “Hi, I’m Nick Symmonds, the runner.â€
Nick: Yeah, I would say so. The last decade that was pretty much how I identified.
Nick Symmonds, Olympian.
Nick Symmonds, Professional Runner.
Nick Symmonds, Professional Athlete.
...
And, it’s only been recently in the last year, since June, that I don’t call myself a runner primarily. Now, I’m a business man – CEO of Run Gum – and I still run because I love it, but it’s not who I am. It’s just something that I do.
,,,
I run for many reasons, including a deep love for the sport of T&F. I am the kid that went to a Division 3 school. I had no athletic scholarship and actually had to pay for my own shoes and warm ups. All my fellow D3 athletes, you know what I'm talking about. I did it for the love of competition, I still do it for the love of competition.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BAzu1RPt5-f/?taken-by=nicksymmonds
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Do something Brojos wrote:
rojo wrote:Symmonds exhibited his marketing brilliance yet again today by formally announcing what we already knew - that 2017 will be his last as a pro track athlete - in the New York Times and then later on the rungumwebsite.
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/03/sports/olympics/nick-symmonds-retirement-running.htmland
https://getrungum.com/blogs/blog/nick-symmonds-final-track-and-field-seasonHere is the full quote from the NY times that I must admit pissed me off a little bit.
"I never considered myself a runner. Running was a business of mine" and "a great way for me to market products."
This is an example where you can't read the entire
text above because of an advertisement on the right side
of page. Why can't you guys fix this. Very annoying.
+1 The monstrosity on the right side of my screen keeps blocking text/threads.
Lol. So basically he is full of BS.
I also recommend that he consider better marketing techniques.
The fact that his retirement got an extensive article in the NY Times belies the suggestion that he doesn't know how to market himself and that no one knows who he is.
So true. He started the long slow slide when he left Gags.