Challenge to Wejo

Mass Man, Wejo doesn't hate Boston. He simply believes that it's lost its luster. He's right.

wejo is right in that Boston has lost its luster. But does it matter?

These appearance fees are getting outrageous. Plus, Boston's course is not conducive to world record times. The reason London throws out the big bucks is because there is a credible chance of a new WR being set on their course.

Boston will never have a WR performance. NEVER. It is simply a tough race with a lot of tradition. I say they fatten the prize purse and forget about appearance fees altogether. Boston isn't about times but about winning.

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wejo is right in that Boston has lost its luster. But does it matter?

These appearance fees are getting outrageous. Plus, Boston's course is not conducive to world record times. The reason London throws out the big bucks is because there is a credible chance of a new WR being set on their course.

Boston will never have a WR performance. NEVER. It is simply a tough race with a lot of tradition. I say they fatten the prize purse and forget about appearance fees altogether. Boston isn't about times but about winning.

and...oddly enough.

even if you did run a WR at boston.

it is an aided course...so it wouldnt count.

lol...

One last time... Boston has lost its luster with elite runners. Talk to a non-runner and Boston still means something. Almost anytime I talk to someone about my running and they ask me if I've ever run a marathon and I answer yes the second question is have you run Boston. With the general public... Boston is still it!

Well the funny thing about that though has the general public truly had any idea what distance running is realyl aobut let along understand what is a good race and what is not?

Give me a break I din't think any true runner cares what the general public thinks about our sport at least in America. We will never have a huge following with an educated (educated on our sport not intellect) audience.

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Well the funny thing about that though has the general public truly had any idea what distance running is realyl aobut let along understand what is a good race and what is not?

Give me a break I din't think any true runner cares what the general public thinks about our sport at least in America. We will never have a huge following with an educated (educated on our sport not intellect) audience.

It's a good thing you didn't mean educated in general terms. My head hurts after trying to read this mess.

Man wasn't meant to fly

The 4 minute mile will never be broken

Never is only never to those who think that way.

Fine one instance where I said I hate the Boston Marathon and I'll give you $1,000,000.

Secondly, that article does not change my opinion of Boston. I never said Boston wasn't a good race. I've never said people shouldn't run Boston. In fact, I'd encourage American runners or anyone else trying to make a name to run Boston because it is relatively speaking easier to do well and still has great name recognition.

It seems like in today's age people can't take criticism. I've watched Boston live on tv for probably the last 12 years. I really enjoy the race (I thought the tv coverage was pretty poor this year however as they need someone on the truck who knows something about marathoners) However, my criticism is the race isn't the of the quality it once was. That is a fact.

Now there are various reasons for this. But the main one is money. It's a fact that the top marathoners in the world want appearance money. Boston may have a tough course but if it is willing to pay the $$$ it will get whoever it wants.

As for scrapping appearance money, if Boston wanted to offer $500,000 for first then it also would get more people willing to show up but it had better still have a deep prize structure.