Sage Canaday speaks after missing Trials qualifier

RejectJogger wrote:

Wejo weren't you his college coach? It was so awkward. "100 mile race, I don't understand it." "uh oh sounds like not a real runner" why you taking jabs at sage?

Rojo was the one who coached at Cornell.

For some reason, I always thought this guy was Canadian. Probably because of his last name.

vivalarepublica wrote:

For some reason, I always thought this guy was Canadian. Probably because of his last name.

You are thinking of Sage Watson (Can)

vivalarepublica wrote:

For some reason, I always thought this guy was Canadian. Probably because of his last name.

Pro-tip: Canaday and Canadian are two different words.

what kind of interview was that? A bunch of hemming and hawing while clumsily groping around for a way to insult trail running. Sage handled it well but what was the point? trying to play to the base I guess.....

lklklklk wrote:

what kind of interview was that? A bunch of hemming and hawing while clumsily groping around for a way to insult trail running. Sage handled it well but what was the point? trying to play to the base I guess.....

There is a thread at the LRC forum which is just about Sage Canaday and his marathon race at Houston.

The thread has 118 posts.

LRC has also determined that Killian Jornet is a CHEATER and a DOPER.

OK???

kbkjlnm wrote:

He'll eventually get it; if he just did some 5/10k racing and training for a few months it would be a shoe in; if he wants to qualify for the Olympic Trials he should just go all in for the next 4-6 months and give it his undivided attention

*shoo

I agree with a few things in this thread.

Sage rocks / is a cool dude.

He will hit the sub 2:19 standard.

He needs to go back and race a couple of 5k-10ks for 4-5months and then maybe hit up Chicago Marathon for a flat easy 2:17 and some change.

Lastly, I read that even if you did qualify for an OTQ in houston that it doesn't count as the window doesn't open to qualify until September? Can anyone explain what is up with that?

Agreement wrote:

Lastly, I read that even if you did qualify for an OTQ in houston that it doesn't count as the window doesn't open to qualify until September? Can anyone explain what is up with that?

Marathon qualifying window opened in September 2017.

Half Marathon qualifying window opens in September 2018.

Encourages an early marathon qualifier then focus on training and people to run the marathon before the trials instead of a few halves.

wow that interview was super bad. dear lord.

"100 mile race. I don't understand it."

Great question.

Anyone find it ironic that his youtube is named "vo2max productions"...and he is an ultramarathoner probably

not that good at vo2max running.

Aah! I see. So he is kinda like a hobby/amateur runner that runs a running blog. cool.

i guess thats one way of making money off his hobby. since running pays very little even for the pros its a smart move.

i guess we will see more amateurs (can i call him subelite?) exploiting (is this the right word) themselves in similair fashions...

lklklklk wrote:

"100 mile race. I don't understand it."

Great question.

Truly an embarrassing question, after a road marathon where he was trying to OTQ.

But Sage handled it with class as expected.

Sage understands the art of self promotion. This is a valuable skill that professional athletes in all sports should embrace to maximize their short window of money making. If I'm a race promoter, I have no problem putting up $$ to get Sage on my starting line, because I know he'll draw eyes to my event. If I'm selling shoes, I want Sage to be wearing them 24/7, because I know a lot of runners will eventually see them. I can't say the same about 99% of other sub 2:20 American runners.

I think as a society we've been a little brainwashed to believe that self promotion is somehow a bad thing. It's okay to talk about people and ideas that have already been established, but the thought of someone new coming along and offering their own flavor rubs a lot of people the wrong way. Ironically all this friction does is add fuel to the self-promotion fire. Sage is smart enough to understand this formula, and his bank account is what benefits from it.

As far as getting sub 2:19, yes, I think it will happen in his next start.

Lover of Sage's.... Videos wrote:

https://youtu.be/ONU5FDy7BFA?t=89

so awkward.

Whatever

People don’t know about Ultra running and they should and 100 milers.

It’s going to be the biggest sport hopefully in the future.

Why do you interview a guy who often posts on your site and will likely start commenting on this thread?

What you should do is combine the two and interview him on an "official live Sage Canaday interview thread" so viewers can comment in real time.

Rojo should not be interviewing. Kudos to Sage for handling this garbage interview with class.

"...sounds like not a real runner"......says the interviewer who sounds nothing at all like a real interviewer.