I am incredibly shocked with how much press Sarah Sellers has received for finishing well over 4 minutes behind Desiree Linden. Even the London marathon broadcast had her on and no Desiree.
Brooks and Hansons have dropped the ball and let their athlete down. Sarah Sellers has no sponsor or agent and no one to produce content or connect with all of the morning shows. Desiree has all of these advantages.
It was Sarah's 15 minutes of fame and soon she'll be forgotten. Desi is already known and is popular among the small group of people who know competitive running and care about the women's side of it.
Good. Des is a beast of a runner and well known for being a runner. I don’t need a cookbook from her or other bs. I will probably buy the jacket she wore when it comes out, and I’m sure I’m not the only one. Brooks wlll get their money out of this. I’ll probably even try out some of her coffee - happy to support her and Ben.
As far as Sarah being on the London thon telecast, I’m a little disappointed Josh didn’t tell her he is an agent, a great agent, and a wonderful hugger.
Marketting 101 wrote:
Brooks and Hansons have dropped the ball and let their athlete down.
I think posters are skipping over this too quickly. OP is completely correct. The stories of Seller and Chichester are very compelling, but second place is the first loser. Fifth place is the fourth.
Maybe Desi didn't want to get up early? I know Boston isn't New York, but it looks like she is several steps below Flanagan for publicity at this point.
L.A. girls get all the attention.
This field is unnecessary wrote:
Good. Des is a beast of a runner and well known for being a runner. I don’t need a cookbook from her or other bs. I will probably buy the jacket she wore when it comes out, and I’m sure I’m not the only one. Brooks wlll get their money out of this. I’ll probably even try out some of her coffee - happy to support her and Ben.
As far as Sarah being on the London thon telecast, I’m a little disappointed Josh didn’t tell her he is an agent, a great agent, and a wonderful hugger.
Yes, he is one of the biggest agents in the sport.
Nokujh wrote:
This field is unnecessary wrote:
Good. Des is a beast of a runner and well known for being a runner. I don’t need a cookbook from her or other bs. I will probably buy the jacket she wore when it comes out, and I’m sure I’m not the only one. Brooks wlll get their money out of this. I’ll probably even try out some of her coffee - happy to support her and Ben.
As far as Sarah being on the London thon telecast, I’m a little disappointed Josh didn’t tell her he is an agent, a great agent, and a wonderful hugger.
Yes, he is one of the biggest agents in the sport.
Teehee
Not everyone wants to be a celebrity. Some just want to be respected for what they do well. Desi is the type to act like she has been there before. She has too much class to attention whore.
Forget the coffee, I want to sample some of her Whisky collection!
Not to take away from Sellers finish, but had that been any other race she probably wouldn't have finished in the top 15 or 20. Her PR is ~20 min slower than that of Flanagan, Huddle, Linden and a lot of the other elites. The conditions played in her favor and unless she can run another marathon in the 2:30's range, not sure why she would be getting a lot of offers/sponsors, etc. I have nothing against her and glad she is getting the attention for what she accomplished, but I know many women who have run 2:45 and aren't majorly sponsored. Given that she has only run 2 marathons, she does have that potential and will be interesting to see where she goes from here.
Sarah is easier to relate to for the masses.
Desi is just another professional athlete with a dream job that gets paid millions to travel the world and compete.
s**sells wrote:
Wonder why....
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She has an absolutely symmetrical face.
average Josephine wrote:
Sarah is easier to relate to for the masses.
Desi is just another professional athlete with a dream job that gets paid millions to travel the world and compete.
Does Desi really travel the World? Or get paid millions?
Yes, Sarah is pretty and has a more relatable story.
But that's also combined with Desi being pretty low-key. If Shalane won we'd be hearing about her victory much more. This is not to diss Shalane; they're just different people.
Sarah made the decision coming out of College to be a nurse. Desi made the decision to become a professional runner.
Sarah was a better collegiate than Desi. She just made different choices.
Desire Sells wrote:
average Josephine wrote:
Sarah is easier to relate to for the masses.
Desi is just another professional athlete with a dream job that gets paid millions to travel the world and compete.
Does Desi really travel the World? Or get paid millions?
thats not the point
American Boston win is worth a Million dollars this year. Prize money plus appearance fee plus future appearances plus Sponsor dollars.
On another note, I was shocked to see that Sarah ran 32:50 in College. That is damn good.
Sarah finishing second is a good story - and for right now, that's all that it is. She seems like a great lady but if I was a marketer, I'd wonder if she could repeat the same performance on a better it. But I think we are overlooking something: her happiness. What if she really likes being a nurse more than being a runner? Sure, "running is life", or whatever, but being a nurse is a calling.
Her choice wrote:
Sarah made the decision coming out of College to be a nurse. Desi made the decision to become a professional runner.
Sarah was a better collegiate than Desi. She just made different choices.
Sarah did not make the decision to break her foot. The broken foot forced her to not pursue running
Desi won multiple all Americans. Maybe you root for a Big Sky team, but Desi had the better high school and college career.
Although Desi got second at about the same age. Is it really crazy to say Sarah could win Boston in seven years in a hail storm? Or make an Olympic team?
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
Matt Choi was drinking beer halfway through the Boston Marathon
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
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