Kara Goucher runs 1:18+ half marathon - afterwards mentions personal crisis?

Even fans are wondering, right? wrote:

Ithaca Commons Girl wrote:

I liked the provocatively nature of what the guy wuz saying.

I don't like what people here are saying at all. Extremely poor taste to say such things about someone's family.

On the other hand, the quote was worded it to bring speculation and committed the mistake of adding a timeline. Why commit yourself to that if this is about something out of your control.

Any running fan or KG fan reading that article will be "what is going on?!?!". This is what statements like that create. But I'm not holding my breath. Based on past results, a month from now, there will be no public statement.

Yeah, this entire thread is sketchy-janky.

WTF?

On the other hand, why'd she open her mouth like that? Few running men create drama every time they open their mouth in an interview. She seems to absolutely court it.

Most high school female athletes are more mature and appropriate in front of a camera. She always has some excuse or on occasion potty mouth.

She's managed to turn herself into an unattractive figure. Really stupid.

Clearly her parents didn't teach her how to be classy and take the high road as a public person.

It's sad wrote:

It's sad wrote:

She and Adam just finished testifying against Alberto and Dr. Brown in Houston last week.

Some idiots want clean sport but also hold those willing to testify against Alberto as too guilty to help clean things up. Kara was a victim and is stepping forward to say so in court. She is a hero.

Anonymity sucks. If I told you who I am you would know it's the truth.

Adam and Kara were both testifying. They came and left together. The divorce theory is ridiculous.

So what? Their same old likely nothing-burger.

And their story has been out there so long, and so half-baked - why does she have to make such a drama queen play out of it?

You know, if they had alberto dead to rights...which given the time she/they were with him, based on their crying wolf and making a big play with Magness who creeps on female athletes, there would have been a real scandal years ago.

Her behavior over the years, as many have pointed out, has been a tired string of sad attempts to keep herself relevant. It's unbecoming.

Knot my cup of tea wrote:[/

House in Boulder worth 2 million??? Yeah, ok. LOL!!!!

You clearly know nothing about the Boulder housing market. Nothing.

Houston scene wrote:

I actually think Magness let Salazar know about Dr. Brown, although he has been known in the track community for decades.

They're all playing with fire here. And there isn't really anyone who is 100% guilt free. It is all varying shades of grey area - Even for the whistleblowers.

Magness went to Dr. Brown around the time of his state record 1600. Carl Lewis went to him while he was a pro.

You see where this can get interesting?

If your job has become preaching to everyone on how to live their life via books and social media, you better be damn sure your house is in order.

No we don't see where this could get interesting.

Are you drunk or merely sick in the mind?

Magness has been a thyroid patient for a long time. And as the other poster stated, Thyroid meds are legal, you don't need a TUE, and as Magness wrote at length, there is a lot of variance and controversy in the medical community over the whole area of thyroid illness yada. ..

Old news. Dead news.

It's sad wrote:

She and Adam just finished testifying against Alberto and Dr. Brown in Houston last week.

Some idiots want clean sport but also hold those willing to testify against Alberto as too guilty to help clean things up. Kara was a victim and is stepping forward to say so in court. She is a hero.

^^^^Well....at least one person in this thread actually knows what they are talking about.

The obvious obvious... wrote:

webby wrote:

Whistleblowers often owe their careers to their criminal bosses. Blowing the whistle is still the right thing to do.

She's not a true whistle blower.

She was a sour grapes spoiled child waiting to happen. Had Nike picked up her contract as she got older and less competitive, she'd be a happy camper still.

Many, if not most, whistleblowers have some ax to grind. That's why they are willing to whistle-blow.

WH Taft wrote:

Knot my cup of tea wrote:[/

House in Boulder worth 2 million??? Yeah, ok. LOL!!!!

You clearly know nothing about the Boulder housing market. Nothing.

Their house is easily worth 1.8 mil.... Don't forget they got 2.4 million when they sold the Portland house.

As Goucher and Magness become irrelevant as athletes/coaches, they are more desperate for attention. Goucher's best days are long gone. Magness is having a sub-par career as a college coach.

Yet they continue to create drama where none exists. They are slandering Alberto who is clearly innocent. If anyone had anything on him, he would have been caught long ago. They slander other runners who, although suspicious, have never been caught doping. In their careers (goucher as a pro runner and Magness as a collegiate coach) they should not be doing that kind of stuff without any real backup.

they are trying to be heroes, but they are just has beens.

Kara and Shalane are the same. In front of the media they are very quick to criticize Galen. It come across very catty.

Galen never says anything bad about them. I respect that.

Almostsbs wrote:

WH Taft wrote:

You clearly know nothing about the Boulder housing market. Nothing.

Their house is easily worth 1.8 mil.... Don't forget they got 2.4 million when they sold the Portland house.

It doesn't quite work like that.

An adverb is the sign of a lazy mind.

not paid off wrote:

Almostsbs wrote:

Their house is easily worth 1.8 mil.... Don't forget they got 2.4 million when they sold the Portland house.

It doesn't quite work like that.

No really??? They have a beautiful home in a city with a booming housing market..does it work like that? Dont be dumb, use the Google machine and find out yourself. Yes, even people you have decided to hate can be successful... jealous much ?

Doesn't matter what the "personal crisis" is, I'm just sick of elite/pro athletes making excuses for every performance. Just own that maybe it wasn't a great day, or maybe you are getting older so it's harder to run as fast. I give her kudos for still racing despite it, but I wish there was no excuse attached to every race.

Wow what an idiot wrote:

John Utah wrote:

Nailed it

I’m sure the home in Boulder they have is worth well over $1million, possibly 2 million I am guessing so I doubt that’s it. This couple has already amassed more wealth than most on this message board working desk jobs right now ever will-FACT. Plus I’m just guessing here but Kara G probably earned significant income (perhaps no decline from her Nike years) from Oiselle last few years even if she is currently producing what letsrunners would define as hobbyjogger times. Reason? There’s more to making money at running than simply running fast times. Look at people with YouTube channels who only run sub 3 hrs but have tons of popularity and influence in the sport...So While I don’t know what the issue is, I highly doubt it’s financial.

Who told you they have amassed the wealth you are suggesting?

I think you are wildly overestimating the amount and duration of sponsorship dollars.

Realize the quote says “runner”, and sprinters are also runners. So no, Rupp is not even remotely in the conversation for one of the greatest runners in history, or even one of the greatest American runners in history. You have people like Jesse Owens who won four gold medals in a single Olympics and made Hitler leave the stadium in embarrassment. That is a runner of historical proportions. A guy with two non-gold medals, a win in Chicago, and a PB well below the WR is simply a statistic compared to true transcendent greatness.

This thread is a bunch of conjecture about a personal crisis that was not revealed and no one here knows the answer. Nothing could be more clear from reading the posts. Another thing that is clear is that spewing hate and lies has become mainstream, especially if it can be done anonymously. It's not just for politics anymore.

People on LR hate Goucher because she spoke up, because she had running success, because she is attractive, because she was coached by Salazar (and all that may entail). They hate her enough to post false statements in the hopes that others will believe it just because they saw it written on a web page.

"A lie told often enough becomes the truth." -Vladimir Lenin (Responsible for the deaths of 6 million people). Lenin is apparently the idol of a lot of Americans now.

LiesToldAsTruth wrote:

This thread is a bunch of conjecture about a personal crisis that was not revealed and no one here knows the answer. Nothing could be more clear from reading the posts. Another thing that is clear is that spewing hate and lies has become mainstream, especially if it can be done anonymously. It's not just for politics anymore.

People on LR hate Goucher because she spoke up, because she had running success, because she is attractive, because she was coached by Salazar (and all that may entail). They hate her enough to post false statements in the hopes that others will believe it just because they saw it written on a web page.

"A lie told often enough becomes the truth." -Vladimir Lenin (Responsible for the deaths of 6 million people). Lenin is apparently the idol of a lot of Americans now.

Except bulletproof is right. They left NOP because they got caught up canoodling with people they shouldn't have been canoodling with. It's all very well documented, actually.

Despite leaving with their heads down in shame, they lie to save face. They make up stories about leaving because they were too moral and ethical. But as seen with Harvey Weinstein and dozens of others, the ones who brag about being the most righteous are the ones that are least righteous. It's actually pathological.

WH Taft wrote:

Knot my cup of tea wrote:[/

House in Boulder worth 2 million??? Yeah, ok. LOL!!!!

You clearly know nothing about the Boulder housing market. Nothing.

CORRect that he doesn’t know anything about the boulder market. Avg home price in Boulder is 1.2 million and the Goucher’s home (I wont disclose the address) according to redfin is currently worth about 1.4million.

You people are creepy. The house is assessed at 1,946,700 for tax purposes. Why do you care?