Congrats to Ms. Muir on graduating from veterinary school. Anyone else find it refreshing to find a world-class athlete that does something besides post to instagram during the other 21 hours a day that they aren't running/working out?
Congrats to Ms. Muir on graduating from veterinary school. Anyone else find it refreshing to find a world-class athlete that does something besides post to instagram during the other 21 hours a day that they aren't running/working out?
rojo wrote:
Congrats to Ms. Muir on graduating from veterinary school. Anyone else find it refreshing to find a world-class athlete that does something besides post to instagram during the other 21 hours a day that they aren't running/working out?
https://www.bbc.com/sport/scotland/44582424
...because they're lazy and entitled. It's as simple as that. Most elite Americans also get $hitty degrees in school so that they can also be lazy in college as well. Reality hits when they turn 28, get injured, and lose their contract.
rojo wrote:
Congrats to Ms. Muir on graduating from veterinary school. Anyone else find it refreshing to find a world-class athlete that does something besides post to instagram during the other 21 hours a day that they aren't running/working out?
https://www.bbc.com/sport/scotland/44582424
I would imagine sleep takes up some of that Instagram time you speak of. While it is refreshing to see her pursue her studies to this degree, Miss Muir is not actually WORKING as a vet yet.
Definitely more pros could actually do a day job as well.
They think a sport where you compete 5 times a year for 4 minutes at a time is somehow a profession
rojo wrote:
Anyone else find it refreshing to find a world-class athlete that does something besides post to instagram during the other 21 hours a day that they aren't running/working out?
I have long felt this way. I really don't understand why more don't.
There are so many sub-elite runners (at least in the Boston area) who are able to put in serious training and make an actual living/progress their career, I have a hard time understanding why anyone wouldn't. Unless you are at the absolute top of the sport (Rupp, Felix, etc), it seems like a really bad long-term strategy to just run.
entitled millenial wrote:
rojo wrote:
Anyone else find it refreshing to find a world-class athlete that does something besides post to instagram during the other 21 hours a day that they aren't running/working out?
I have long felt this way. I really don't understand why more don't.
There are so many sub-elite runners (at least in the Boston area) who are able to put in serious training and make an actual living/progress their career, I have a hard time understanding why anyone wouldn't. Unless you are at the absolute top of the sport (Rupp, Felix, etc), it seems like a really bad long-term strategy to just run.
"No one who works 40 hours a week will beat me in a marathon." -- Bill Rodgers
rojo wrote:
Congrats to Ms. Muir on graduating from veterinary school. Anyone else find it refreshing to find a world-class athlete that does something besides post to instagram during the other 21 hours a day that they aren't running/working out?
https://www.bbc.com/sport/scotland/44582424
they probably sleep
rojo wrote:
Congrats to Ms. Muir on graduating from veterinary school. Anyone else find it refreshing to find a world-class athlete that does something besides post to instagram during the other 21 hours a day that they aren't running/working out?
https://www.bbc.com/sport/scotland/44582424
A sincere thanks to you, Rojo for posting this heart-warming video. Also, your point about being an Instagram Pro is right on. Some of these pros should spend their time more wisely.
OP, what do YOU do besides trolling the boards? Have you ever put in an honest day's work in your life?
rojo wrote:
Anyone else find it refreshing to find a world-class athlete that does something besides post to instagram during the other 21 hours a day that they aren't running/working out?
Actually, most pro runners from countries other than the USA have to work a normal job to support themselves in addition to their running career.
rojo wrote:
Anyone else find it refreshing to find a world-class athlete that does something besides post to instagram during the other 21 hours a day that they aren't running/working out?
Yes. But running alone does not get you sponsorship, posting on social media is very much part of their job.
Say what?
"No one who works 40 hours a week will beat me in a marathon." -- Bill Rodgers
itsamerica wrote:
[quote]rojo wrote:
Anyone else find it refreshing to find a world-class athlete that does something besides post to instagram during the other 21 hours a day that they aren't running/working out?
Never any complaints from the patients?
rojo wrote:
Congrats to Ms. Muir on graduating from veterinary school. Anyone else find it refreshing to find a world-class athlete that does something besides post to instagram during the other 21 hours a day that they aren't running/working out?
https://www.bbc.com/sport/scotland/44582424
Aww, that last bit was so cute.
Bet she downed lots of Irn-Bru studying for that degree late nights after workouts.
Time now for a snifter of Scotland's finest whisky and a slice of haggis.
I agree. At best elite runners have 4-10 years at the top. So it would make sense to have a career lined up after you were done professionally.
Ask Cory Mcgee that? Oh wait, her job is to run and not make the finals....
“Track fans” like rojo: we want track to be a biggger, more legitimate sport with more money available
Also “track fans” like rojo: oh, but we don’t actually want the athletes to be making a living off the sport
Bunch of dunces.
rojo wrote:
Congrats to Ms. Muir on graduating from veterinary school. Anyone else find it refreshing to find a world-class athlete that does something besides post to instagram during the other 21 hours a day that they aren't running/working out?
https://www.bbc.com/sport/scotland/44582424
It’s Dr. Muir now.
quote of the day wrote:
entitled millenial wrote:
I have long felt this way. I really don't understand why more don't.
There are so many sub-elite runners (at least in the Boston area) who are able to put in serious training and make an actual living/progress their career, I have a hard time understanding why anyone wouldn't. Unless you are at the absolute top of the sport (Rupp, Felix, etc), it seems like a really bad long-term strategy to just run.
"No one who works 40 hours a week will beat me in a marathon." -- Bill Rodgers
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Rodgers was a teacher until he ran in the Olympics, meaning he had a full-time job when he first won Boston.
I've taken a couple doctoral level get phys classes. It is hard work. It is very impressive that she does all of this and excels at it.