WhyCarrie? wrote:
xzatojiklomnia wrote:
I met Carrie Tollefson. I've also interviewed her twice. She has 3 kids, is still married, and has running camps for kids every summer. Plus she has videos all over You Tube.com to help runners like us. She has done many professional and NCAA championship meets.
She is what is good about our sport!!!
I have met her as well. She was a great college and pro runner and I know of her camps and Youtube videos. This does not make her a competent marathon commentator.
She's better than those two old guys on the international feed who couldn't make out any of the women in the rain last year, said Yuki Kawauchi was a vanity runner preening for screen time, was not aware of who he is and mispronounced his name several times. And said Kirui looked "proud" several times, which means he's from Africa.
Sure, she's no “THEY'RE GASSED< GIVING IT ALL ON THE KLAEBO BAKKEN!!" guy. But at least she knows the runners and what's at stake. I listen to her podcast and found Betsy Saina so charming and funny I ended up rooting for her, and I'd never heard of her before.