NASCAR Drivers are great at highlighting their sponsors.
https://twitter.com/JimmieJohnson/status/1117865946771628032
NASCAR Drivers are great at highlighting their sponsors.
https://twitter.com/JimmieJohnson/status/1117865946771628032
According to RW this was his first marathon. Didn't mention anything about a charity. Can a celeb get in without qualification?
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Thru his sponsorship arrangement w Gatorade
xlev2 wrote:
According to RW this was his first marathon. Didn't mention anything about a charity. Can a celeb get in without qualification?
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Thru his sponsorship arrangement w Gatorade
No money for charity kind of comes off as a greedy
Greedy wrote:
xlev2 wrote:
According to RW this was his first marathon. Didn't mention anything about a charity. Can a celeb get in without qualification?
+++++++++++++++
Thru his sponsorship arrangement w Gatorade
No money for charity kind of comes off as a greedy
I am confused, I thought LRCers did not like charity runners in Boston. In any event, Jimmie Johnson (like most NASCAR drivers) is heavily involved in charity.
https://jimmiejohnsonfoundation.org/Has any other celebrity or figure from the sports world (non-aerobic athlete) run this well when given a sponsor/celebrity entry?
100 miles a week wrote:
They said on the broadcast he was running 70-100 miles a week leading up to Boston.
I tend to doubt everything that I hear about training on broadcasts. He probably did a 15 mile long run and said if he did that every day, he would do a 100 miles/week:)
His performance was great.
He put in the slog and it paid off.
He has been in long (50-100 mile ) road cycling events over the last five years, putting in some fairly serious Cat 4 average speeds over the distances.
Who is next up for Boston? Tiger ( former high school XC runner)?
Johnson’s serious approach to running is great for the sport.
Proof that running is barely a sport. Other true athletes can easily pick up running and beat the average competitive marathoner. NASCAR is true athleticism.
DIII Recruit wrote:
Proof that running is barely a sport. Other true athletes can easily pick up running and beat the average competitive marathoner. NASCAR is true athleticism.
I'll bite this one. He ran 3:09 and the winners of the race ran over an hour faster than him. I don't know what you mean by "average competitive marathoner" but he sure as hell isn't close to the elites.
DIII Recruit wrote:
Proof that running is barely a sport. Other true athletes can easily pick up running and beat the average competitive marathoner. NASCAR is true athleticism.
what it proves is that a person of athletic and competitive background who trains seriously around his profession and works hard can pick a reasonable goal and achieve it.
DIIII Recruit wrote:
DIII Recruit wrote:
Proof that running is barely a sport. Other true athletes can easily pick up running and beat the average competitive marathoner. NASCAR is true athleticism.
I'll bite this one. He ran 3:09 and the winners of the race ran over an hour faster than him. I don't know what you mean by "average competitive marathoner" but he sure as hell isn't close to the elites.
And I think he was drafting off the guy in front of him.
Outlaw wrote:
DIII Recruit wrote:
Proof that running is barely a sport. Other true athletes can easily pick up running and beat the average competitive marathoner. NASCAR is true athleticism.
what it proves is that a person of athletic and competitive background who trains seriously around his profession and works hard can pick a reasonable goal and achieve it.
Though he said sub 3
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https://www.tmz.com/2019/04/15/jimmie-johnson-boston-marathon-3-hour-pace/
He’s rocking shorts over tights
is being >9 minutes slower than your goal truly equivalent to 'BARELY missing it' ? At his pace, thats over 1 and a quarter miles back of an imaginary person hitting his goal time
I'm not sure where the words "barely", "nearly", "almost" etc line up relative to a marathon goal time, but I propose 'BARELY' does not include >9 solid minutes off
He had a 400 mile auto race Saturday night too. Say what you want about NASCAR but running a marathon less than 48 hours later is not easy.
Its egun wrote:
His performance was great.
He put in the slog and it paid off.
He has been in long (50-100 mile ) road cycling events over the last five years, putting in some fairly serious Cat 4 average speeds over the distances.
Who is next up for Boston? Tiger ( former high school XC runner)?
Johnson’s serious approach to running is great for the sport.
Considering the masters is the same weekend as Boston, tiger won't ever make an appearance there. Not to mention with all of his health issues running a marathon would be one of the dumbest things he could do.
Good for JJ. I’m honestly surprised he managed to make that turn onto Hereford.
I'm glad he took it seriously. He actually trained and ran well. He didn't get in and jog around for 4 or 5 hrs.
I'm pleased to see a celebrity actually preparing for and giving it his best, as opposed to someone who enters under similar circumstances, treats it like a long stroll, and thinks finishing is as big a deal as a Super Bowl ring (cough cough, Tedy).
He respects the sport, and I respect him back.
Positive Contribution wrote:
He had a 400 mile auto race Saturday night too. Say what you want about NASCAR but running a marathon less than 48 hours later is not easy.
How so? Are you a nascar driver
Faster than Tedy wrote:
I'm pleased to see a celebrity actually preparing for and giving it his best, as opposed to someone who enters under similar circumstances, treats it like a long stroll, and thinks finishing is as big a deal as a Super Bowl ring (cough cough, Tedy).
He respects the sport, and I respect him back.
I respect his finish, especially since he took it seriously and got at least a qualifying-for-his-age result despite the sponsor entry.
It is also good to bring fitness awareness to some of his fans.
But because he's surrounded by sycophants fans that are ignorant of the sport, and lumped in (unfairly) with the terrible lot of celebrity charity runners in general, he also doesn't see that thousands of workaday hobby joggers squeeze in workouts in much less advantageous conditions.
So as for 'respect for the sport,' I'd just like to see one nod to the thousands of everyday folks that ran faster than him.