Alexi Pappas Changes Training Group?

Is she even racing anymore? She showed up at last year's Indy Mini and didn't even run, just hung around and talked about braveys or whatever. Maybe she just runs to stay fit.

She raced a sub-par marathon debut in Chicago last year, barely hitting the B standard, and then another sub-par missed attempt at a track 10k pursuit for the olympic standard a few months ago

I love this obsession with "likes" or "follows" or whatever. You all are insane.

Is it insane if it’s true tho? Pappas is notorious for pulling this kind of stuff. Obsessive with what’s around her in the moment then completely disregarding it as if it never existed the next. That’s also why she used to have a ton of sponsorships and now she has so little. It’s not an obsession for the general public to see the blatantly obvious. I didn’t notice the Mammoth team situation myself but not surprised one bit. Wondering if they’re trying to put together a team of athletes that are traditionally flaky/hard to coach if kieffer is also involved

Oyyyyyy wrote:

She raced a sub-par marathon debut in Chicago last year, barely hitting the B standard, and then another sub-par missed attempt at a track 10k pursuit for the olympic standard a few months ago

She obviously doesn't train as hard as she used to before her Olympic 10k, so her plan was to coast to the

old Olympic marathon standard. But now the IAAF has changed the Olympic standards for 2020 so she would either have to run the auto standard (not gonna happen) or have a high enough world ranking which would probably require mid-2:30s at least.

she's gonna start a new training group with her and kieffer called Team Paxil and they'll be coached by the letsrun message board

They will be coached by a coach that already has an established group but they will be coached from afar. I doubt it will work.

whatsthetea wrote:

Let loose on theories/info, Letsrun...

I like the formal invitation to make up and speculate some weird stuff about pros. Usually these threads do anyway, but I appreciate the outright invite.

Her behavior is very odd. Read her posts and look at those freaky poses in her pics. Grow up Lexi!

Shouldn't she be training over in Greece?

Alliwantisadonut wrote:

Is it insane if it’s true tho? Pappas is notorious for pulling this kind of stuff. Obsessive with what’s around her in the moment then completely disregarding it as if it never existed the next. That’s also why she used to have a ton of sponsorships and now she has so little. It’s not an obsession for the general public to see the blatantly obvious. I didn’t notice the Mammoth team situation myself but not surprised one bit. Wondering if they’re trying to put together a team of athletes that are traditionally flaky/hard to coach if kieffer is also involved

They could just move to Boulder and train with Nomad DP.

Every group that welcomes either of these 2 will be disappointed. They leave things worse than it was when they came in.

whatsthetea wrote:

On Instagram, it looks like she's unfollowed ALL team members (except for Deena) associated with MTC Elite (and MTC's instagram account), which is odd - because it seemed like she was good friends with all of them just a few months ago.

Does anyone have any insight as to what's happening? Weird how her emotions dictate who she follows on Instagram to that extent, but makes it easier to see when she's changing teams I guess. Through this quick stalking session, I also realized Jordan Hasay doesn't follow her back anymore - despite Alexi's desperate attempt to showcase their former friendship.

I don't have Instagram or know much about it. It sounds like a place that adults go to act like high school kids?

hellasyes wrote:

Shouldn't she be training over in Greece?

I know one runner from a similar country to Greece(around the same geographical region). Married to a American, trains just about full time here in the states, only going back to her home country to win national titles easily.

Alliwantisadonut wrote:

Is it insane if it’s true tho? Pappas is notorious for pulling this kind of stuff. Obsessive with what’s around her in the moment then completely disregarding it as if it never existed the next. That’s also why she used to have a ton of sponsorships and now she has so little. It’s not an obsession for the general public to see the blatantly obvious. I didn’t notice the Mammoth team situation myself but not surprised one bit. Wondering if they’re trying to put together a team of athletes that are traditionally flaky/hard to coach if kieffer is also involved

Two possible reasons:

+ NPD

+ “Hungry Ghost”

Said “possible” - not for sure.

Flake City wrote:

Liberals are eventually exposed for who and what they are: hypocrites and borderline insane. They are disloyal, flaky, and jump ship when the going gets tough. They only seek that which benefits themselves or their personal agenda. Pappas is the poster child for the above.

You're projecting your own insanity. Almost all of the top runners in the world are liberals.

Garbage post wrote:

Flake City wrote:

Liberals are eventually exposed for who and what they are: hypocrites and borderline insane. They are disloyal, flaky, and jump ship when the going gets tough. They only seek that which benefits themselves or their personal agenda. Pappas is the poster child for the above.

You're projecting your own insanity. Almost all of the top runners in the world are liberals.

And like most liberals, you're just making sh-t up.

Sounds like you have a current profession as a stalker or a private eye.

Lock me up!

Yes I realize the lengths I went to get that information is a bit ridiculous haha. In all honestly I used to be a huge fan of hers back when she was with OTC and still competing for the US. She used to be very open about her athletic career decisions and that’s where I latched on as a fan. Ever since her move to MTC it’s been a lot more secretive - but I’m a weird way? Like it’s obvious she wants people to know, but only if you can read between the lines. I noticed she wasn’t posting anything with MTC all of a sudden so I opted to read between the lines. Was hoping someone might know actual info about any athletic career decisions by her though!