Just finished up the local 10k turkey trot. Yes I’m a hobbyjogger.
I ran 36:45 to finish 5th overall. As I crossed the finish line, I noticed that 1-4 were all wearing either the Vaporfly or Next% shoes. 1st ran 33 minutes but 2nd, 3rd, and 4th all ran between 35:30-36:30. Top 3 runners get awards and 3rd place ran 36:08. I went home empty handed and dissapointed.
Was I cheated out of a medal? Could I have gotten 3rd if I wore the Vaporfly? Did Bush do 9/11?
Discuss.
Time to sue.
No you weren’t cheated.
I don’t think spring shoes should be allowed, but they are, so the winners didn’t cheat.
/end thread
Ok, boomer.
Time to shell out the cash and get ya some vaporflys.
They probably took EPO, too.
Curiousrubber wrote:
Just finished up the local 10k turkey trot. Yes I’m a hobbyjogger.
I ran 36:45 to finish 5th overall. As I crossed the finish line, I noticed that 1-4 were all wearing either the Vaporfly or Next% shoes. 1st ran 33 minutes but 2nd, 3rd, and 4th all ran between 35:30-36:30. Top 3 runners get awards and 3rd place ran 36:08. I went home empty handed and dissapointed.
Was I cheated out of a medal? Could I have gotten 3rd if I wore the Vaporfly? Did Bush do 9/11?
Discuss.
No, to the first two question, but yes to the third question.
This whole predicament but a whole damper on my thanksgiving day. Time to shell out 300 bucks to beat those a**holes
More like you robbed Nike out of $250 by not running in the required turkey trot shoes. Now pay up and gobble gobble.
Find your excuse among the LRC castrati favorites, or use them all:
- PEDs
- Cheaterflys
- Foreigner
- Age cheat
- Sign-in table incompetence/bias
- Tempo
- Coaching failure
Troll thread. Everyone under 40 minutes for 10k has switched to Vaporflys by now, unless they are sponsored by a competitor.
A more believable issue would be if you only had the Next %, and the guys who beat you had early access to the AlphaFlys.
Hardloper wrote:
Troll thread. Everyone under 40 minutes for 10k has switched to Vaporflys by now, unless they are sponsored by a competitor.
A more believable issue would be if you only had the Next %, and the guys who beat you had early access to the AlphaFlys.
I’m still rocking nb1400s and I’m under 40 for the 10k.
Wouldn’t complain that other wear them though, some people just don’t have the balls to race like a man.
Free_the_thigh wrote:
Hardloper wrote:
Troll thread. Everyone under 40 minutes for 10k has switched to Vaporflys by now, unless they are sponsored by a competitor.
A more believable issue would be if you only had the Next %, and the guys who beat you had early access to the AlphaFlys.
I’m still rocking nb1400s and I’m under 40 for the 10k.
Wouldn’t complain that other wear them though, some people just don’t have the balls to race like a man.
I'm also under 40 for the 10k and don't wear Vaporflys - still wearing Adios. Still haven't lost to anyone in Vaporflys either so I guess I can continue to not spend $250 on one pair of shoes.
Anyone whining about a pair of shoes, because they’re $250 needs to find another sport or get their financial house in order. It’s a race day shoe! Other than a shirt which most of us wear everyday and some shorts, what other expenses are there in running? Do you golf? Or bowl? Or drink? Those cost way more than running. Get your $hit together.
Love,
Your trusted financial advisor
OP, the tricked-up shoe thing has been going on for around 60 years.
Yes, you were cheated. To protest start wearing non Chinese made Vibram zero-drop no spring no cushioning barefoot knockoffs. That will certainly get their attention.
As for Bush, he wasn't responsible for 9/11, however his response was all wrong. One tactical nuke into the caves of Tora Bora to eliminate Bin Laden could have saved thousands of lives and billions of dollars.
Luckily, our wonderful President Trump is taking the right steps to clean up all the messes created by Bush 1, Clinton, W, and Obama.
T.M.A.D.D.D.H.A.S.F.N.E.
Curiousrubber wrote:
Just finished up the local 10k turkey trot. Yes I’m a hobbyjogger.
I ran 36:45 to finish 5th overall. As I crossed the finish line, I noticed that 1-4 were all wearing either the Vaporfly or Next% shoes. 1st ran 33 minutes but 2nd, 3rd, and 4th all ran between 35:30-36:30. Top 3 runners get awards and 3rd place ran 36:08. I went home empty handed and dissapointed.
Was I cheated out of a medal? Could I have gotten 3rd if I wore the Vaporfly? Did Bush do 9/11?
Discuss.
you cheated yourself. You should have worn vaporflys
Cheney the Dick wrote:
Curiousrubber wrote:
Just finished up the local 10k turkey trot. Yes I’m a hobbyjogger.
I ran 36:45 to finish 5th overall. As I crossed the finish line, I noticed that 1-4 were all wearing either the Vaporfly or Next% shoes. 1st ran 33 minutes but 2nd, 3rd, and 4th all ran between 35:30-36:30. Top 3 runners get awards and 3rd place ran 36:08. I went home empty handed and dissapointed.
Was I cheated out of a medal? Could I have gotten 3rd if I wore the Vaporfly? Did Bush do 9/11?
Discuss.
No, to the first two question, but yes to the third question.
agreed. Well known fact
Curiousrubber wrote:
Was I cheated out of a medal? Could I have gotten 3rd if I wore the Vaporfly? Did Bush do 9/11?
Discuss.
Dear deluded "amigo",
Thanks for raising your concerns about possibility being cheated at our local, totally irrelevant turkey trot race. We certainly appreciate your effort in coughing up the registration fee for our magnificent, irrelevant, inconsequential event.
This race being an irrelevant, inconsequential local event, means it does not need to adhere to any non-existing ban that exists only in your imagination and in the imagination of many sore losers in the running community concerning a certain running shoe.
We highly recommend you in the future, come our event wearing the same gear as other runners that seem to be better than you. Bear in mind, it is foolish to walk into a gun fight carrying a 2 inch blade knife.
'Respectfully",
Your Local Turkey Trot race director
I think you’re half right.
The op is a loser. No way to fix that. Shoes won’t help. Losers are as losers do.
Conventional war was obviously, in hind sight, the wrong choice. It took years, lives and money. It absolutely required a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part.
Get it together wrote:
Anyone whining about a pair of shoes, because they’re $250 needs to find another sport or get their financial house in order. It’s a race day shoe! Other than a shirt which most of us wear everyday and some shorts, what other expenses are there in running? Do you golf? Or bowl? Or drink? Those cost way more than running. Get your $hit together.
Love,
Your trusted financial advisor
You must not be a very good financial advisor if you think it's a good investment to pay more than twice as much for something than is necessary.
I haven't lost to anyone in Vaporflys, so maybe they should spend less on shoes and invest more time training.