Go Away wrote:
Kkiuytf wrote:
More quality content from the CEO of Run Gum. Really impressed with this guy's knack for business and media savvie. Not to mention handsome and athletic to boot! And does anyone know if he ever ran competitively? Obv not the greatest competition in the video, but he's clearly got some wheels!
Hi, Nick.
Is that you?
Congratulations! You beat a 10 yr old girl in a foot race.
No, but I wish I was him!
Much better effort by Nick . Pretty entertaining. Too bad the Freeze ? isn't in Eugene . That would be drama.
A guy who ran 1:42.93 seven years ago is racing passing joggers and walkers for money they can't really win.
But what this made me think was that he is a great fit for Nike and other than being on Brooks after the OTC, as an Oregon D3 runner and a marketing type, he seems like he should be a Nike exec instead of peddling gimmicky videos and chewing gum.
Not sure why so many pile on this guy.
I enjoyed this and think anything that gets positive publicity for running is a good thing.
Beating up on hobby joggers is not good for the sport.
I want to see Nick race Meb in the steeplechase.
The older, yet more successful Nick got it right.
I think it is funny. Nick is having fun. I do, however, wish some ringer showed up and blew him away.
This was great. Real funny actually. These are way better than the world records, etc. Nick interacting with people like this comes across pretty funny.
If you want to watch a truly phenomenal race...not just trolling joggers. I give you the 1987 400m Hurdles:
Libertarian Centrist wrote:
This has to stop, it is simply too damaging for the sport. USATF should ban this behavior.
As a libertarian, I believe there should be a rule that former professional runners cannot generate a financial gain from running or running related activities after retirement.
Do you know what a libertarian is? Or are you intentionally saying something that is absurd? Next you'll say you are a republican calling for a tax increase, or a democrat calling for smaller government.
George Maharis wrote:
What is the point of beating hobbyjoggers when you're a (former) world class runner? If I was tops at my profession, I'd take no joy in beating average people. This was pathetic.
Are you are moron? Or do you just no sense of humor? Some of you really need to lighten up.
This was hilarious. I loved it.
I think this is something that former Navy SEAL and super-human David Goggins should train for. Yes he is in his mid 40's and his super-human events were / are ultra marathons and 24 hour trail runs at a much slower and obviously way way longer distance, but he can almost will himself to do anything. Read his book, "Can't Hurt Me" and you will see what I am talking about.
This reminds me of homeless people who hold up a cardboard sign asking for money and walk through traffic when the cars are stopped for a red light. The most common comment that the homeless guy got was "Get a Job". So he would flip the sign over and it says "This is my job".
You are right. I'm 47 and with a few weeks of speed training I think I could smoke him too. A decent high school 200 or 400 kid could smoke him too. I wish somebody like that came by. It probably happens but they don't release those videos.
Running needs more of this from the sports greats.
Look at back in the 70's and 80's when pro athletes would do competitions on Sunday shows. The old battle of the stars.
It's interesting and at least he is out there in the public. It also shows how little people know about distance running. He's at Oregon, where he went to school, and still no one even has a flash of recognition. The best US 800 guy for years and he's just another guy on the trail.
papaknow3 wrote:
This was great. Real funny actually. These are way better than the world records, etc. Nick interacting with people like this comes across pretty funny.
How exactly is this "funny"? I mean see a former Olympian beat up on joggers? Explain please.
I supposed you'd like to see Mike Tyson take on 50+ men in a fight too. Hi-Lar-ious
you are the same type of idiots that watch #fail videos all day long.
From a pure content standpoint, this video would have been better had he let someone win in the end. The young boy would have been a good consideration. It just would have made the video a bit better.
I think this is fun. I don't know much about Nick; just chiming in with a random subjective opinion.
Did Nick's video remind anyone of the Rocky Balboa/Apollo Creed beach sprints?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tSum2FOz0A
Anyway Nick is a hell of an athlete, he has a similar sort of sprinting action to Sylvester Stallone when old Sly turned on the afterburners in his Rocky movies. In fact, it would be funny if a 73 year old growth hormone-infused Stallone turned up in the video and just smoked everyone leaving them with a face full of woodchips ....
Probably his best video to date actually.