A brave LA ‘Thon run today by Alexi Pappas

Which is a more annoying term, “thon” or “bravey”?

A term used as a silly joke by members of a certain hobby (‘thon) could never be as annoying as a nickname an instagram star gave herself.

It's 9 min pace.

The truth is that nobody here knows what happened. Do you know she got travel assistance and lodging? Also, the race organizers might have wanted her for the publicity. This is obviously a sub-par performance for an elite, and she is attention-seeking (probably explains some of the hate), but I don't see a problem with a former elite jogging a marathon.

It's not as fun as an epic poor performance like Chris Barnacle's 2016 Olympic Trials run.

Come on babe TALK TO ME

Why was that "super cool"? Are you awed celebrity?

According to the Athing Mu thread, Mu now lives in LA. So I'd guess she's probably the real fastest girl there.

Pappas seems ok in my book. Diplo has some talent for someone with no running background--1:50 at the Miami Half and 3:55 here is not bad at all.

edmtunes.com

Diplo Finishes Miami Half Marathon With No Training and Goes Straight to the Club

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The Grammy-winning DJ shared in an Instagram reel that his friend bet him he couldn't run the Miami half marathon with no training

Link:www.edmtunes.com/2022/02/diplo-miami-h...

Alexi pappas can bravey deez nuts

I actually have no problem with her slow running, taking resources away from elites or attention whoring.

I just think her whole gig is pretentious as hell.

If I was forced to, I'd watch a generic clickbaiting influencer like Matt Choi over her any day of the week.

By being brave. Duh.

She seems to be having a lot of fun and leads a more interesting life than just raining and eating. I'd rather hang out with her for a day than most runners that seem so boring.

The TMZ headline is classic!

That part where she cut off the story in the one pic…is that really about to say she finished eighth in the women’s elite field?

Technically true maybe (eighth of eight with a ton of “non-elite” women ahead of her?) but… total Alexi move to cut the pic off right there. God she sucks.

She's beautiful and full of good vibes. She can do whatever the hell she pleases to do and doesn't need to justify her art. She doesn't owe us anything. And she's earned the "elite" category as well. (I still love malmo's "most interesting person in the world" tribute; I hope she took it in good humor).

I suspect you might have vision problems that could require a visit to a local optometrist.

The prize money for the Los Angeles marathon wasn't much.

The men’s and women’s prize pool is the same. The first place man and women each claim $5,000, second place wins $2,500, third place wins $1,000, and four place wins $500.

The first US athlete to cross the finish line wins $1,000.

No wonder there was no depth.

Pappas was the 8th place elite woman.

6 elite women broke 3 hours.

3 open women broke 3 hours

So fewer than 10 women ran sub 3 at the Los Angeles Marathon.

The course isn't built for fast times but I would still expect more than 9 women to break 3 hours when there were over 6000 women finishers.

I watched the TV coverage and it was very poor quality.

They cut from the race to reporters along the course talking to so and so person.

Deena provided some good commentary. I am not normally a fashion critic but I am not sure what she was wearing.

The only thing they did to make it somewhat interesting was give the elite women a head start and have the men try to catch them. The production provide little personal info that made the view know about the lead runners so as they would want to cheer one of them over the other. There was no real sense you know anything about them and why you should care who wins.

How LA that a couple of the elite wheelchair racers crashed in a pothole.