Precious Roy wrote:
The significance of guys like that is to hopefully give hope to runners who do not go to OU, Stanford, etc. and do not end up at NOP or BTC so that they will help build up US distance running. Otherwise, US distance running will be a very small group of hand selected runners with no depth.
See, this I can understand for sure. What I find perplexing is why the term 'blue-collar.'
Blue-collar means:
blue-col·lar
ˌblo͞oˈkälər/Submit
adjectiveNORTH AMERICAN
relating to manual work or workers, particularly in industry.
Desi is definitely not a blue-collar, she's been professional for a number of years (and while she may not enjoy the benefits of an NOP runner, she definitely gets more attention than a lot of other pros.)
Even Yuki is not blue-collar. He has an office job.
This term sounds silly. It is an awful description that in actuality does not translate to these runners.