Rather be a race car driver...
And by Wednesday I will be through glorious need for speed hot pursuit, yeah.
And by Wednesday I will be through glorious need for speed hot pursuit, yeah.
hahaha ok. More money than I am making....running. Quick, name me the top five cross country runners in the world! Where exactly do they stand on that Forbes "Highest Paid Atheletes" list? I'm guessing very near the top. Like, Tiger/Kobe money.
Don't get your panties in a ruffle dude. You don't need to explain to me the finer intracacies of cross country or competing in sports on an international stage.
Don't get your panties in a ruffle dude. You don't need to explain to me the finer intracacies of cross country or competing in sports on an international stage.
lol at making money for running. DreamsWinston_Churchill wrote:
lol, ignorance. running is only the basis of like 90% of all sports and probably the most classic sport of all time. but you know, no big deal.KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
she runs better than other people.
I guess everyone has to strive to be the best in something.
and imagine the kind of deals you can get being an olympian + commonwealth + world games athlete. she'll be making more money than you could dream of easily quite soon
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
whereas youll be in your moms basement eating hot pockets and still wishing you had a ps3FloppY_ wrote:
And she'll be the best at outrunning the 2012 zombies,,,Winston_Churchill wrote:
lol, ignorance. running is only the basis of like 90% of all sports and probably the most classic sport of all time. but you know, no big deal.KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
she runs better than other people.
I guess everyone has to strive to be the best in something.
and imagine the kind of deals you can get being an olympian + commonwealth + world games athlete. she'll be making more money than you could dream of easily quite soon
and of course theyre not making tiger level money, theres nowhere near the coverage of golf for running. that doesnt take away from the fact that theyre paid a ton of money and are probably better athletes than many (especially tiger).
I'd rather be good at a sport than be good at exercising.JohnG@lt wrote:
lol at making money for running. DreamsWinston_Churchill wrote:
lol, ignorance. running is only the basis of like 90% of all sports and probably the most classic sport of all time. but you know, no big deal.KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
she runs better than other people.
I guess everyone has to strive to be the best in something.
and imagine the kind of deals you can get being an olympian + commonwealth + world games athlete. she'll be making more money than you could dream of easily quite soon
I don't even know what hot pockets are, lulz...Winston_Churchill wrote:
whereas youll be in your moms basement eating hot pockets and still wishing you had a ps3FloppY_ wrote:
And she'll be the best at outrunning the 2012 zombies,,,Winston_Churchill wrote:
lol, ignorance. running is only the basis of like 90% of all sports and probably the most classic sport of all time. but you know, no big deal.
and imagine the kind of deals you can get being an olympian + commonwealth + world games athlete. she'll be making more money than you could dream of easily quite soon
and of course theyre not making tiger level money, theres nowhere near the coverage of golf for running. that doesnt take away from the fact that theyre paid a ton of money and are probably better athletes than many (especially tiger).
Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me
http://www.chinastakes.com/2009/9/usain … mpany.htmlJohnG@lt wrote:
lol at making money for running. DreamsWinston_Churchill wrote:
lol, ignorance. running is only the basis of like 90% of all sports and probably the most classic sport of all time. but you know, no big deal.KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
she runs better than other people.
I guess everyone has to strive to be the best in something.
and imagine the kind of deals you can get being an olympian + commonwealth + world games athlete. she'll be making more money than you could dream of easily quite soon
Considering you can win up to $500k for a single race and once you're well known you can get 10k just for showing up to a race. Plus getting all expenses paid by the government for pretty much any training related travel/food/accomodations. Yeah its a pretty damned good deal. And thats not even including sponsorships.
But they aren't paid a ton of money. Maybe if you're lucky and charasmatic you can swing a sponsorship deal or beat a barefoot Kenyan in a big Marathon, but other than that there's not really any money in competative running. And the 'better athelete' debate is purely subjective.Winston_Churchill wrote:
whereas youll be in your moms basement eating hot pockets and still wishing you had a ps3FloppY_ wrote:
And she'll be the best at outrunning the 2012 zombies,,,Winston_Churchill wrote:
lol, ignorance. running is only the basis of like 90% of all sports and probably the most classic sport of all time. but you know, no big deal.
and imagine the kind of deals you can get being an olympian + commonwealth + world games athlete. she'll be making more money than you could dream of easily quite soon
and of course theyre not making tiger level money, theres nowhere near the coverage of golf for running. that doesnt take away from the fact that theyre paid a ton of money and are probably better athletes than many (especially tiger).
and re: Bolt - an anomaly, hardly the case study of competative running. But this is a stupid debate.
still id rather be better at doing an actual sport than an exercise. besides no one watches women sports.Winston_Churchill wrote:
Considering you can win up to $500k for a single race and once you're well known you can get 10k just for showing up to a race. Plus getting all expenses paid by the government for pretty much any training related travel/food/accomodations. Yeah its a pretty damned good deal. And thats not even including sponsorships.
Cybargs wrote:
still id rather be doing better sport. besides no one watches women sports.Winston_Churchill wrote:
Considering you can win up to $500k for a single race and once you're well known you can get 10k just for showing up to a race. Plus getting all expenses paid by the government for pretty much any training related travel/food/accomodations. Yeah its a pretty damned good deal. And thats not even including sponsorships.
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you realize that the "big kenyans" dont actually go to every race. and they dont dominate as much anymore either. and theres quite a bit of money in competitive running, ive met the canadian women's marathon record holder and she's had a sponsorship with brooks canada for ages now and still makes tons of money out of it. as well as doing talks for athletics canada = $$$KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
But they aren't paid a ton of money. Maybe if you're lucky and charasmatic you can swing a sponsorship deal or beat a barefoot Kenyan in a big Marathon, but other than that there's not really any money in competative running. And the 'better athelete' debate is purely subjective.Winston_Churchill wrote:
whereas youll be in your moms basement eating hot pockets and still wishing you had a ps3FloppY_ wrote:
And she'll be the best at outrunning the 2012 zombies,,,
and of course theyre not making tiger level money, theres nowhere near the coverage of golf for running. that doesnt take away from the fact that theyre paid a ton of money and are probably better athletes than many (especially tiger).
compared to what? golf? thats an activity, not a sport. running is a sport, ever seen the summer olympics? its also one of the purest and most historical sports.Cybargs wrote:
still id rather be better at doing an actual sport than an exercise. besides no one watches women sports.Winston_Churchill wrote:
Considering you can win up to $500k for a single race and once you're well known you can get 10k just for showing up to a race. Plus getting all expenses paid by the government for pretty much any training related travel/food/accomodations. Yeah its a pretty damned good deal. And thats not even including sponsorships.
I hope the skyline or nissan GTR is in nfs hp but I doubt it
test
testies
I think I remember seeing it blasting past in one of the intro vidsjord wrote:
I hope the skyline or nissan GTR is in nfs hp but I doubt it
Haven't made it that far yet tho'
Mostly because it gets boring fast and there are too many "time trial" events as a cop...
Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me
personally, i consider running a nuisance. There's no place for it in the 21st century. That's what we have cars for.
well, no 2nd house for us. Bank got an offer just before ours...and took it. Whatever happened to the bidding war? grrr. Now I have to watch someone else do it ALL WRONG!!!
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Second houses are overrated anyway
I guess I won't choose cop then.FloppY_ wrote:
I think I remember seeing it blasting past in one of the intro vidsjord wrote:
I hope the skyline or nissan GTR is in nfs hp but I doubt it
Haven't made it that far yet tho'
Mostly because it gets boring fast and there are too many "time trial" events as a cop...
Should come weds/thurs.
id actually love to spend my days playing xbox and eating hot pockets
just throwing it out there
just throwing it out there
Small hourglass island
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella
a girl i've known since i was like 10 is going to be in the 2012 olympic running team, has a scholarship to long beach uni and is gonna run for american teams... all for big $$$. she broke like every single running-based sporting record at my school and then went on to thrash all sorts of regional/county/national competitions. she used to get up every day before school and run 1500m minimum, whatever the weather. hardcore.JohnG@lt wrote:
lol at making money for running. DreamsWinston_Churchill wrote:
lol, ignorance. running is only the basis of like 90% of all sports and probably the most classic sport of all time. but you know, no big deal.KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
she runs better than other people.
I guess everyone has to strive to be the best in something.
and imagine the kind of deals you can get being an olympian + commonwealth + world games athlete. she'll be making more money than you could dream of easily quite soon
running makes money, galt. you seem to think that anything that doesn't conform to your model of 'success' is a folly...
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I've never had a hot pocket. Meh
I'm teaching my kid to be a long-snapper. That's where the real money is.