Runs4Sanity
http://fittish.deadspin.com/running-coach-fired-for-running-boston-marathon-1585122341/all
I didn't read all of the context, there is a lot but I read the first 5 paragraphs and the conversation.
I think it's crazy, what are your thoughts?
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5k - 24:15 (7:49 min/mile pace)
10k - 51:47 (8:16 min/mile pace)
15k -1:18:09 (8:24 min/mile pace)
13.1 - 1:53:12 (8:39 min/mile pace)
26:2 - 4:14:55 (9:44 min/mile)
race obsessed
Ridiculous
If the report is accurate the boss is a pin head and needs to get smacked.
If it is, I definitely agree. Though I am smelling a hint jealousy from him, if I was him I would be beyond proud that the coach of the track team is a Boston Qualifier. This Potter guy is just crazy.
Ridiculous If the report is accurate the boss is a pin head and needs to get smacked.
So if I read it right, he attended a meet on Saturday, flew to Boston on Sunday, ran on Monday and was back at work on Tuesday. All over Easter weekend. And this was wrong? Wow.
I think having a coach that runs Boston could be quite inspiring to his team.
delicate flower
2:35 marathoner. Impressive.
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That is why I say the Potter jerk is jealous.
Caretaker/Overlook Hotel
Ya, that Potter is an idiot!
Aguero will probably get quite the nice job now because of this. But the real problem is the damage that Potter has done to the school. That was a great coach who did great things for the school that he just fired. Total tool!
Definitely read the comments below. Potter has a defender or two in there (absolutely letter-of-the-law legal pricks, of course) but there's no denying. If I were a judge in the matter, not only would I rule in favor of Aguero, I'd probably have a "Time Out" chair brought into the court room and have POtter sit in it just for humiliation's sake.
Randy
Mmmmm...beer
That's one bad thing about a right to work state. Team members even said that the coach running Boston was motivational for them. Hopefully the exposure will lead to the coach getting a job offer from another school.
-Dave
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(absolutely letter-of-the-law legal pricks, of course)
Love it!!! Yes, I'd certainly be motivated as well if he were my coach and I hope he gets a much better job.
I'm your huckleberry
Totally. I think Potter doesn't like playing second fiddle to a real athlete. And, I have a sneaking suspicion that we'll be hearing "Potter" and "fired" again in the same sentence, very soon.
Let's hope so.
Now now, thats one side of the story.
Mr Potter could be a proper upstanding gentleman looking out for the health, safety and welfare of his athletes.
(imo not likely... but ya know.
Are we there, yet?
Do you think it's a coincidence that the banker in It's a Wonderful Life was named Potter?
2024 Races:
03/09 - Livingston Oval Ultra 6-Hour, 22.88 miles
05/11 - D3 50K 05/25 - What the Duck 12-Hour
06/17 - 6 Days in the Dome 12-Hour.
I'll have to watch "It's a Wonderful Life".
Sly, if he cared at all about the athletes, he would hold on to Aguero rather than be so hell bent on getting rid of him
Oh, I agree - sarcasm is hard to read on the intarwebz