Outdoor Track and Field on Flotrack 2013May 21, 2013 by Mitch Kastoff
The Snapchat King and the Social Media Posts of the Week
The Snapchat King and the Social Media Posts of the Week
Social media is changing politics, business, the world order, and have increased the accessibility of your running related jokes. While the three of us always have a good laugh, I think that some messages deserve their own weekly award. I mean, some of you very witty while others just have a reputation that doesn’t go beyond a niche Irish, Australian, and Dutch fanbase.
We think that this is exactly what social media should be used to accomplish: Adding personality to athletes who are normally just last and first names (respectively) next to a time. Without further ado, we present some of the messages that brightened an unusually cloudy week in Austin, TX.
Did we miss anything? Email us.
Paul Robinson is the Running Snapchat King
Two weeks ago, we posed the question, “What would you do after running $5,000?” If you’re Paul Robinson, then that means Snapchat.
He might not have won a cash prize for the second race in a row (though he came really close), Robinson took the win in the third section of the men’s 1500m at the Oxy HP Meet. Within a few minutes, this (below) came up on our Twitter feed. We would have disappointed otherwise because when a man has a rep to protect, he has a rep to protect.
This Picture Summarizes How We Feel About the Women’s 1500m This Year
A beaming Mary Cain and the classiest kiss caught on camera since this the Vancouver Canucks riot. If anyone still keeps referring to her as “Sarah Bowman,” this picture should serve as a reminder that she’s now “Sarah Brown.”
This Picture Summarizes How We Feel About Ryan Hall This Year
While LetsRun believes that Ryan Hall is on the comeback trail, we think this picture describes this past year (though we don't disgree). Even though he took second to Ethiopia’s Tolossa Gedefa Fufi, Hall looks pretty happy at the start. How could you not be when you’re next to Batman, your brother-in-law who's wearing a sweet American flag morph suit, and a guy who loves Jim Harbaugh so much, that he even has the red sharpie.
Watch out World: Andrew Wheating is on Vine
Self-explanatory.
And Now For Something Actually Serious
There’s a bunch of puns we have saved, but this was our favorite tweet of the weekend. This shot comes from Andy Gray, who runs the Sports Illustrated Vault. Fun Fact: One of Alex Lohr’s favorite pastimes is looking at old school, sometimes black and white pictures, and usually badass, pictures of runners (in case you were wondering).
We think that this is exactly what social media should be used to accomplish: Adding personality to athletes who are normally just last and first names (respectively) next to a time. Without further ado, we present some of the messages that brightened an unusually cloudy week in Austin, TX.
Did we miss anything? Email us.
Paul Robinson is the Running Snapchat King
Two weeks ago, we posed the question, “What would you do after running $5,000?” If you’re Paul Robinson, then that means Snapchat.
He might not have won a cash prize for the second race in a row (though he came really close), Robinson took the win in the third section of the men’s 1500m at the Oxy HP Meet. Within a few minutes, this (below) came up on our Twitter feed. We would have disappointed otherwise because when a man has a rep to protect, he has a rep to protect.
Here it is @flotrack #snapchatking twitter.com/PaulRob91/stat…
— Paul Robinson (@PaulRob91) May 18, 2013
This Picture Summarizes How We Feel About the Women’s 1500m This Year
A beaming Mary Cain and the classiest kiss caught on camera since this the Vancouver Canucks riot. If anyone still keeps referring to her as “Sarah Bowman,” this picture should serve as a reminder that she’s now “Sarah Brown.”
This Picture Summarizes How We Feel About Ryan Hall This Year
While LetsRun believes that Ryan Hall is on the comeback trail, we think this picture describes this past year (though we don't disgree). Even though he took second to Ethiopia’s Tolossa Gedefa Fufi, Hall looks pretty happy at the start. How could you not be when you’re next to Batman, your brother-in-law who's wearing a sweet American flag morph suit, and a guy who loves Jim Harbaugh so much, that he even has the red sharpie.
I've always wanted to be a super hero.I think this is as close as I'll get! B/t/w that's my bro-in-law as Mr America twitter.com/ryanhall3/stat…
— Ryan Hall (@ryanhall3) May 20, 2013
Watch out World: Andrew Wheating is on Vine
Self-explanatory.
And Now For Something Actually Serious
There’s a bunch of puns we have saved, but this was our favorite tweet of the weekend. This shot comes from Andy Gray, who runs the Sports Illustrated Vault. Fun Fact: One of Alex Lohr’s favorite pastimes is looking at old school, sometimes black and white pictures, and usually badass, pictures of runners (in case you were wondering).
This is what the 1983 NY Marathon looked like from the top of the Verrazano Bridge: twitter.com/si_vault/statu…
— Andy Gray (@si_vault) May 16, 2013