Letsrun posters who attack gifted athletes who don't win

I blew up in college and am willing to admit that. I am also willing to admit I regret it. That said, I was a weak pussy. So is Kara Goucher.

Weakness is weakness. The Kenyans aren't weak. All the weak ones have been eaten by lions.

Mr. Price wrote:

Weakness is weakness. The Kenyans aren't weak. All the weak ones have been eaten by Bob Tahri.

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No, it is just an emulation of what goes on every day on some sports radio shows and other message boards. It just sounds cool to say "Bernard Lagat got smoked in the final" rather than "Bernard Lagat fought like a lion and might have been able to hold of Bekele if he didn't have the stiches." I actually think distance runners are very insecure because the sport does not receive the attention that the big pro sports gets and is not understood by the general public. So, when discusses our own sport, many runners think they can quell the insecurity they harbor over distance running as a legitimate sport by talking trash the same way people do in pro sports.

so..all sports are like that!...get over it!...especially get over yourself!

Mr. Price wrote:

Weakness is weakness. The Kenyans aren't weak. All the weak ones have been eaten by lions.

There aren't any lions in the Eldoret - Iten area. Lots of cows and goats, but no lions.

I agree with you. But,there is something else- it's called anonymity.

I bet none of those people would tell Goucher, Webb, Rupp what they "think" to their faces.

You are reading way to much in to this man. In every sport on every continent fans are supposed to act like they know more than the great athletes that are really the center of attention. Ever hear of the phrase "monday morning quarterback". Or just watch any one of 12 or more cable channels dedicated 24 hours a day to talking heads yammering about the mistakes that athletes made while playing a game that the talking head either never played or played many years ago when they were still in shape. This is what sports are about, and Micheal Jordan, Tiger Woods and Alan Webb would probably agree. Without the fans there really isn't a sport. who do you think pays Alan Webb salary we do when we by Nikes. I never claimed to be a great runner nor have i ever had some great talent with high expectations but i am a fan who follows the sport and have the right to say what ever i want about the athletes that compete in it. We are SUPPOSED to discuss the great achievements and short comings of athletes that's what being a fan is. If you want people to just get on these boards and blow smoke up the a** of all the runners in the US then the boards are going to get mighty boring.

Blowing.Rock Master wrote:

Mr. Price wrote:

Weakness is weakness. The Kenyans aren't weak. All the weak ones have been eaten by lions.

There aren't any lions in the Eldoret - Iten area. Lots of cows and goats, but no lions.

I agree the above post is stupid but I don't know about the lions. I have a friend from Eldoret who was attacked by a lion as a child and still had the claw scars on his legs. Not saying they are common, i have never been there so i dont know for sure but it seems possible there are lions there. Anyone from Eldoret-Iten out there let us know.

runn wrote:

I agree with you. But,there is something else- it's called anonymity.

I bet none of those people would tell Goucher, Webb, Rupp what they "think" to their faces.

you're right those rupp bashers would start praising him if they met him, heck i would too.

It's been fun, but there is just too much negative energy here and too many new assholes who post bullshit and lots of great people who used to post all the time who have left or gone underground. I'm out. Life is too short. I'll be in kona. Hope to see some of you there. Paulo knows how to find me.

letsgomagic wrote:

runn wrote:

I agree with you. But,there is something else- it's called anonymity.

I bet none of those people would tell Goucher, Webb, Rupp what they "think" to their faces.

you're right those rupp bashers would start praising him if they met him, heck i would too.

I wouldn't, Im way fatter than Rupp i'd call him bitch to his face no problem. Now someone like Shaq maybe not.

Mr. Price wrote:

I blew up in college and am willing to admit that. I am also willing to admit I regret it. That said, I was a weak pussy. So is Kara Goucher.

Weakness is weakness. The Kenyans aren't weak. All the weak ones have been eaten by lions.

Those strong Kenyan women all finished behind Kara and Desiree in Berlin. Perhaps you meant to say that the weak Chinese women had been chased down by panda bears?

in my country, you not win mean you loser. mostly loser throw shotput.

If Kara would have won, they would have accused her of doping.

If Kara got out kicked, they would have said she ran a stupid race.

If she had a bad day.....well,you see what happened.

It's easy criticize elite runners when all you have to worry about is your next shift at Applebees, whether your Mom did your laundry and training to win your local charity 5k run/walk where you show the world what a "bluecollar runner" you are.

Stay away from my wife.

Citizen Runner wrote:Those strong Kenyan women all finished behind Kara and Desiree in Berlin. Perhaps you meant to say that the weak Chinese women had been chased down by panda bears?

No, they are chased down and beat by their husbands.

No not really, I never said that this doesn't happen in other sports. The discussion wasn't at all about whether fans have a right to be excessively negative. Of course you have that right. The question is why you would want to. Why certainly discussions of the pros and cons of performances enhance this message board. Excessively negativity of the type often seen on this board, does not raise the level of discourse. It does not make things more interesting. So no not really, no not really.

Excellent post.