That's a pretty accurate description.
Hingle McCringleberry wrote:
http://fittish.deadspin.com/meb-keflezighis-secret-weapon-is-ryan-hall-1565987253/+tcraggs22
More like jon gugala calls us that.
Hingle McCringleberry wrote:
http://fittish.deadspin.com/meb-keflezighis-secret-weapon-is-ryan-hall-1565987253/+tcraggs22
sort of, but I think "Jon Gugala calls Letsrun the dingy locker room of the running world" would be a more accurate way to put it.
btw, I don't particularly disagree with Gugala, but deadspin is a much bigger deal collectively than he is as an individual.
I think that's putting it mildly, actually. Luv2Run is absolutely right. 98-99% of the people who post here are absolute trash. But that other 1%--namely Renato--make sifting through the garbage dump worthwhile.
.. and yesterdays activities on these boards proved it. Beautiful description.
coach d wrote:
I think that's putting it mildly, actually. Luv2Run is absolutely right. 98-99% of the people who post here are absolute trash. But that other 1%--namely Renato--make sifting through the garbage dump worthwhile.
Of course Luv2Run was absolutely right but of course that thread was deleted but there are plenty of conspiracy and racial threads for us to enjoy.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. The Brojos stumpled upon something they had no idea would be as popular as it got. They have no clue how to expand or grow or manage a company so they do what they know how to do...nothing.
Pretty accurate description. Of course Gugala is a "journalist" on about the same level as these message boards except that he puts his real name on stuff.
I picture it as a nice, carpeted, well lit locker room.
Star wrote:
I picture it as a nice, carpeted, well lit locker room.
One where you can see everyone's names on their lockers...oh wait.
I meant it affectionately.
Jon Gugala wrote:
I meant it affectionately.
It's actually the best way I've heard this site described in a long time, and is a compliment if looked at appropriately.
Was anyone here at school with rojo? I guess that we overlapped a year, but I don't remember him at all. I just can't imagine him writing a passing Thesis or JPs.
LetsRun.com wrote:
Hingle McCringleberry wrote:http://fittish.deadspin.com/meb-keflezighis-secret-weapon-is-ryan-hall-1565987253/+tcraggs22More like jon gugala calls us that.
Fine. Doesn't change the fact that this place is a steaming pile of human excrement.
Hingle McCringleberry wrote:
LetsRun.com wrote:More like jon gugala calls us that.
Fine. Doesn't change the fact that this place is a steaming pile of human excrement.
And yet, here you are!
dkny64 wrote:
Hingle McCringleberry wrote:Fine. Doesn't change the fact that this place is a steaming pile of human excrement.
And yet, here you are!
And so, here you are!
Fixed^
LetsRun.com wrote:
More like jon gugala calls us that.
He's probably the source of all those recent astrology posts.
that's rich coming from the site that made its name by publishing pix of Brett Favre's junk.
let's run is the best and worst of distance running on the web. is there any doubt?
you just have to get used to sifting through the garbage to find something useful to eat.
i'd like to see a super-members posters club be created, A-listers who are nominated by dictator. guys like malmo, cannova, etc. it would be neat to have some incognito x-olympians be recruited and have a say, where they won't get nailed to the cross for dropping some bombs. bombs that can make a real improvement in our understanding.
once you are on the A list you can nominate a friend. once in a while the common let's run posters can nominate say their top 10 posters, and they too can be nominated A listers per year or whatever. that way wannabe a-list-posters can have an incentive to contribute usefully. it would be neat to have some of the really funny guys be thrown into the mix too.
under this scheme, the webmaster creates a button, that filters the conversation on a thread to only include A listers.
in this way if you want to joke around or fart with words, you can do that, and if you want to read something that makes some sense but not sift through shit all day, you can do that too.
"Letsrun the dingy locker room of the running world."
We may be a part of a cruddy locker room, but it is in that locker room that some important and thought provoking details come out. Combined with racism, sexism, ageism, and just plain ignorance, you are just experiencing a representative example of the world we live in.
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
Matt Choi was drinking beer halfway through the Boston Marathon