Should it be letsmarathon.com?

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7 years ago 03/22/2017 7:30pm EDT

I honestly enjoy track and field. I coach track for a living. I want to be clear that I'm not trolling before I wade much further into this topic.

Much of the coverage on this web site centers around the marathon. Much of the marathon world is dominated by east africans. That being said I'm not very interested in how "Kenyan B" competed in the Dubai Marathon.

My question is this, am I in the minority? Granted track isn't like the NFL. There aren't dominant personalities that face off week in and week out. There are few compelling story lines in the professional world.

Is the coverage focused on the marathon because it is a more compelling product than anything domestically? Just want to see what the community thinks.

7 years ago 03/22/2017 8:13pm EDT

re: Mr. V

I thought it was either lets-800m.com

Alternatively,

Lets-clown-on-your-pathetic 5k hobbyjogger

7 years ago 03/26/2017 3:32pm EDT

re: Anecdoter

7 years ago 03/26/2017 3:51pm EDT

re: Mr. V

They seem to cover most major events in my opinion. They covered all of the notable indoor track meets. They are traveling around the world to cover the cross country champs. I mean if you think no one cares about track and field, NO ONE cares about elite cross country (on the grand scale of things; I absolutely love it).

Your issue with an emphasis on foreign born athletes is a bit off the mark, in my opinion. Obviously Letsrun is a distance running focused website (not track and field). Therefore, the coverage should generally focus on East African runners a great deal of the time. They dominate the sport that the website covers. It seems rather obvious to me. There is certainly some small bias towards United States born runners (or even white runners more generally) as would surely be expected, but East African runners are justly featured in heavy rotation here.

7 years ago 03/26/2017 3:57pm EDT

re: Mr. V

It seems to me that this website centers around races of any distance. I've not noticed it centering on the marathon.

7 years ago 03/26/2017 3:59pm EDT

re: Mr. V

The best non-African marathon runners featured on here are all charity scammers and course cutters. They get a lot more attention than the Africans. When was the last time you even heard of a East-African cutting a course or scanning charity money for running slow marathons?

7 years ago 03/26/2017 4:03pm EDT

re: Mr. V

Mr. V wrote:
Much of the coverage on this web site centers around the marathon..

False.

7 years ago 03/26/2017 5:11pm EDT

re: Mr. V

Mr. V wrote:
Much of the coverage on this web site centers around the marathon..

If you start out with a false premise, you have nowhere to go but down.

7 years ago 03/26/2017 7:22pm EDT

re: Mr. V

Have you ever read the homepage? Lots of info there and have you used the search button on the site? Otherwise, you're lucky that this site is free.

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