What were your first memories of the Letsrun early years

Less trolls

Less politics

Less race-baiting

More helpful advice

I would come on occasionally, be reminded of what a disorganized clusterflop the place was, and then go back to Dyestat tracktalk.

I can't remember when I first came to the Wild West of Let's Run. But it was about 15-20 years ago. I don't think I actually registered a screen name until a year or so, ago.

It was much the same then, as it is now. Like snorkeling through a river of sh!t to find a diamond. There were diamonds then. There are diamonds now. But they never were free.

Long Live Let's Run

Those photos are still up

https://www.falteisek.com/pictures/index.php?image=3%20F%208%2015%2005%20120.JPG&list=My%20Pictures/Family/Felicia&page=1

When you express the opinion that someone is an a-hole, neutral bystanders might consider that a form of criticism.

Me, I called somebody a know-it-all blowhard... also my opinion, also a form of criticism.

Not my first memory, but one of my favorites from days past. The "Grote Poll" where some dude would give his snarky opinions on NCAA Cross. Stanford was always "Stanfurd", and the various hot takes were tasty.

I remember when Mayeroff was pushing that weird bee juice drink. Simpler times. Less people using the boards as their personal blogs.

Mayeroff was out there but also fun. Lots of crazy stories.

I remember huge political bickering following the 2000 election, with climate change being the wedge issue (little has changed in 22 years, although the trolling is worse now) but when they had NCAAs with real time posting (no reliable live feeds in those days) everyone put down the hatchets and vitriol and cheered.

The Concrete Runner. Keep it on the ‘Crete!

That was VAAM, also used by Q-chan (Naoko Takahashi). Mayeroff later pushed his own 666 energy drink.

I came here from tnfmedia.

TLDR:The site is still the same.

There was non stop bickering, political, training, slamming pros, slamming championship coaches, drug accusations, collegiates over-training, too much speed, not enough mileage, too much mileage, not enough speed, not peaking when it counts, collegiates and pros racing the wrong distances, so and so should move up, Jeremy Warner should run the 800, Seb Coe really ran 90 mpw because he never counted his warm ups/cool downs, minimalism, training in racing flats(puma h streets).

Rexing looking relaxed in trainers.

Pirate/Cat/Gun girl forever!

Brandon Moen and a treadmill.