Lol at all the people arguing this is their safe space to be racist and sexist and anyone else should just leave so they don’t have to see any pushback.
Rust buster of all Rust Busters for Quigley and it didn’t seem bad . now , she needs to go under 930 next race ( not nationals ). Friechs is not running well and I wonder the “ off the sauce “ comment is actually true here
So Colleen simply said "no thanks" to an interview, and the response from the LR community has been the 4 pages and counting that I'm reading right now...and some of y'all think Colleen is the "triggered" one?
She also tried to get Quigley but Coleen declined saying, "Sorry I don't talk to LetsRun."
I can see how someone may dislike things that have been said in the forum, but from a strictly pragmatic viewpoint, does it make sense to say this? You're going to get no more love and probably more scorn by cold-shouldering the interviewer.
So Colleen simply said "no thanks" to an interview, and the response from the LR community has been the 4 pages and counting that I'm reading right now...and some of y'all think Colleen is the "triggered" one?
I think it’s a fair response. We all did the same when Ben Blankenship jumped a fence to avoid getting interviewed. You can’t say this site is sexist when you consider that we have the same disdain for this behavior, male or female.
Weird isn't it? The only running outlet that provides a platform for page after page of personalised abuse about her, that the site owners could stop in a heartbeat (but don't, because the clicks of maladjusted teenage boys are more valuable to them), and she doesn't want to talk to them?
That's polishing a turd 101. This site is nothing but nasty toward her. The news part is fine, but she probably isn't wild about the toxic half.
Weird isn't it? The only running outlet that provides a platform for page after page of personalised abuse about her, that the site owners could stop in a heartbeat (but don't, because the clicks of maladjusted teenage boys are more valuable to them), and she doesn't want to talk to them?
Can you please show me the page after page of personalized abuse about her? This reminds me of the Leah O'Conner situation where if anything bad was said, it was deleted but maybe not before she read it.
We have a report a post feature and unlike Instagram which she loves we have a phone number where she can call or text us with any complaints.
I'm done apologizing for this forum , particularly to people who live on Instagram. Which is worse - allowing sports fans to talk about the sport they love and occasionally criticize pro athletes on a forum - or simply the creation of Instagram? For the last 20+ years, we've heard how the media and model industry has been bad for creating unrealistic expectations for what a women's body should look like. Well, Instagram is the 1985 SI swimsuit issue on steroids. So now the average person goes to the coolest place they've ever been and takes the greatest photo of their life, edits it with a filter and everyone else wants to slit their wrists because they don't look like that and their life isn't like that.
Here you go, these were found just by searching "Quigley looks".
Colleen's instagram has been hinting at something big dropping and she just pasted that it's a very tough day but I can't seem to find anything that she's actually updated, anybody subscribe to her newsletter?
I haven’t heard anything about Colleen Quigley’s sponsorship situation. This length of time seems a-typical, especially for someone as good as Colleen. Has anyone heard anything?
Congrats to her. I wish her the best! Thoughts? Who will she get shoes from/will a shoe company ever sponsor her? https://www.colleenquigley.org/lululemon
They usually take a page before they really get going with comments about her looks or how embarrassing she is for having the temerity to post about something other than running on social media. Also, see post 16 on this very thread.
To be clear, criticise Quigley's running all you like, it's fair game and this is a sports forum. But the argument that someone posting something on social media means that they are then fair game for abuse, that they are asking for it, is risible.
Male runners never get comments on their appearance or their non-running social media posts. Show me the 14 page thread devoted to a male runner that goes into their looks and "cringey behavior." Good luck finding them (though I'm sure you can probably dig up a 10 year old thread about Galen Rupp).
Weird isn't it? The only running outlet that provides a platform for page after page of personalised abuse about her, that the site owners could stop in a heartbeat (but don't, because the clicks of maladjusted teenage boys are more valuable to them), and she doesn't want to talk to them?
Can you please show me the page after page of personalized abuse about her? This reminds me of the Leah O'Conner situation where if anything bad was said, it was deleted but maybe not before she read it.
We have a report a post feature and unlike Instagram which she loves we have a phone number where she can call or text us with any complaints.
I'm done apologizing for this forum , particularly to people who live on Instagram. Which is worse - allowing sports fans to talk about the sport they love and occasionally criticize pro athletes on a forum - or simply the creation of Instagram? For the last 20+ years, we've heard how the media and model industry has been bad for creating unrealistic expectations for what a women's body should look like. Well, Instagram is the 1985 SI swimsuit issue on steroids. So now the average person goes to the coolest place they've ever been and takes the greatest photo of their life, edits it with a filter and everyone else wants to slit their wrists because they don't look like that and their life isn't like that.
She doesnt have to talk to you and quite frankly gets nothing from it (while providing you content). This post reads as sooo entitled. If multiple professional athletes have singled you out as the one ‘journalist’ they dont want to talk to, that sounds like a you thing, and perhaps you are not doing your job as well as you need to. I think you thought you were dunking on her by including that she said she doesnt talk to letsrun, but it actually reveals that you are just not very good at your job and the people clicking on this web site are not getting as the info they could be getting if you were. Journalism is not colleen quigly’s job, it is yours (theoretically)
She didn’t say “no thanks.” She said “I don’t talk to LetsRun.”
Athletes have declined interviews plenty of times for various reasons. What bothered me here is it kind of felt personal because we are acquaintances (I coached with her coach) and she was friendly up until I said the word “LetsRun.”
Next time I will stay at home and do something better on a Friday night instead of waiting in the rain for nothing.
That's the opposite of personal. She was friendly and happy to talk with you, and that changed only when you told her your affiliation. The LRC brand killed the interview, not you.
Exactly. Colleen - as a business entity - is deciding what other business entities she wants to connect her brand with. For reasons that shouldn't be hard to understand, LR didn't make the cut.
As someone who’s enjoyed this site since high school, I haven’t found hardly (if) anything from LRC staff that comes across as sexist/misogynistic. I’d imagine not every forum comment that IS uncalled for (re: a woman’s appearance) is flagged for abuse/being offensive because… people’s perception of the former is relative (“no duh”). Admittedly, I don’t click the flag button because I quickly scroll; and I prolly should be more mindful of doing so. I work in broadcast tv (for context), and I know if I’m doing a Facebook Live or something … some a-hole out there may have something baseless to say that’s irrelevant to the info I’m sharing. I’ve had my teeth made fun of (i lost my fricken retainer frosh year of college…under my bed… crappy year to say the least)… called out for my eyebrows… have been told my glasses make me look like Groucho Marx (kinda made me laugh and the 70-year-old person proceeded to invite me to her home to formally apologize - declined). Being in the “public eye” does come with the territory. I mostly avoid looking at FB comments related to a FB live for my news station because it can break my stride, so to speak, seeing something critical of my appearance. But then I do get a laugh, too.
I say flag the stupid comments on guys, too - if we’re gonna be equal, you know?
Still, the idiotic comments about people’s appearance are just a reflection of someone else’s glaring insecurities. I stated the obvious, yes.