runner's world comes out swingin' at let's run

great forum wrote:

(seriously), go read some of the ESPN comments and you'll have a greater appreciation for LRC.

That is so true. The discussion on here is way more enlightened than on most main stream sport site and in the comment section of newspapers.

Yet our sport is so minor that super prominent people in the sport get upset what some fan of the sport says about them.

You think Derek Jeter cares what people say about him on a Boston Red Sox site? or even a NYY site?

One more thing.

I kind of like the fact it doesn't say "auto generated". The regulars know it's auto generated.

Most others can figure it out. If not, they are left wondering. A little inside baseball stuff is good I think. Can't explain the whole site to everyone on the first visit.

BAN marathon NIRVANA wannabes like Kip Litton.

Anthony

You"r no different than Kip.

tattooman wrote:

BAN marathon NIRVANA wannabes like Kip Litton.

Anthony

You"r no different than Kip.

tattooman wrote:

BAN marathon NIRVANA wannabes like Kip Litton.

Anthony

-1/10. Troll idiot.

OK. Mr. Charles"SUCK" behind the name Robert Emord. Why don't you go hang out with MAtt Pelletier. Pick on him instead.

Anthony

I agree with your point about jeter, but just want to point out there is one exception - Phil Mickelson, who is so thin skinned that he sued a yahoo sports message board poster.

suburbanxcore wrote:

This is why a certain segment of the running population (and no, I don't mean RW readers) will never take the site seriously. Sure, you do some good work and are a nice source for certain things, but when the co-founder of this site backs a trollish rumor thread, you hurt your credibility as "journalists." That and your laughable writing skills.

I agree with this ^^^. Honestly, if my job was not so freaking boring I would probably stop coming regularly to LRC... But it is so I will see you on Monday.

Wejo first wrote:

The troll who started the thread deserves some props.

Wejo later wrote:

Personally, I can appreciate the troll's ability while wishing we had been caught it earlier.

Wejo-- appreciating something and giving ‘props’ seem to be a little different. I think people take what you say to be some sort of official statement from LRC. I have been here enough to know that is not necessarily true, but I see how one could take it that way and use comments like this to tarnish your creditability. Perhaps this was one of those times that as co-owner of this forum you should have just kept your comments to yourself, or posted them under a different user name.

Let's Run is beating heart of this sport, and probably one of the few "cool" mediums to get information about. Coming to this site is exactly like going for a long run with your buddies, you talk track and training and such, but most of the stuff is just funny gossip that keeps the run interesting, the same "funny gossip" that keeps this site interesting. Those who can't appreciate this just haven't been able to experience that social element that makes this sport so awesome.

And please guys, lay off the brojos. Thanks to them we have this friggin site, and who can blame them from taking part of the boards and getting caught up in the same crap we do. They're runners (or at least were, sorry rojo;) just like the rest of us, i think its cool they get involved in the threads.

I love this description:

North Quarry Runner wrote:

Let's Run is beating heart of this sport, and probably one of the few "cool" mediums to get information about. Coming to this site is exactly like going for a long run with your buddies, you talk track and training and such, but most of the stuff is just funny gossip that keeps the run interesting, the same "funny gossip" that keeps this site interesting. Those who can't appreciate this just haven't been able to experience that social element that makes this sport so awesome.

As for the poster saying I shouldn't have given the guy "props" sure I could have posted as another user name, but I didn't see the point. I was a bit embarrassed it made it to the homepage. However, that's not the trolls fault. There is a social element to the site, he was trying to troll and he did an excellent job with it. I can appreciate the humor of that. And the fact he made a bunch of people including myself think "Really?".

I can report now that I have been contacted by the guy claiming to be the poster. If I interview him that will take it to another level for sure. Sure some people will criticize me for it, but I'm way beyond that. I realize now it's not my job to make everyone happy. In fact it's impossible. We're in the public sphere, we open ourselves to criticism. I'm totally fine with that. People in our sport need to realize that as well. Just because someone thinks athlete X ran a stupid race doesn't mean athlete X is a bad person.

I totally agree with this. For the most part posting here nothing more than the crazy crap talked about on the long run. Hard to describe if you haven't experienced the brotherhood of the culture of our sport.

I have been called out a few times on here back in my prime with people posting things that werent true. It bothered me at first because some were flat out mean and people I know read it. You either need to squish it (like Plummer did with the Stanford rumor) or let it go.

Skeptic of it All wrote:

I totally agree with this. For the most part posting here nothing more than the crazy crap talked about on the long run. Hard to describe if you haven't experienced the brotherhood of the culture of our sport.

I have been called out a few times on here back in my prime with people posting things that werent true. It bothered me at first because some were flat out mean and people I know read it. You either need to squish it (like Plummer did with the Stanford rumor) or let it go.

Also agree, but PattiSue reminded us that her last name only has one m.

With all its warts and trolls and weirdness, Letsrun is by far much better than Runnersworld. RW does have some good front page stuff--the daily chat and some of the daily news--but the other stuff is 80% to 90% tripe. And their forums are AWFUL! Mostly overrun by insular hobbyjoggers who think that a 1:45 half marathon would be da bomb!

So yeah, kudos to the brojos

I like the direction this thread is going in. I too subscribe to the idea that the forum here is a reflection of what a bunch of runners talk about on a long run. Sometimes you talk about running, but most of the time you're talking about other stuff. I come here for good training ideas, good conversation, to post a question about how to grill a steak, and the lol's.

let's run 4 life

The High School forums on RW have pretty serious posters

halg wrote:

The High School forums on RW have pretty serious posters

Look at dem PRs-

Fastest runners on the runnersworld site are also the youngest

In descending order of writing quality:

1. Professional journalists

2. Bloggers

3. 100 meters

4. Dirt

5. Hell

6. Bro jo's

I love/hate letsrun.

It's much better now that we somehow dismantled The New UncleB, that POS.

I'm a busy guy, but I love t&f enough that I think it deserves an honest treatment, and this is the only place I've ever found that even comes close. This is actually the ONLY recreational website that I visit.

I have to admin the Mo Trafeh one was a good dig...

Swagasaurus wrote:

halg wrote:

The High School forums on RW have pretty serious posters

Look at dem PRs-

http://www.runnersworld.com/community/forums/runner-communities/high-school/rw-hs-forum-track-field-pr-lists

Fastest runners on the runnersworld site are also the youngest

the girls too