Dyestat, tracktalk, trackshark, etc. all died, yet this place where half the posts are Qanon loonies, survived? Why?
Anyways, are there any other running boards now? I know about reddit's advanced running, but I'd rather not read race reports by some guy who managed to run 6 minute pace for a 10k for the first time.
What do you talk about when you talk about running? What would you rather see on the advanced running sub?
forcerunner wrote:
What do you talk about when you talk about running? What would you rather see on the advanced running sub?
Advanced running should at least be running at a level that would be competitive in college. Right now there is a guy running 40 mpw saying he doesn't think high mileage is running, the guy who ran a 10k in the 36s, a guy thinking about quitting running (we have one of those here too lol), a thread asking what a guy's prs could be by someone training 30 mpw, etc. along with a few threads that belong. We get people like that here, but I don't browse running boards to hear from noobs every day. I want serious running discussion as well as a mix of off topic discussion by runners - not qanon conspiracy nuts.
What are some examples of serious running discussion you think is missing? With lack of races, there is certainly a shortage of elite discussion.
Or are you referring to more serious training discussion?
If you've read enough of these boards, then you know who is serious and knows their $hit and who doesn't. Lots of knowledge here. I've never been disappointed in answers to threads I started and the kooks are easy enough to ignore or alternatively, laugh at.
Also, I've been out of the college and competitive scene for many years, but could pick up the phone or start a text thread w/at least a dozen former teammates/competitors/coaches and get nearly instantaneous feedback. And I don't even have a FB account!
Give it a shot. You don't ask, you don't get.
Right now on the front page of letsrun there are 15 politcal threads, about half of which relate tangentially to running (because of the transgender issue, usually fewer would relate to running). This stuff needs its own message board away from the main board.
This is the place to talk about running.
Not worry about the right wing conspiracy stuff which gets posted here. That gets some money in the pockets of the Brojos and keep this website going.
Just post your questions or topics and see where it goes.
Yes, it's nuts but how cares? wrote:
This is the place to talk about running.
Not worry about the right wing conspiracy stuff which gets posted here. That gets some money in the pockets of the Brojos and keep this website going.
Just post your questions or topics and see where it goes.
Yeah, hit us, we're open for business.
Where else are you going to get financial advice on how to invest the $250K salary you make every year?
Whenever I read these replies, In hear a north Dublin accent... Try it, it works.
What's wrong with 36 minute 10Ks? That's the content I'm here for.
What are your PRs? Any questions in particular?
Your looney, alt right ------(insert phobia type) runner.
If your serious enough, you would've already been invited to the secret serious runner's board. But you're not. You probably can't even break 2:05 (Rupptime) for the full mary.
If you want to laugh, go to the Virtual Runners facebook page.
Someone said they got 1.2 miles in shoveling their driveway, if they walked another 1.9 could they count it as a 5K and collect a medal for it.
Everyone was all like- YES!!!! That's great!!!! Congratulations!!!!
Ok so Advanced Running has 36 min 10k guys.
What does LRC have? People like david49 and Coach JS.
It's like you are trying to choose the lesser evil between two. Best advice - get some RL friends that know their stuff and run with them. Win/win!
david45 swings it way hard into letsrun's favour
LateRunnerPhil wrote:
Ok so Advanced Running has 36 min 10k guys.
What does LRC have? People like david49 and Coach JS.
It's like you are trying to choose the lesser evil between two. Best advice - get some RL friends that know their stuff and run with them. Win/win!
This. Stop splitting hairs, there's way more to life than just running for EVERY LRC visitor, make friends in running and chat running with them, go focus on more productive things when you aren't running. Imagine if you worked with or was neighbors with an adult league softball player and he couldn't talk about much else beyond softball, you'd rightly deem him a moron and a loser. Incidentally, that's how I view the JoBros.
nobody cares for nuts wrote:
forcerunner wrote:
What do you talk about when you talk about running? What would you rather see on the advanced running sub?
Advanced running should at least be running at a level that would be competitive in college. Right now there is a guy running 40 mpw saying he doesn't think high mileage is running, the guy who ran a 10k in the 36s, a guy thinking about quitting running (we have one of those here too lol), a thread asking what a guy's prs could be by someone training 30 mpw, etc. along with a few threads that belong. We get people like that here, but I don't browse running boards to hear from noobs every day. I want serious running discussion as well as a mix of off topic discussion by runners - not qanon conspiracy nuts.
I mean if there are like 300 DI running programs with 10 top quality runners each, you have a pool of 3000 advanced runners right there. Then let's just say another 1000 in the other college divisions. Then let's add the pool of 1000 post-collegiate runners that could reasonably get an OTQ qualifier. For posterity, let's throw in a few thousand more to give a round number 10,000 potential quality posters for an advanced forum.
That's simply not enough numbers to sustain a quality online forum. You are going to have to accept the hobby joggers gumming up a running forum if you want to have a sustainable and vibrant online forum.
As for the off topic stuff, that's the lifeblood of this board and it will not be going away. They could do a better job of limiting the political threads, though. Those used to be pretty much banned by things were loosened up during the era of Trump.
There were about 100 college meets last weekend. How about people being interested in those? I start some threads and they get no responses.