I enjoyed the one where the guy who hadn't been running for a long time said he was going to go top 5 in his age group at Boston and then did even though he seemed like a troll at first. Sort of a high end hobby jogger version of some of the other goal setting threads.
get it faster wrote:
Wearing my Jean-pants today wrote:
The thread about the viral facebook dad guy who ran the Boston marathon, but his qualifier turned out to be fake. Rojo offered like $100k or something for him to run close to it again, which let to his trying to fake a 5k in sub 20 but he got the timing wrong. Throughout the years he actually trolled his own thread as well. The guy also got arrested a few times for public and domestic violence.
Can't remember his name now, Mike somebody.
Mike Rossi
I was wondering what took so long for this to come up. It may be the letsrunniest thread ever because of the perpetrators own trolling, the failed Turkey Trot cheating attempt in order the win the brojos money, the expose on the dark side of the Wedding DJ industry, the arrests, 5 Miles at 5K pace workout, etc
get it faster wrote:
Wearing my Jean-pants today wrote:
The thread about the viral facebook dad guy who ran the Boston marathon, but his qualifier turned out to be fake. Rojo offered like $100k or something for him to run close to it again, which let to his trying to fake a 5k in sub 20 but he got the timing wrong. Throughout the years he actually trolled his own thread as well. The guy also got arrested a few times for public and domestic violence.
Can't remember his name now, Mike somebody.
Mike Rossi
Yeah, that's it, thanks. I was posting from my phone, so it was fiddly to look it up while typing the post.
To add, I also admired the "Used to be cancer guy" thread.
Canova's threads on marathon training were really good. Pretty amazing that he is willing to step into this cesspool and offer up some inside info on pro training. His marathon specific long intervals really helped me run my fastest marathons.
"Deer adam goucher"
[Insert running right after a bad race] goes home DEVASTATED!!!!
or [[Insert running right after a bad race] is DONE!!!!
I think the "running the 800 off of pure hate" thread was probably one of the funniest ever
Yong-Sung leal returns!
https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=4154698
Always love these threads where some predict legit comebacks for over-the-hill or long-inactive runners. I love the nostalgia (Peter Meindl shoutout!), but love the delusions even more. There was a thread where someone once asserted Bob Kennedy would be making a comeback, even though the article in which he was profiled made it pretty clear that Kennedy himself said he wasn't interested in competitive running anymore. Same with Josh McDougal.
The Brandon Moen, Chris Faltiesek, Pirate/Cat/Gun Girl thread from 2004 or 2005. Such a great thread, unfortunately it may have messed up the guy's life
1. Dude is going to try to break treadmill marathon record in a shopping mall in Minnesota - hilarious local news video of him failing to do it while his friends yell over-the-top inspirational things at him.
2. letsrun finds pictures of treadmill dude in wrestling outfits on a guy's website - then finds the photographer's other weird photos and terrible new age music.
3. Dude is arrested in Alaska with meth 10 years later
There are more details in there, but the bros shut it down after a while, and this is just an outline I remember
What ever happened to the future Colt Goucher thread? What was in the canister that he took from the cabinet in the cabin?
Another giver of +1 wrote:
The Robert Young trans America record thread was a good one.
The Robert Young thread is massively overrated. The thread quickly became so large that it snowballed into thousands of unoriginal re-posts asking the exact same questions or making the exact same arguments as the thousands of posts that came before, because no one could be bothered to read through all the previous posts and see that those exact same things had already been said a thousand times. Once you get past the first couple pages, there's maybe 1 original post every 20 pages of posts.
It would actually be a great thread if someone went through and pulled out the 2% of posts that actually contain something new and deleted the other 98%. But as it is, it's a complete waste of time to read through hundreds of pages of people just re-posting the same things over and over. Just read the original post, then read Laz's article, and watch the documentary on vimeo if you want to know the story.
Eddie Leee!!!!
Suzy Favor Hamilton outed as being a Las Vegas escort.
The thread where women were dropping left and right after a college race. I think someone compared it to a fence line shooting.
Arguing over whether an airplane would take off from a moving treadmill
Henry Rono breaking the masters WR solely off of sauna treatments
Kip Litton/Mike Rossi
the Frank Meza stuff was very compelling.
there was a thread probably like 8-10 years ago where a meme became "maybe on a marathon on a track" (i don't remember the context, something about a hypothetical about getting lapped, I just remember lol'ing).
Who Cares about Sweden, a state in the US has handled COVID even better and We've ignored it
I like this one from last summer. How South Dakota was a role model for handling COVID-19--fast forward one month after Sturgis Bike Rally...
4:59 wrote:
Who Cares about Sweden, a state in the US has handled COVID even better and We've ignored it
I like this one from last summer. How South Dakota was a role model for handling COVID-19--fast forward one month after Sturgis Bike Rally...
Oh, you're new new.
Another vote for Brandon Moen’s treadmill WR attempt. It was hilarious at the time but then became a very sad story. I hope he’s doing better now
Man Kato wrote:
3. Dude is arrested in Alaska with meth 10 years later
He was sentenced to 8 years in prison in April 2013 so he should be scheduled for release soon. I sense an epic comeback thread highlighted by a triumphant return of Pirate/Cat/Gun Girl.