I will be taking February completely off from letsrun dot com

Probably the right choice, but it's only useful if you have a registered username, the older the better. Otherwise someone could post tomorrow about how you tried to get away from LRC, but the void it created in your life pulled you back in. You have to make these things count.

I've always wondered why people see the need to announce their departure instead of just leaving.

I thought it was Paolo, not Paulo. But I'm prepared to be wrong. Enjoy Kona, bro!

Stater of the Obvious... wrote:

I've always wondered why people see the need to announce their departure instead of just leaving.

Because the internet allows anyone to feel like they are giving a speech that will influence people.

Seems like something that may be worth trying. I'll have to think about it. 30 days letsrun.com free.

Nigel_Bikes wrote:

Seems like something that may be worth trying. I'll have to think about it. 30 days letsrun.com free.

28 days. It's a good idea, I'll join in. Just don't look for me in Kona.

The Paulo Challenge wrote:

I'm going full on Paulo for the entire month of February. I won't post, or even read letsrun once during the month.

Depending on how it goes, I may decide to extend that time indefinitely.

I can't do February, Winter Olympics. There should be some good threads.

In case you don't get the Paulo reference, it's a famous letsrun meme:

It's been fun, but there is just too much negative energy here and too many new a$$holes who post bull$hit and lots of great people who used to post all the time who have left or gone underground. I'm out. Life is too short. I'll be in kona. Hope to see some of you there. Paulo knows how to find me.

Stater of the Obvious... wrote:

I've always wondered why people see the need to announce their departure instead of just leaving.

Selection bias. Indeed, the vast majority of folks who left letsrun in the dust did so without the faintest trace of a whisper.

I am back from my month off from letsrun. I very briefly perused the board this morning, and wow, it's an even bigger cesspool than I recall. I may need to extend my vacation indefinitely.

I did some really good running during my month away, including some good races. At the minimum, I'll be staying away from this place while in serious training/racing mode.

Seriously, brojos, this place is a dump. Clean it up or you'll continue to lose users.

Thanks for that update. It inspires me to consider getting rid of Let’s Run for Lent. No aggravation and I can get race results and analysis elsewhere.

Great idea. I will give up letsrun for Lent. I'll start a post about that later today to get as many others to join as possible. Stay out of the cesspool after Fat Tuesday!

The meme originally came from Slowtwitch.

If all the good people leave
Sodom and Gomorrah who will be left to call the sinners to repent of their evil ways before God unleashes fire and brimstone?

You've inspired me to take off March (starting now). I might just extend it all the way through lent. Happy Mardi Gras everyone. I'm out.

And just like that, the average IQ here went up.