What were your first memories of the Letsrun early years

I get my early memories of this place and run-insight.com mixed.

Run-insight was I think more regionally specific to where I was from, but there were a lot of similarities and early on they might have been pretty interchangeable.

Trackshark came later, if I recall correctly. Ah, the good old days.

I wasn’t here for the early days but I do recall some years ago on the Track and Field News board there was a guy with the name Tafnut or something and he posted what seemed like maybe 20 times a day or something. He considered himself an expert on everything, sort of like Flagpole.

Back in the aughts, there were plenty of idiots and trash talkers.

But current and past elites and other running luminaries often slummed the place.

And, occasionally, positive and informative discussions about running broke out...

Then he didn't consider himself an expert on everything. I only post about stuff I know something about or have a strong opinion about, and that doesn't come anywhere close to all of the threads created on a daily basis.

Run-insight was the first message board of any kind that I ever visited. Run by "Thee".

Mr Chest. HA AHAHAHAHAHAA.

This sort of because the default after tnfmedia fell apart. I remember it was a lot of arkansas lore, jason in thailand, Tom McArdle, The DOC, and the big three. People loved talking about Joe Falcon and Consiglio. Generally a lot less political/culture war than it is today. I wonder when the board started trending towards insanity..

I remember this:

https://web.archive.org/web/20010124072800/http://www.letsrun.com/forum/

Alan

In the early days, I learned that the pile is the only natural enemy of the hole.

stuff like that sticks with you.

I came over after the rungroteschiefer thing went away.

Was banned from trackandfieldnews a few times. Couldn't even suggest Gatlin was a cheat. Was insane, like living in an HOA. Found this place, and it was unchecked freedom. But there are too many dopes and not enough sensible moderation. So I found myself appreciating the strict "HOA." Whenever I wanna discuss real track I go back there.

rungroteshief/tnfmedia, merv, early letsrun all blend together - often the same people posting. Then there were the younger dyestat kids. Coolrunning and runnersworld were different crowds.

Well, that took a turn I wasn't expecting.

Names like Hodgue-San and Joe McVeigh. I remember their posts but I also remember Jason Meyeroff or however you spell his name and his Asian exploits.