I’m a D2 female runner. Our coach explicitly told us not to visit LetsRun forums.

just hang out in this thread for a few minutes

this place can be full of hate an you should do what your coach said, so if your coach asked you not to come on the board you go and post on it? I can tell you that you are not a coachable athlete and are not running well. I would kick you off our team, and now I know you posting on this, well...............

There’s a lot of negativity here, to put it nicely. Everyone disagrees with someone, certain people hate athletes or coaches or teams, it’s generally not a welcoming atmosphere.

Unless you post under your real name then it is impossible that your coach will ever find out that you are on here ... as long as you don't blab to your teammates.

Because it's a white male predominate website, not for want of homogeneity but simply due to selection bias, with a lovely antiquated format (no bad connotation tbh) where advertising companies have little sway and where we pretty much have it our way, and the way of Jonathan "Who Is? Galt of Randian , and that of the Brothers Johnson, the latter of whom run this classic-styled website.

sometimes we get menty, hilariously or even annoyingly off-topic banter and spam here.

you've got to have a thick skin and a sense of humour in these parts

In the off chance that you really are a D2 female, you're telling the truth about what your coach said, and you genuinely want to know why he said that, then your best bet is to ask him.

Also, unless you are a hypersensitive wimp, you can learn a lot about training, the history of the sport, and news by coming to LRC.

I have a question, why would you not just ask your coach the reason? So you just do what he asked you not to do. Due to woman like you mankind lives in SIN. "apple a day"

Your coach is the type that, despite thousands of insightful, positive, and humorous posts, takes issue with the admittedly thousands of negative troll posts.

This same problem exists for all social media, message boards etc. I bet the coach is hypocritical in that they visit at least one social media outlet such as Facebook, Instagram, or X and doesn't tell you not to go to those sites.

Good one! 8/10

Do you go to a "University in San Antonio"?

If the coach goes on the boards he'll see this post and almost know for sure it's one of his runners posting here.

Smart coach. This place is for the most part a wasteland. That said, It does have value if you need information about a specific topic, as pretty much everything has been covered at this point. Just Google the topic and add let’s run. “5K workouts Letsrun.”

You're using your friend's phone because your coach has installed spyware on your phone?

Didn't Letsrun call DII & DIII Nationals "baby nationals?"

If you’d been here yesterday before a thread on the unfortunate death of a D3 runner was cleaned up, you’d have a pretty good idea of why.