Believe it or not, 430miler has grown to be a close friend of mine. I live nowhere near him, nor have i ever talked to him in real life, but we have grown to be close friends via e-mail, letsrun, and myspace.
I was an avid poster on dyestat until 430 got banned by popular demand. Dyestat has truly went downhill ever since then, especially the elite thread, the distance thread, and the spike thread. These are the most common areas where 430 posted and made dyestat a more interesting place to be.
I no longer post on dyestat because....
1. The dyestat population is more and more immature and knowledgeless about the sport.
2. Because the administrators have still not unbanned 430's account, and its been almost 2 years.
430 and i both have written several leters to the dyestat administration. we decided to skip "steveu" and go straight to the top. We have both sent several letters to John Dye, Donna Dye, and Marc Davis concerning 430s bannage. Please remember that 430's bannage was simply because of 2 arrogant teenagers who disagreed with his opinion and wrote steveu several ban requests just to be punks.
430 and i have come to a conclusion that we are both TOO GOOD to post on dyestat, and we arent going to stoop down to their level. I can guarantee you that 430 and i would not return to dyestat even if he has unbanned. I am unbanned, but i choose to not post their because they have still not unbanned 430miler.
On the bright side, i can assure you that 430 and i will always be productive members of the Letsrun community, becuase this is where we and our opinions are welcomed.
In conclusion, im glad that the Letsrun community is mature enough to accept people for their differences, and always listen to what we have to say whether they agree with it or not. After all, it can be difficult to agree on "physiological" (lol) topics where these are indeed the most complex topics known to mankind.
Long live 430, mentallity, physicallity, and long live Letsrun.com.