Serious Discussion: Has This Board "Jumped The Shark?"

Who are these drunks?

Well nobody talks training anymore. Wish the bigwigs who used to post here all the time would do so nowadays.

Please don't associate Fonzie jumping the shark with LetsRun - he is and always will be icon - this board just lame

And if this board is dying...has it's reputation finally been it's downfall?

It should read "... has its reputation finally been its downfall?"

If you're going to take the piss out of grammar, spelling, and punctuation, at least get it right yourself.

If I saw you in person, I would urinate on your girlfriend (if you even had one) just to prove how pathetic a human being you are.

Throw your computer out the window. You don't belong. Go away.

The phrase "jumped the shark" has jumped the shark.

Threads about Letsrun "jumping the shark" have jumped the shark. Thanks though.

I very much believe that consistent, high volume training is a vital and basic principle. It's not overly complicated, although one can make it so.

I love the discussions between experienced runners and coaches and newer ones. I learn from them. Experienced runners, coaches and exercise scientists have also contibuted much here in their discussions. These are still on the site and searchable.

Your thread is a symptom of a larger problem, talking about what we've lost, without adding any of it back in.

Listen to your body. Back off if injuries seem to working their way in, but otherwise gradually increase your miles till you run 120-140 mpw as the elites do, often in two workouts per day.

Enjoy the run, today and always.

I have been coming here regulalry sincw the early 2000s. It is the exact same, including posts like yours. Every so often someone comments on the changing board and lack of running threads, but it has always been like this. Take it or leave it.

I just thought this might add something to the discussion, give folks a little perspective:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDthMGtZKa4

Wise Guy wrote:

I just thought this might add something to the discussion, give folks a little perspective:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDthMGtZKa4

Wow. Thanks, I guess.

That show was one (among many) that I've never watched. I'm really glad now.

In any case, I do think there's a natural arc to most sites' existence. If you commit to anonymous (or non-) registration, then eventually your site becomes taken over by a particular kind of poster; but if you *don't* go with that kind of (non-) registration, your site devolves into a niche that engenders only a small amount of enthusiam and dedication, and a low number of visits--making its maintenance economically unfeasible.

Either way, things change, and "this too shall pass away."

Hell the exact same question was posted on this very site ca. 2003 or 2004. It's always been a cesspool, but tends to have the most up to date information and cutting edge venue for discussion on running.

Get Real Real wrote:

It seems to me that this board has been in steady decline since Berlin. A bunch of regular, actual, track and field fans...have disappeared. .

I find it ironic that one of newest posters at Letsrun, one who appears to be angry all of the time, is complaining about Letsrun's demise.

It's May. It's finals and graduation time for many of the students who post here. Once Nationals and Pre and all of the Golden League races start up the posting volume/quality will pick up again.

Letsrunner wrote:

I have been coming here regulalry sincw the early 2000s. It is the exact same, including posts like yours. Every so often someone comments on the changing board and lack of running threads, but it has always been like this. Take it or leave it.

Yep, it's been exactly the same for 10 years or so.

All the people who harp back to the 'good old days' probably weren't even here in the 'good old days' and are remembering with rose tinted glasses.

There are plenty of "Joanie loves Chachi" level threads on here, but this is still the greatest running related message board on the planet!

It is strange that there aren't any active threads about regionals. I guess they're not that exciting, but you think someone'd care.

right. this place is dying. (For that matter, it's killing itself.)

a conservative wrote:

More proof (as of 10:40 pm EST Saturday)

What People Are Talking About on LetsRun

1. Paul terget runs his 2 a day runs at 6 and 10 am .

2. Vinny strikes again

3. Why are all the best women attracted to such jerks?

4. D3 Outdoor track, time to get big

5. 10 Years Ago Today A High School Kid Ran 3:53.43

6. 2011 COACHING OPENINGS

7. She was once a runner

8. OBGYN SUED FOR $58 MILLION DOLLARS

9. Who is this Girl outkicking Wheating!!

10. Khadevis Robinson beats start studded Rome 800m field to win in 1:45.10

threads 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 10 are all running related. That is 70% of threads, and only 1 is an obvious troll thread (number 10).

So it is official that this board has not "jumped the shark."

I'm sorry, but I'm not buying it.

You greatly oversimplified your evidence in that supposedly representative sample. What you didn't quantify is the number of exceedingly immature posts, lewd comments, and profanity-laden personal attacks within each one of those threads, whether they are running related or not. Even in the aftermath it would be difficult to cross-reference and actually count them, because some of them actually get deleted. What a concept, huh?

I used to visit the LetsRun boards on a daily basis and contribute almost as often. Sifting through the verbal diarrhea in order to find the worthwhile posts simply wasn't worth the effort anymore. As a result, I (much like many other coaches and athletes) only stop by on relatively special occasions. I happen to be looking in today because it's a big weekend for NCAA competitions.

I know that Wejo & Rojo cultivate the free-wheeling, "wild west" atmosphere without a mandatory registration policy in order to thoroughly enjoy the occasional iconic thread. But what very few people seem to ever talk about is how many amazing threads we will never see because of the outstanding (potential) message board contributors who have been driven away by the same type of anti-social cowards that I described above. It's really a shame.

Posting since Day 1 wrote:

Get Real Real wrote:

It seems to me that this board has been in steady decline since Berlin. A bunch of regular, actual, track and field fans...have disappeared. .

I find it ironic that one of newest posters at Letsrun, one who appears to be angry all of the time, is complaining about Letsrun's demise.

It's May. It's finals and graduation time for many of the students who post here. Once Nationals and Pre and all of the Golden League races start up the posting volume/quality will pick up again.

I only appear new.

There is a ton of stupidity here, that should be called out. If you mistake that for anger, you were sadly protected too much as a child and came out overly sensitive.

I am willing to bet if you saw that same behavior in front of your daughter, sister, mother, in the local mall or restaurant, you'd sound sharp tongued too.

Punctuation Police wrote:

And if this board is dying...has it's reputation finally been it's downfall?

It should read "... has its reputation finally been its downfall?"

If you're going to take the piss out of grammar, spelling, and punctuation, at least get it right yourself.

If I saw you in person, I would urinate on your girlfriend (if you even had one) just to prove how pathetic a human being you are.

Throw your computer out the window. You don't belong. Go away.

I have the excuse of typing fast and late, punctuation mall cop.

As for your urination suggestion, first you'd have to pick one, I'm current seeing 3 women.

Even with all 3 in front of you, you'd probably piss into the wind and miss -- blowback all over your face, child.