Thought this might be interesting. Letsrun, the birth, the fight for survival, the old school forum.

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  • blitzplay
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    6 years ago 07/09/2014 9:06pm CDT
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    A poster on my other thread got me thinking about the origin of Letsrun.com. I done some research and found this stuff.

    This is the earliest homepage i could find. It's from June 2000.

    http://web.archive.org/web/20000621161105/http://www.letsrun.com/


    At this time. The website was struggling to survive with threats of closure.

    http://web.archive.org/web/20010602205321/http://www.letsrun.com/forum/

    And here is a view of the old messageboard. I love Wejo's thread title about Ritz's race being broadcast on radio. Looks like the radio broadcast went down as xcrunner5000 is asking "what happened to the broadcast". Not much has changed here, only technology.

    http://web.archive.org/web/20011116171928/http://letsrun.community.everyone.net/commun_v3/scripts/topics.pl?NodeID=278620&page=31&sortBy=postDate&sortOrder=desc
  • archaeologist
    6 years ago 07/09/2014 9:18pm CDT
    re: blitzplay
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    Where is the rise of the troll?
  • From the beginning
    6 years ago 07/09/2014 9:29pm CDT
    re: archaeologist
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    Loved the thread title " why are there so many idiots on this board"
  • You Are What You Is
    6 years ago 07/09/2014 9:57pm CDT
    re: From the beginning
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    Do we have enough data to determine when LetsRun turned into a toilet full of racist, self-absorbed 15-year-old know-it-alls?
  • joalturn
    6 years ago 07/09/2014 10:07pm CDT
    re: From the beginning
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    Anyone know what Dr. Moore is doing these days? Did he try and qualify for the 2004 olympic trials too?
  • Been here forever almost
    6 years ago 07/10/2014 1:01am CDT
    re: You Are What You Is
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    I popped in a few times that first summer and sort of remember the site changes. The place has always had some edge and turmoil. It was a bloodbath during the 2000 election debacle, followed by weeks of debate over guess what? Climate change.

    The other stuff picked up a few years later. 2003 and 04 had some crazy ugly times.

    Heavier moderation, although quite biased if you get the drift picked up in about 2004 and 05.

    Flagpole has been a pia since at least 2002.

    You Are What You Is wrote:

    Do we have enough data to determine when LetsRun turned into a toilet full of racist, self-absorbed 15-year-old know-it-alls?
  • beentheredonethat
    6 years ago 07/10/2014 2:02am CDT
    re: Been here forever almost
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    Love to get nostalgic over Letsrun of old. Always a fair amount of snark but I think it got particularly bad when the Dyestat boards shut down (the younger posters moved over here.)

    Some great threads lost to the years. RIP Powerpoint...
  • beentheredonethat
    6 years ago 07/10/2014 2:03am CDT
    re: beentheredonethat
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    And the Fannypack thread. Solid gold, those were.
  • The Donger
    6 years ago 07/10/2014 11:58am CDT
    re: blitzplay
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    Wait. Nationals was in Eugene back then too!?!
  • Runningart2004
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    6 years ago 07/10/2014 12:07pm CDT
    re: blitzplay
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    Anyone remember the original Grote and Schiefer board that became TNFmedia?

    Alan
  • runnerdnerd
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    6 years ago 07/10/2014 12:12pm CDT
    re: Runningart2004
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    Fun to see that so many of the posts back then were about speculating on which athletes are dirty, or accusing athletes of being dirty.

    I also like the "What do coaches earn" topic. How many times has this come up? 3 times a month for the past decade we get a new thread on this topic?
  • Emaciated Hobby Jogger
    6 years ago 07/10/2014 12:34pm CDT
    re: From the beginning
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    From the beginning wrote:

    Loved the thread title " why are there so many idiots on this board"


    lol. This^ Every so often people complain about this board turning to crap. But people always have done that. i.e.:

    "It's been fun, but there is just too much negative energy here and too many new as$holes who post bullshit 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"
  • EZ10Miler
    6 years ago 07/10/2014 1:08pm CDT
    re: blitzplay
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    I did enjoy Kilgore's posts... and Mr. Chest.

    Also back there if you really got under someone's skin you'd get a "You sir!......" moment. Dont see much of that any more.
  • ventolin^3
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    6 years ago 07/10/2014 1:29pm CDT
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    wouda been "interesting" to see what the message board page wouda looked like if it had existed in '96 when komen ran 7'20 !?
  • Ole Timer
    6 years ago 07/10/2014 1:35pm CDT
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    It would have said:

    HTTP 503 Service Unavailable
  • ventolin^3
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    6 years ago 07/10/2014 1:38pm CDT
    re: Ole Timer
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    for how long ?
  • Flagpole
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    6 years ago 07/10/2014 2:38pm CDT
    re: Been here forever almost
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    Been here forever almost wrote:

    Flagpole has been AWESOME since at least 2002.

    Fixed it for you, brother!
  • Looky Here
    6 years ago 07/10/2014 3:00pm CDT
    re: Flagpole
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    Can we get an "anything goes" forum back? Says it was unmoderated. Hopefully then the trolls can all just hang out and get each others' rocks off in there.
  • runner who professes
    6 years ago 07/10/2014 7:32pm CDT
    re: blitzplay
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    Great website, where the talent is the talent.
  • HonestThief
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    6 years ago 07/10/2014 7:40pm CDT
    re: runner who professes
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    It's entertaining to look back, especially since I'm relatively new here. This place is very much like a locker room. You have the wise seniors, the lost freshmen, the dumb*ss slackers, the complete trolls that while obnoxious get a few laughs. Discussions from running training, shoes, times, to politics to relationships to food, all spoken on by various opinions who all think they know everything about everything.

    It's wonderful here.