Nick Symmonds burns the Letsrun messageboards in an AMA on reddit

Reel 800 Champ wrote:

Of course Nick Simmons reads this. What else does he do all day? I bet he already posted on this thread.

He runs his gums.

Hi, TAA!

I'm pretty sure only 4 different people have posted on this thread. Me, HardLoper, Rojo, and Nick

HardLoper wrote:

Hi, TAA!

Hey how are you? Tibia feeling any better?

Being a professional runner myself, I don't believe any other pros don't spend time on these boards or that they are "out enjoying their lives" as Symmonds said. My life is 1-2 runs a day, a few gym sessions a week, a massage, and in between making every effort I can to literally do nothing so I can recover. Doing nothing generally consists of watching TV, movies, reading and trolling the hell out of LRC.

When runners talk about how hard they've worked for this or that I laugh. Being a professional runner is actually very easy.

Hi Phoebe!

profesh wrote:

Being a professional runner myself, I don't believe any other pros don't spend time on these boards or that they are "out enjoying their lives" as Symmonds said.

This is a very confusing sentence. Can you please make use of DeMorgan's Law to simplify your logic? Maybe wrap your predicates in parens? Are you saying you do believe that no other pros do spend their time on LR?

I will bet you $1billion that he doesn't read OR post here AT ALL. dummy.

You don't have a billion of anything to lose.

Nick is projecting big time. He has been very unhappy the past couple of years. Pretty sure he does visit here to read and post.

What really pisses me off about Symmonds is how he claims to be 6 feet tall.

Y'all think you've changed at all in the last 10+ years?

I'd be willing to bet this place is more of a negative anonymous cesspool than it ever has been.

HardLoper wrote:

Since he hasn't visited in a decade, we could all be intelligent philosophers and professionals exchanging ideas for all he knows. Seems like a contradiction there.

Er uh, see um...

Greasy_Effin_Skid_Bahd wrote:

Y'all think you've changed at all in the last 10+ years?

I'd be willing to bet this place is more of a negative anonymous cesspool than it ever has been.

Doesn't answer the question.

Bad Wigins wrote:

What really pisses me off about Symmonds is how he claims to be 6 feet tall.

If you read the interview he calls himself short. And isn't his billed height 5'10''?

Says letsrun is immature and calls everyone a doper, then when asked who his idol is he says "I think they all have doped so I don't have one"

You don't have to come to this board to confidently make that statement. This is a distance board. Made up of mostly distance guys. These same distance guys that are the least popular guys in your school and on your team. Same guys that cry about not getting enough attention or praise. Same guys that bash each other obsessively about everything from training to times to racing. Same distance guys that typically can't get laid without pity.

You guys are absolutely the worst. There are a couple cool ones in your mix. Overall just a bunch of skinny crybaby pu££ies.

I'm pretty angry and bitter myself when I visit letsrun. It's a hateful place. Starts at the top and from the inner circle (moderators et al.) and radiates from there. And because of the arbitrary moderating it's the perfect sh1t pile for the trolls to buzz around.

That said, I bet Symmonds and many elites read threads here from time to time.

not buying it... wrote:

Nick daDick wrote:

Where did he say that?

And if he did say that, he is a 100% liar. In fact I'd be willing to bet that he reads and posts here on a regular basis.

^ This. It reminds me of a joke from Jim Gaffigan. "Everyone says they don't eat McDonalds, yet they sell billions of hamburgers a day. Now I'm not a calculus major, but somebody's lying."

More like 6m a day. Someone is really bad at math. The person doing the joke and you for repeating it. You think they make almost a trillion in revenue off burgers alone? Hope you've never tried to buy any stock in any company...

Dumbas.... wrote:

not buying it... wrote:

^ This. It reminds me of a joke from Jim Gaffigan. "Everyone says they don't eat McDonalds, yet they sell billions of hamburgers a day. Now I'm not a calculus major, but somebody's lying."

More like 6m a day. Someone is really bad at math. The person doing the joke and you for repeating it. You think they make almost a trillion in revenue off burgers alone? Hope you've never tried to buy any stock in any company...

What an autistic post. Oblivious to the actual point.

Yep, this is Letsrun!

I'm surprised Symmonds doesn't have a better attitude about the boards. He's an entrepeneur. The only people in the world who know who he is post on these forums. Some of them don't like him but the vast majority do