Elite runners making fun of Letsrun.com on twitter

On the contrary, I am now cheering for Sheila Reid even more, knowing how every great performance by her will rile up and emotionally charge a bunch of the people on here.

She posted an "ugly" selfie on snap chat too with the caption "eat your hear out letsrun"

It obviously bothered her. I've always liked her. She's competitive, fast, very attractive, and really funny. She should probably not get too offended by the things on this board.

Listen to any sports radio show. No shortage of fans bashing pro players.

My thoughts exactly. The LetsRun forum is the only place to talk passionately about the sport. It is the written equivalent of the only call-in sports radio show for track, yet it is villainized by almost all "elite" professional runners.

I'm not in college anymore, so none of my friends actually like track. Even my old college teammates hardly follow the sport anymore. This is the only place to talk about it.

The only value professional track and field offers to society is entertainment. If track fans are talking about you, good or bad, take it as a sign you're doing your job.

Let's run is actually no different than any other open message board when it comes to talking trash anonymously that the people would never back up face to face. This is how the Internet works. People are insecure and are more comfortable while hiding behind a keyboard. Sheila has too much free time of her hands and is thus choosing to spend it on social media. She probably has 4 more years max and then forced into retirement at 30+ and will have to find a new career quickly. Perhaps she's desperately trying to use social media as a platform to get sponsors. Not a bad idea. But I'd think most anonymous bashing trolls hiding behind a keyboard would cream their pants if they seen her face to face. That's why the Internet has become a joke as is social media.

Bonkers wrote:

laughing at the responses on this thread. Some good classics being thrown around here.

"well, I make more money than professional runner X, so that validates me."

"Elite runner X is posting on twitter, they obviously have too much time on their hands" (really genius? It takes 30sec to send a tweet, and keeping a social media presence is part of their job. You on the other hand took the time out of your busy day to troll Letsrun. Who has too much time again?)

You know nothing about professional running if you think they are only on Twitter for 30 seconds. Twitter, LetsRun, etc is what they do for most of the day.

Sheila gave the message boarders exactly what they wanted: a response. More BS ensues.

new generation wrote:

Red Pill Giver wrote:

Whatever helps you sleep at night.

I'd rather be that than a white feminist broke "professional" runner with no meaningful relationship.

That's because you're an entitled, privileged white dude with a hopelessly narrow frame of reference.

Is "privileged white dude" supposed to be an insult? What is this, your college safespace?

People like Derrick and Reid are extremely privileged white people with hopelessly narrow frames of reference. Obviously you didn't think that out.

Nope. Would not do.

Rumpelstiltskin wrote:

neglect to understand that on the other end is someone working their ass off to serve them. .

I'd cheer on any female elite or even female sub-sub-sub-elite who would work her ass off to satisfy me.

Millionaire b4 30 wrote:

Sheila gave the message boarders exactly what they wanted: a response. More BS ensues.

She's building her brand.

Sheila knows that she can be replaced by an intersex/trans any time now. Puts a girl on edge.

Reality Bath wrote:

Sheila knows that she can be replaced by an intersex/trans any time now. Puts a girl on edge.

LOL. Liberal female runners getting what they deserve.

Reality Bath wrote:

Sheila knows that she can be replaced by an intersex/trans any time now. Puts a girl on edge.

I think females know that their time is limited as elites and they will be replaced by trans athletes in mass. She's trying to make a name for herself and cash in before its too late, smart move actually!

She and all the other Elites chipping in are 100% spot on with all their comments.

Anyone on here talking about how these pro's are beholden to "their fanbase" are wayyyyyy out of touch. 99% of you are armchair commentators of the sport, not anyone who's going out and buying tickets to Diamond League meets, getting their autographs, or genuinely giving two craps about these athletes and their success. What does anyone from Sheila Reid to Evan Jager owe to a bunch of message board parasites who aren't even in the same ballpark of running talent? What a strange sense of entitlement to have.

I don't even know why I'm bothering to type this out, y'all aren't gonna change.

This isn't the first time LRC has been called out on it's toxic community, time to stop denying it Brojos with your statements about this site being "the home of the running best fans on Earth" (or something along those lines) and change how these boards operate.

Positive conversation on here is like a Unicorn. Kind of the nature of anonymous message boards in general I suppose, not a symptom unique to LRC. I'd guess that things would be better if the boards were more rigidly structured and moderated a la Reddit, not that that's likely to happen; too much of dive into the technology deep end for the Brojos.

Red Pill Giver wrote:

Is "privileged white dude" supposed to be an insult? What is this, your college safespace?

People like Derrick and Reid are extremely privileged white people with hopelessly narrow frames of reference. Obviously you didn't think that out.

Thanks for the patronizing tone, dude. Good mansplaining attempt, but you still fail all around.

And, yes, the label was intended to be an insult.

new generation wrote:

Red Pill Giver wrote:

Is "privileged white dude" supposed to be an insult? What is this, your college safespace?

People like Derrick and Reid are extremely privileged white people with hopelessly narrow frames of reference. Obviously you didn't think that out.

Thanks for the patronizing tone, dude. Good mansplaining attempt, but you still fail all around.

And, yes, the label was intended to be an insult.

I bet "mansplaining" was meant to be an insult too. You just can't leave the college safespace can you.

new generation wrote:

Red Pill Giver wrote:

Is "privileged white dude" supposed to be an insult? What is this, your college safespace?

People like Derrick and Reid are extremely privileged white people with hopelessly narrow frames of reference. Obviously you didn't think that out.

Thanks for the patronizing tone, dude. Good mansplaining attempt, but you still fail all around.

And, yes, the label was intended to be an insult.

You carefully avoided the point that "Derrick and Reid are extremely privileged white people". May it be because you're an extremely privileged white girl.

libs are hypocrites wrote:

new generation wrote:

Thanks for the patronizing tone, dude. Good mansplaining attempt, but you still fail all around.

And, yes, the label was intended to be an insult.

You carefully avoided the point that "Derrick and Reid are extremely privileged white people". May it be because you're an extremely privileged white girl.

None enjoy the highest pinnacle of privilege as the white man

new generation wrote:

libs are hypocrites wrote:

You carefully avoided the point that "Derrick and Reid are extremely privileged white people". May it be because you're an extremely privileged white girl.

None enjoy the highest pinnacle of privilege as the white man

I concur that we can agree that white knight Derrick is extremely privileged.

It's good for you that we white men protect special female snowflakes like you. What should we call that? Your privilege?