Who is the most famous poster on Letsrun?

The Dirty Duck wrote:

ruggiero wrote:

Is it proven that gladwell posted? Or just guessed at?

http://www.runnersworld.com/celebrity-runners/a-running-conversation-with-malcolm-gladwell

I doubt he is the most famous, however.

He is by far the most famous who doesn't cower and hide behind a pseudonym.

HardLoper wrote:

George Gilder (ggilder)

Malcolm Gladwell (aka Bad Wigins... I will prove it eventually)

Glad to hear you're ok, George.

Rick Wohlhuter posted here several months ago giving a detailed narrative of the 1976 Olympic 800 meter race where he lost to Alberto Juantorena. (Wohlhuter took second.)

webby wrote:

I'm pretty sure that the most famous poster here wouldn't dare identify himself/herself. The truly famous remain anonymous. Only the Johnson's and their inner circle can tell you who they are.

I'll nominate Chris Lukezic as the most successful known poster, with a 3:33.3 1500, a 4th-place finish in the Olympic Trials, and probably tens or hundreds of millions in wealth as one of the first employees at Airbnb.

Steven Scott and Jim Spivey were both way better than Chris Lukezic, and more well known.

Not to mention Gerry Lindgren, Craig Virgin, and Henry Rono.

hyoemeter wrote:

Flagpole wrote:

Malmo wasn't just a "very good US runner". He was the American record holder in the steeplechase, the 12k, and the half marathon. He also tied the then existing 10 mile AR in a race in which someone beat him to set the new record.

So, "very good US runner" doesn't do him justice.

In that era those were like Special Olympic records, right? The 1970s US was not exactly competing with the best the world had to offer.

True elites posting here have been Henry and Marius.

Perhaps you are confusing the 70s with the 90s; during the 70s, we had top-10 ranked athletes in every event. You do know that Pre, Virgin, Shorter, Wohlhuter and Marsh competed in the 1970s.

"in the 1970s Shorter, Liquori, Ryun, Rodgers, Buerkle, Pre, Rodgers, Kardong, Malley, Marsh, etc were all competing with the world's best. All of them ranked top ten in the world in their events."

I was around in those days. I ran in races with some of the elites of the time, though I was a level (or two) back from them. George Malley (aka Malmo) was very good on the US scene. He very briefly held the US steeplechase record, but it was in a era where the US lagged the rest of the world in the steeple and the world was not even all that great (though he did once beat a Sweede [who were good steeplers at the time] in Malmo. He was ranked 6th in '77).

His best days on the were between 77-79. I don't remember if he ran on the '80 trials.

He switched the the roads in the early 80's. Back in a day when the 1/2 marathon was not as popular as today, but road racing was the rage. There races at almost every distance. Almost every weekend some where in the US. There were so many really good runners in those days. Malley was just one of many.

His half marathon record was a great result, but not he was not always up to that level. It was the one race where stood out. Guys like Herb Lindsay and Greg Meyer were consistently popping great races. Even guys like Kirk Pfeffer were near the top of big races more than Malmo.

That's not to take away from what he did. He was very good, but very good is a very good description of what he did. He was a great US steeplechaser for 1-2 years before being taken over by Henry Marsh, and he was a pretty good USA road racer who popped one really great race (at a distance which was probably right at the edge of his range - Malmo's best distance was probably between 7-13 miles...on the road or XC).

8minpace wrote:

I would bet a lot of actors/actresses who ran in high school/college are still out here checking this place to catch up from time to time. It wouldn't surprise me if some of these guys would haul off and post something here and there. Wasn't Dana Carvey in FIRE ON THE TRACK? Didn't Luke Wilson run like 1:50 at Kansas State? Someone told me Tom Cruise ran like 9:30 and Robin Williams (rest his soul) dropped like a 50point and 1:57. It's hard for me to find ANYONE (who took running seriously at some point in their life) that doesn't sift through results from time to time. Sure, they don't go full-blown Uncle Rico on a message board, but I'd believe if someone told me they dropped an unregistered post from time to time.

You know how actors have to do research and prep for specific roles? Do you think they are directed to create profiles and join in the fray around here as prep for roles as runners?