Which one got their bib mixed up? I can't tell.
Which one got their bib mixed up? I can't tell.
Thank you for this explanation. Now this thread can die (I hope!)
Bunny Fastard wrote:
I'll sum up her blog for you:
Two dudes get scheming and decide to swap bibs in a marathon cause one dude aint fast enough to run a BQ.
Unfortunately one dude gets photographed running near an elite woman (the OP).
The OP is a curious type and looks up the results of all dudes in her photos.
She busts the dude for running with his buddy's bib and writes a blog about it.
The dude reads the blog and threatens to sue her ass for claiming there's deliberate cheating going on.
She sucks up to the dude and edits the blog to obfuscate offending material which makes her blog not only wordy but confusing to read (for basement dwelling LRCers).
Bunny Fastard wrote:
John's mate Richard. wrote:And therein lies the problem.
Good one Dick.
I'll sum up her blog for you:
Two dudes get scheming and decide to swap bibs in a marathon cause one dude aint fast enough to run a BQ.
Unfortunately one dude gets photographed running near an elite woman (the OP).
The OP is a curious type and looks up the results of all dudes in her photos.
She busts the dude for running with his buddy's bib and writes a blog about it.
The dude reads the blog and threatens to sue her ass for claiming there's deliberate cheating going on.
She sucks up to the dude and edits the blog to obfuscate offending material which makes her blog not only wordy but confusing to read (for basement dwelling LRCers).
Except apparently it wasn't about a BQ. It sounds like a couple back-of-the-packers playing a trick on another friend. Kind of like in high school when my friend thought he was losing to my 11 year old sister in Goldeneye N64 when in fact I was the one playing. Not that big of a deal....
Writing with a Sense of Purposehttp://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/purpose.htm
it helps to have a clear sense of what you're trying to do for this audience. Are you trying to entertain them? That is surely a lofty purpose: writing to lighten someone's spirits is not a project to be undertaken lightly. Is your paper a matter of self-expression? Do you have opinions or feelings that you need to share with others? Are you trying to persuade others that you have a view of things that is clear-sighted, useful, and needs to be shared? Or that someone else's position is faulty, muddle-headed, or otherwise wrong? Are you trying to provide an exposition of facts or process or definition that others can take advantage of, or are you trying to persuade them of the rightness of a moral or ethical position? Do you want your audience to read your paper and then act, filled with new energy because of what you've told them?
Do you want your audience to read your paper and then act, filled with new energy because of what you've told them?
Is there anyone here who was filled with new energy after trying to read the OP's blog?
rozzi wrote:
READ THE BLOG
Umpossible.
I'll sum up her blog for you:
Two dudes get scheming and decide to swap bibs in a marathon cause one dude aint fast enough to run a BQ. ...
The dude reads the blog...
I think that was his biggest mistake. By now, probably even he's confused as to what happened.
Roller-blog wrote:
I'll sum up her blog for you:
Two dudes get scheming and decide to swap bibs in a marathon cause one dude aint fast enough to run a BQ. ...
The dude reads the blog...
I think that was his biggest mistake. By now, probably even he's confused as to what happened.
I think the lesson to be learned is that people learn from their mistakes.
OK, *a wrote:
Roller-blog wrote:I think that was his biggest mistake. By now, probably even he's confused as to what happened.
I think the lesson to be learned is that people learn from their mistakes.
They do? I knew I was doing something wrong.
I think this thread has been a bigger mistake than the OP's original blogpost.
Anyway, I hope everyone learned their lesson.
The main lesson I learned was not to read unsolicited blogs.
Keyla wrote:
Rachel, thank you so much for caring about the integrity of our sport!
Have they done this before?
If there's no followup from the blog, they might as well do it again.
Thanks for caring! wrote:
Keyla wrote:Rachel, thank you so much for caring about the integrity of our sport!
Have they done this before?
If there's no followup from the blog, they might as well do it again.
No skin off my teeth.
crusade of the buttinsky wrote:
So basically these two ~3 hour marathoners figured that the were so far from competitive that no one in their right mind would care if they played a silly joke and switched bibs, then some random chick on the internet decided to make it her crusade to bring them down for it. Does that sound about right for a Cliffsnotes version of your story?
Seriously, who cares? Do you post about it on your blog when random neighborhood kids fudge on the rules while playing tennis at the park? Because playing tennis at the park is about as serious an athletic endeavor as running a 3 hour marathon, so you might as well apply the same level of scrutiny.
Your only valid complaint is that the time could be used to gain entry into another event, but you don't claim that the runner ever attempted to do so. In fact, you acknowledge that no races with such standards even exist anywhere on the continent on which these runners presumably reside.
Park tennis does not fall under a sanctioning umbrella. If you practice now at a high-tech USA Tennis court, they WILL make you play by the rules.
Is Reading the first R? wrote:
Do you want your audience to read your paper and then act, filled with new energy because of what you've told them?Is there anyone here who was filled with new energy after trying to read the OP's blog?
This first paragraph and pictures on the first screen drained any possible energy I might have used to read further.
Lesson Learner wrote:
Anyway, I hope everyone learned their lesson.
I certainly did
Look At Me I Have A Blog wrote:
Is Reading the first R? wrote:Is there anyone here who was filled with new energy after trying to read the OP's blog?
This first paragraph and pictures on the first screen drained any possible energy I might have used to read further.
Not to mention the sky-lightblue background colour is drabbing.
Lesson Learner wrote:
Anyway, I hope everyone learned their lesson.
I learned the aftermath is not always interesting. Take your pick on this one.
Runner blues wrote:
Not to mention the sky-lightblue background colour is drabbing.
So now we have someone using "drab" as a verb? When is this thread going to end, already?
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