What do you want to see on LetsRun.com in 2017?

trumputin wrote:

In 2017, I would like to see the following threads deleted:

The unofficial candidate debate discussion thread

Down goes the Dow

Did Mike Rossi (viral marathon dad) cheat his way into Boston?

I agree.

Focus on the positive, enabling people's dreams.

Open it up to freelance writers.

Focus the mission.

Better use of sub-forums: a 'Misc' section for all the NRR stuff and better organized & managed running related sub-forums

Perks for using a registered name: show join date, post count, some sort of reputation building system (like/dislike posts)

Ability to block posts and threads created by certain posters

Live chat room would be fun during races

YESi would donate $20 to have that Down goes the Dow thread removed forever. i can't believe people spend time on that

trumputin wrote:

In 2017, I would like to see the following threads deleted:

The unofficial candidate debate discussion thread

Down goes the Dow

Did Mike Rossi (viral marathon dad) cheat his way into Boston?

More coverage of run gum. flotrack videos. workout wednesday videos. coaching options for beermile. live chat option. my face. my own quote of the day. randa roussey coverage. running news. alan webb's return to stardom. kara goucher training and racing and not whinning. the guy that almost hit george bush with his shoe.

All these suggestions are fine and dandy, but if Rojo and Wejo don't read them, then what is the point.

Wejo/Rojo, any good takeaways yet from this thread?

The Scot wrote:

wejo wrote:

It's the New Year and a good opportunity to open it up to you all to see what you want to see from LetsRun.com in 2017.

What new things should we try and do? What should we do better? It's an open thread.

Thanks to all of you for making 2016 a great year for us.

Hire a woman as co-editor and forum moderator.

What, can't take all the masculine energy in here?

Seriously, this could be a decent idea. Every club and bar knows that the more women you get in the door, the better it is for business.

Add my vote for preventing ads from overlapping the message board threads. Half of the stuff gets cut off by the stupid ads!

BOLDED SO COMMENT DOESNT GET LOST.

Don't change anything! I love the running discussions mixed in amongst the troll fest.

Live Forums with Elites, Sub-Elites, Coaches, and Agents, and others with inside knowledge of the sport.

Get those individuals on a video stream and allow the Letsrun community to ask questions live.

NyCk_SImounds wrote:

More coverage of run gum. flotrack videos. workout wednesday videos. coaching options for beermile. live chat option. my face. my own quote of the day. randa roussey coverage. running news. alan webb's return to stardom. kara goucher training and racing and not whinning. the guy that almost hit george bush with his shoe.

Nice...lol

I'd like more transparency regarding moderation policies. I realize there are judgment calls, but it would be nice if there were some articulated standards about what's okay and what's not.

I'd also like it if a lot more users had special subtitles like the "co-founder" that appears beneath your name. There are a lot of really legit people on here with registered names, but unless you're a regular, you might not know who they are.

wejo wrote:

It's the New Year and a good opportunity to open it up to you all to see what you want to see from LetsRun.com in 2017.

What new things should we try and do? What should we do better?

More and more older runners (50s, 60s and even 70s) are running the races nowadays -- and some of us are actually running for the first time in our lives. Others have been running for decades.

For most of us, its a health thing -- use it or loose it. At our age, this is the way it is.

Anyway, I think alot of us would like to see a sub-forum that was dedicated to the older runner. Maybe you could include the 40-somethings in that forum, just to increase interest in it.

I'm 61 and typical of this new group of older runners. Our concerns and our issues are different from younger runners. I think alot of older runners would like to have an area where we could discuss things of particular interest to the older runners.

More bun huggers threads.

A top 10 list of disqualified race cheaters (proven in the running community well beyond a reasonable doubt)

E.g. Rosie Ruiz, Kip Litton, mike Rossi, etc

Fuclos, Kimmy wrote:

A top 10 list of disqualified race cheaters (proven in the running community well beyond a reasonable doubt)

E.g. Rosie Ruiz, Kip Litton, mike Rossi, etc

Agreed, great idea. I would call it the LRC Wall of Infamy.

1. Rosie Ruiz

2. Kip Litton

3. Mike Rossi

4. Rob Young

5. Larry Macon

6. Parvaneh Moayedi

7. Stanley Cottrell, Jr

8. Dane Rauschenberg

9. Martin Franklin

10. ???

This.

Also, the Geezer sub-forum a few posts above is a sound suggestion.

TAA wrote:

More trolling

Yep, this

Haven't read through all of the posts, but how about a "like" or vote up/down button? For training threads, it might provide some means of separating out good stuff from BS. ;-)