Check out their current home page.

 

http://www.runningahead.com/groups/LNO/

 

cf:

 

http://www.runningahead.com/groups/2000/

I hate that I like them so much.

Yep. They're morons alright. Just like us.

Which group of The Others are the ones trying to start a friday meltdown thread in the GSP?

Lets just ignore that and maybe it will go away.

I have a semi-serious question for The Others among us and/or srlopez (this will be my last one for the day):

How many of the RWOL'ers (either LNO or the BF or whatever) know each other IRL and are playing themselves on the internet versus playing some character hidden behind a cryptic screen name?  It feels like very few, but it could just be because I don't know them yet and most of them haven't figured out how to make a public profile or use the fucking running log which is the whole point of this website. To old time RA'ers the black screen name, no log and no avatar pic produce an immediate Troll/Spammer instinct and it just takes a lot longer for those users to become accepted.

I have a semi-serious question for The Others among us and/or srlopez (this will be my last one for the day):

 

How many of the RWOL'ers (either LNO or the BF or whatever) know each other IRL and are playing themselves on the internet versus playing some character hidden behind a cryptic screen name?  It feels like very few, but it could just be because I don't know them yet and most of them haven't figured out how to make a public profile or use the fucking running log which is the whole point of this website. To old time RA'ers the black screen name, no log and no avatar pic produce an immediate Troll/Spammer instinct and it just takes a lot longer for those users to become accepted.

We're all "real" people. Most of us have been around for years and have met many other L&Oers IRL. Eventually, we'll get around to using the runnnig log, etc. It's just a culture change for us. RWOL had a terrible log, RWOL had terrible everything so we really just met there to BS. A lot of us do keep up with other forumites training on Dailymile. We have our fair share of decent runners and many have surpassed the 2000 mark for this year.

One thing I like a lot about this site compared to our former home is the focus on running. I know that sounds odd since we come from RUNNERS WORLD, but RWOL is just a front for a huge marketing conglomerate. The point of that site is to sell you shit. RA feels much like a "for runners by runners site."

Check out their current home page.

 

http://www.runningahead.com/groups/LNO/

 

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<span>Enter at Your Own Risk</span>:

 

I don't give a fuck. Who gives a fuck? Not me. Jason doesn't give a fuck. He was fat then he ran 100 miles. That's not giving a fuck. Goo's 98. He still runs fast and is perverted as shit because he doesn't give a fuck.

Here's a dirty little secret - grape's into fruit and vegetables and scrape has a robe and a wizard hat. Kittens, rainbows, lollipops, happy thoughts, hugs, kisses, Love the Half. Where the hell is Love the Half. How can you have a Beginners Forum without Love the Half?

Whatever, running sucks, Remy sucks, its a chore, you'd much rather be reading one of Remy's books. It hurts like scalded hell, its dark, you're drunk, its raining, Mooser's banging on your door at 2:50am. Clay pulled his truck up on your lawn but you don't give a shit because you cant give a shit - you have to get your run in.  

you dont have the time to care, no patience, no remorse, no mercy, you're tired of Rocky IV. He is not man. He is like piece of iron.

You park your car in the pouring rain - there's a bunch of people having sex on your running path. Doesn't matter, you have C25k Day 7 scheduled and  all those skinny pussy talented guys will be staying in tonight.... You get to put another 10 or so 2x1 minute walk/run intervals on them.

 "

 

cf:

 

http://www.runningahead.com/groups/2000/

 

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I don't give a fuck - and neither should you. Just go run.

here's a dirty little secret - running is not always fun. its not all kittens and rainbows. lollipops and happy thoughts, hugs and kisses, cheering and singing. ice cream and cake.

Sometimes it sucks, its a chore, you'd much rather be sitting on your ass, it hurts like scalded hell, your still sore as fuck from your 10 mile tempo, its dark, your tired, its raining, you had to get up a 2:50 am to get in your miles before your flight, you have to drink 17 cups of coffee. You so and so is clearly ripping from the bone but you don't give a shit because you cant give a shit - you have to get your run in.  

you dont have the time to care, no patience, no remorse, no mercy.

You park your car in the poring rain - you hear the tornado siren and think to yourself "all those skinny pussy talented guys will be staying in tonight.... I get to put another 11 miles on them"

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Just because it is awesome, and things change, to capture it for the sake of a good posterior.

One thing I like a lot about this site compared to our former home is the focus on running. I know that sounds odd since we come from RUNNERS WORLD, but RWOL is just a front for a huge marketing conglomerate. The point of that site is to sell you shit. RA feels much like a "for runners by runners site."

Doesn't sound odd at all that anything with the name "Runners World "attached to it is likely to be a glorified catalog to sell unnecessary accessories to fitness joggers.

RA is very much for runners by runners. A lot of us knew Eric in real life before there was an RA and it started as just a homegrown training log that he developed and started sharing with friends and a few people in his running club. That's part of why you'll see a heavy concentration of New England runners here.  In the first couple of years, most people used the log first and then found the forums--and the log was often spread by word of mouth by people who run together all the time, which is why in addition to the New England contingent you see other regional concentrations (Nashville, Minnesota, etc.)

New year's resolution or something. I'm sure it won't last and I'll be back to my cranky old self soon.