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Micah Ward · Posted: Mon May 13, 2002 5:28 pm Post subject: I PROTEST!!!

I AM NOT WASHED UP!!!

I may be old.
I may be slow.
I may be fat.
I am definitly injured.

BUT I AM NOT WASHED UP!!!

I am rehabbing my injury.
I am training.
I will race June 2 in Bluffton, SC
It is a 5K trail race.
I will not win.

BUT I AM A RUNNER!!!

How fast I run does not make me a runner.
How far I run does not make me a runner.
Winning does not make me a runner.
What makes me a runner?

I AM A RUNNER BECAUSE I CAN NOT...NOT RUN!!!

I am a runner.

Dan · Posted: Mon May 13, 2002 9:10 pm Post subject:

I suppose now would be as good a time as any to ask... Any suggestions for user rank titles (based on # of posts)?

Dan
- also washed up, apparently

Conway · Posted: Tue May 14, 2002 5:59 am Post subject:

Yeah I noticed that too ... Seems like the rankings are inverse to their relevance .. If you post a lot you get dinged ... Evil or Very Mad

... Maybe something more on the lines of "lurker" to "Verbose" or something .. Wink

Dan · Posted: Tue May 14, 2002 6:08 am Post subject:

How's about a list of 5 or so suggestions in order? If we get a few people's input, we can make this a community decision. Smile

Dan

Dan · Posted: Tue May 14, 2002 6:23 am Post subject:

Ok, taking Conway's lead, here's a list of possibles (number in parenthesis indicates # of posts to achieve that level) :

Lurker (20)
Bashful (50)
Modest (150)
Exuberant (250)
Verbose (400)

Maybe my attempt to make them running related with a touch of humor was a lost cause? Here's the names/levels currently set:

Casual Runner (10)
Dedicated Runner (25)
Obsessive Runner (100)
Washed Up Runner (250)

I nearly re-named the last one to "Once A Runner"...

Thoughts?

Dan

Conway · Posted: Tue May 14, 2002 7:22 am Post subject:

How about:

Shot Putter (10)
Pole Vaulter (50)
Long Jumper (100)
Distance Runner (250)
Sprinter (500)
Decathlete (1000)

Wink

Dan · Posted: Tue May 14, 2002 7:33 am Post subject:

Ouch! If that doesn't get people talking, nothing will... Surprised

Dan

Guest · Posted: Tue May 14, 2002 7:49 am Post subject:

Distance_Guru · Posted: Tue May 14, 2002 9:16 am Post subject:

Obsessive Runner...

I may spend ten hours a day seven days a week working on improving runners
I may post on this board twelve times a week
I may own more books on running than all the liberaries in the state of Nebraska

But I'm not ... oh who am I kidding.

Looks like you've got me pegged.
_________________
Time is the fire in which we burn

Dan · Posted: Tue May 14, 2002 1:05 pm Post subject:

Phew, I got at least one right...

Dan

Micah Ward · Posted: Tue May 14, 2002 3:11 pm Post subject:

Sprint poster (10)
Mile poster (50)
Distance poster (100)
Marathon poster (250)
Ultra poster (500)

That'll get Conway steamed!! Smile

Dan · Posted: Tue May 14, 2002 5:42 pm Post subject:

Alright fellas, let's see those gloves...

Dan

graeme · Posted: Tue May 14, 2002 7:03 pm Post subject:

I think Micah's version is good Wink

but it can't stop at 500, something needs to change when Dan gets to 2000.

Conway · Posted: Tue May 14, 2002 9:10 pm Post subject:

I mightr be able to live with Micah's version if we consider changing "poster" to "runner" or something .. Although I was trying to get some other disciplines involved .. (aside from running) ... Of course you could move the sprinter to e the ultimate .. After all everyone can improve their endurance .. But only the elite can sprint truly fast .... Wink

graeme · Posted: Tue May 14, 2002 9:35 pm Post subject:

*sigh*

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