As you know, there is the URWFRC forum on this site and it seems many people don't visit it or post there.
I'm curious as to why.
Is it because you believe it is a bit cliquey and that you won't be welcome or is it that you think the whole thing is mad and you don't want to join in?
Or ...why???
It's fun and a bit different. Have a go, you will be made very welcome!!! It's also full of real runners..
All the best,
RB
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However - I go there and look at the length of some of the threads (Dark Side, socials) and get the impression there's a subset of (mainly London & SE-based?) forumites who spend far more time on the forums than I do, & have got to know each other (thru the forums & by meeting up) much better than the rest of us. This seems to be confirmed by the familiarity of the exchanges. It's this in particular which leaves me feeling in some way excluded from certain threads.
This isn't intended as a criticism - why shouldn't people with a common interest get to know each other better? - it's just the way it strikes me. Does anyone else share this view?
Its true that you tend to see the same names and they are clearly all bezzie mates but I agree also that ,fair enough, I'm happy enough dickering around in General, training, events and beginners ,though would it be possible to call a halt to any more new treads on HRMs, God knows there are enough of them out there already.
Sean Fishpool, in one of his more lucid moments, compared these forums to a pub and would you really want to go into a pub where everybody knows everyone else paricularly when that pub seems like the Hayfield from the outside (Leeds joke)
I agree with Mike's comments and will add that some of the threads are more like chat rooms (due to the speed of the responses). This is fine for people who are online regularly, dare I say all the time, but for us once a day merchants it can be a little offputting. To be honest, such is the success of these forums that I find myself limiting my reading to one or two threads, e.g. the daily sessions under Training.
I used to contribute to the U.S. forums but I found that those got too big for me to feel a part of BUT I remember the early days of these forums when hardly anything of any interest was posted, so there's no pleasing me really.
As for being a clique; there is definitely a subset of forumites who have met and whose correspondence reflects this fact. Technically this forms a clique but I would not associate any of the negative connotations of the word. In fact I am hoping to get along to one of the earmarked events to meet some of you nutters in person.
venom
I feel the same as some of the others. I actually spend a lot of time myself on a not disimilar type of forum where I post daily and these places do become 'cliquey' without meaning to be. I feel happier keeping a distance for a while.
As I cannot spend hours on these forums (probably due to the other one!), I tend to stick with Beginners, Events and FLM (Don't ask me why I've not even entered!)....but I have occasionally been nosey.
So, from my perspective, its nothing personal honest. Maybe I ought to change my rather odd user name to lurker ;-)
Come and join us if you can!
Cheers
Caz.
Roll on the demise of the NHS
I post a lot, on the unofficial site too, but do find it cliquey at times, particularly if you log on in the middle of a virtual conversation
That cant be helped i suppose
Everyone here is very friendly and supportive
I am a club "member" as I have the vest but can't get to the pub as often as I would like. <sniff>
Limited time means that I go where I find the most info/data relative to my needs.
Hence I try to post daily on the training (as I find comparing with other regulars there useful).
Likewise the events threads.I spend Mondays reading race reports to see how people get on.
Do occasionally go to URWFRC site but echo the sentiments that some threads are way too long to be useful.I've often posted on these when I have the time but posting my favourite colour/what I had to eat last night isn't particularly relevant if I've only got a spare 20 minutes.
Some forumites seem to post almost continually,I'm amazed these people can get a job done and have time to run too but if you can get away with it......
Everybody is welcome. The Dublin thread was fantastic before the event as it enabled people to discuss their anxieties pre-race and Dublin after dark enabled the drunks among us to discuss meeting place and the post race piss up!
I have just committed to running the Leeds Abbey Dash that somebody called psi has recommended and he isn't a regular on URWFRC so it isn't as cliquey as you might think!
They have regular group showers on a Friday.
Run? what do you mean run??
gets confusing at times
Hi Ironwolf
Hi chimp
I told them I couldnt wear Asics shoes, so we shall see what happens
You could ask scotty, he won a month ago
See you all later
Even so, the wonderful thing about this place is that it is here in many forms so all sorts can find what they are looking for, with a little experience. So on time limited days, I stick my nose in and say hi to Cath, who remains a tremendous source of inspiration. And not much else. And when I can do anything beyond going throught the motions of training againg, I look forward to the daily session. The rest will have to wait for further unemployment.
Roll on, December.