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Qwerty 12 Jun 11:46pm, 12 Jun 2024 948 posts	0 Qwerty I came here from there and have never looked back. Welcome to anyone joining 😊
philip_m_jones 13 Jun 6:35am, 13 Jun 2024 314 posts	0 philip_m_jones Big_G wrote:Personal highlight was when Samir(?) turned up and led Reading Half for about a mile (there was a video of him somewhere, where the front runners were looking over at him thinking ‘who on earth is this guy?!!’). He was on a quest to become an Olympian, which is how he started his posting over there. Pretty sure he was banned at least once but came back again. He took a lot of stick but seemed to take it all in his stride. Good times. Samir Haddad indeed: thepowerof10.info I met him few times: I used to run in Hammersmith and he was at Ealing. Nice guy, a talented runner but no work ethic.
jennywren 13 Jun 7:01am, 13 Jun 2024 17,790 posts	0 jennywren Wow I don’t think I knew it was still going! When I was called a “northern witch” on one of the threads over there I migrated here in 2007 and never revisited.
HazelnutCH 13 Jun 7:38am, 13 Jun 2024 233 posts	0 HazelnutCH Another refugee or parallel poster. Hope to see more familiar names pop up over time. Good to see some already from the StevieG, Shades and Daily thread!
Meglet 13 Jun 7:43am, 13 Jun 2024 24,733 posts	0 Meglet Oh! I started out there and must have landed here after a glitch. Welcome Forumites
McGoohan 13 Jun 7:48am, 13 Jun 2024 54,166 posts	0 McGoohan What others have said, particularly Dio
Windsor Wool 13 Jun 8:37am, 13 Jun 2024 6,363 posts	0 Windsor Wool stevieg wrote:LS21 wrote:I’m quite sad re that actually, just in a nostalgic way. I’ve met some of my now best friends via the sub-3 forum over there. That said, that same thread now only really has 5 or 6 people posting on there regularly. Used be scores back in the day. And a few of us still meet up at London every year. Hey ho. Exact same here. Over 14 years of a thread I posted on, there were some great times, and posting race reports was part of the experience. Met many great people who became real life pals too (as well as the occasional "character") Only just remembered I had this login! Oh no. It has happened! stevieg
wardi 13 Jun 8:39am, 13 Jun 2024 102 posts	0 wardi Must say I didn't find anything toxic in the threads I was contributing to. RW mucked up the format many years ago then left it to decline. Threads from 2019 are at the top of certain forum sections, it's a mess. Similar to others I have met dozens of runners from there over the years. I could go to any marathon or other event here or overseas and there would be a mini meet up. Happy days. Thanks for the welcome, I'm sure I'll get the hang of it!
Dubairunner 13 Jun 8:45am, 13 Jun 2024 First-time poster!!	0 Dubairunner Just arrived from RW, agree the forum has declined over the years but was surprised by only a few days notice..
LindsD 13 Jun 8:56am, 13 Jun 2024 68,463 posts	0 LindsD Give us a shout if there's anything that's not clear. And you can drop Fetch a line using the link at the bottom of every page.