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Separate Tri Forum

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    #92
    hardCopy
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    RayCun wrote: »
    Speaking personally, I think a subforum bettr reflects how people use this set of forums. Multisporters take part in running-only events too (BHAA, IMRA, etc), so it makes sense to have them nearer not further, and there's a lot of crossover in the logs that will be lost if the forums are split.

    But I can understand if being a subforum makes multisport looks like an offshoot of running rather than a sport in its own right, and people would rather have their own place.

    Maybe Running could be a subforum at the same level? The logs could be a shared space using tags to identify what sports the poster is training for


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    #93
    RayCun
    Registered Users Posts: 15,704 ✭✭✭✭RayCun


    hardCopy wrote: »
    Maybe Running could be a subforum at the same level? The logs could be a shared space using tags to identify what sports the poster is training for

    Everybody runs. When all events were in the same subforum, 90% of them were running-only. The number of multisporters who don't also run in running-only races (or athletes who do field but not track) is vanishingly small.

    There is a listing in the Training Logs section that says which events each logger is focused on. I don't know that tags would be an improvement.


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    #94
    hardCopy
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    RayCun wrote: »
    hardCopy wrote: »
    Maybe Running could be a subforum at the same level? The logs could be a shared space using tags to identify what sports the poster is training for

    Everybody runs. When all events were in the same subforum, 90% of them were running-only. The number of multisporters who don't also run in running-only races (or athletes who do field but not track) is vanishingly small.

    There is a listing in the Training Logs section that says which events each logger is focused on. I don't know that tags would be an improvement.

    What I mean is have a Running/Tri&AR umbrella forum, without any actual threads. Then have specific subfora within that.


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    #95
    RayCun
    Registered Users Posts: 15,704 ✭✭✭✭RayCun


    hardCopy wrote: »
    What I mean is have a Running/Tri&AR umbrella forum, without any actual threads. Then have specific subfora within that.

    Ok, I see what you mean.
    Again, I think that makes sense if you start from the position that Running and Triathlon must be at the same level in boards - neither should be higher up in the hierarchy.
    But I'm starting from the posting and usage stats, and one is much busier than the other.
    There isn't much difference in practice between your suggestion and the separate Triathlon forum. It suggests a connection between running and multisport, but there's no overlap in discussion


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