As I said from the initial post, we are trying to create a community in a different niche - trail and ultra running.

I don't view it as walking into a bar and asking people to go to another bar....but, if that's the perception, I'm more than happy to delete the thread and offer my apologies.

I view it as walking into a bike shop and asking for running shoes...this is an area dedicated to the sport of triathlon..if a bunch of ultra runners came in here and took over the "tri" thread with ultra topics, I suspect the message would be - go somewhere else, this is a place for triathlon.

Recognizing that niches are, well, niches, we created one dedicated to trail and ultra running. I suspect if triathletes start flooding that group with tri talk we would suggest that they head to the slowtwtich forum to discuss those topics.

With that in mind, there are triathletes that enjoy both niches..triathlon and trail/ultra running. So, if they want to talk triathlon - they should absolutely do that in slowtwitch..if they want to dive deep into the world of trail/ultra running then I hope they find this new group as a place where conversations of that sort live.

Again though...happy to take it down if this is inappropriate.

Agree.

Im just getting into Ultras and would love to be in the forum if its still open

I'd love to join. Experienced guy.

I am interested!

Do you have to be a good trailrunner or just a trailrunner? If you need people to talk about how to run slow on trails, I am interested.

Considering Slowtwitch has been around as long as it has and ultra or trail running threads still don't gather much interest, the new site is going to have minimal impact on traffic here.

Yes, there is the occasional thread with someone asking about their first 50km or 50 mile or similar, but the limited responses garnered are usually from people not too much more experience than the OP.

ST won't lose posters because people find a trail running forum, but it may lose posters when triathletes find trail running, ultras or other sports. The forum traffic is only a reflection of people's participation in the sport, it's not the tail that wags the dog.

They'll always be a few triathletes who dabble in trail running/ultras, but those who regularly compete in both sports are a rare breed, and just like they'd happily switch from racing 70.3 one weekend to a 50 miler the next, they'll readily follow both forums as well.