Cool Running log import (Read 4174 times)

Quote from CandoKid1 on 12/18/2007 at 9:56 PM:

OK - I have just finished doing this successfully with my old CR login:

(If it does not work for you - are you using firefox? It worked for me.)

1) log into active.com with your login ID and passwd

2) open a new tab or firefox window and point the browser to:
http://www.coolrunning.com/cgi-bin/log/display.cgi?u=john7m

(except use your username instead of mine)

3) you should now be looking at the old familiar CR running log screen

4) select "Tools" (located near the top of the page

on the right side you should see "Download Your Running Log"

HTH!

I saw this in another thread:



I went to one of the threads for you and came back with this (the following was written by leendert):

I found a workaround if you don't have a cookie on your machine that remembered your login information. I'm not sure how long they will work for - I assume Active will shut these backdoors pretty quickly to lock you into their site.

I just exported 5 years worth of data - glad it is still there. I had set coolrunning to remember my login information, so I did not need to specify my password and simply got my data by only specifying my username. However, once I cleared my cookies and tried to login using the approach mentioned I could no longer log in.

But, I found another workaround, it is a two step process that should work for any one who remembers their username and password.

In the URLs below, substitute USERNAME by your user name, and PASSWORD by the password you used on coolrunning.

First you have to go through the login process:
http://www.coolrunning.com/cgi-bin/register/start_prefs.cgi?UserName=USERNAME&Password=PASSWORD&goAction=login

After the log in you will be redirected to the coolrunning home page, but now your login information has been remembered, and you can get to your old training log by going to:

http://www.coolrunning.com/cgi-bin/log/display.cgi?u=USERNAME

Then go to Tools and use the Download Your Running Log option to save your data (after saving this file, you can open it with excel).

Eric, I can't transfer the log by myself and you have ignored two emails from me. What do I do?

Quote from PrinceJ on 12/20/2007 at 7:53 PM:

I'm sure there was no deliberate ignoring involved. I've talked a bit with him about the CR log imports and there are literally several hundred that he's working on. Since he's doing them in order received it's likely he's just not gotten to your request yet.

For now, hang tight and go ahead and log what you're doing now. Eric says it's safe to use the log now and that his import won't interfere.

Welcome to RunningAHEAD.

PrinceJ,
I didn't mean to ignore you. Honestly, I didn't even see your emails. I have so many emails from the CR migration that I just dump them into a folder and process them by date. I've imported your log. You should be good to go.

eric

Count me in.

I tried Active, but it's way too complicated. They collect too much data, yet don't have robust enough reports.

Bless your heart, Eric! I have just imported 5+ years of running data using the helpful hints provided. I am in heaven! I thought it was lost -- and having tried to make Active work for nearly a month, I was pretty mopey about its limitations and how cumbersome it was. Thank you, thank you.

Quote from Dustin on 12/20/2007 at 3:20 PM:

THANK YOU!!!! this worked and only took about 2 minutes. Now I just have to manually enter my data since the move from heck and I am going to be a happy girl!