Cool Running...hmmm...? (Read 1183 times)

So what is the drama that happened over there? I've really only read their forums when I've done a Google search for something and have had results including threads there. Lately I've seen a few new RA folks who have made mention of some sort of frustration there. Just curious as to what went down. Rest assured, RA is about the most drama-free message board I have ever spent time on (knock on wood). It's good peeps here. I've been on far too many boards that have erupted in all-out wars (generally the higher percentage of us gals, the more drama ensues)...I've come to avoid spending time on sites that leave me tense. Obviously RA doesn't do that... k

Hey Zoom, I was a long-time member of CR although in the last 6 months or so I had pretty much quit participating. They were going the way of all the big sites, they just had more and more ads and the membership was just getting nastier and the site became a big insult-fest. A few months ago a lot of members split off to a rival site, kickrunner or kickrunners (I forget which), but since they were the same meanies that had been on Coolrunning, it was not any better. Then recently they were bought by active.com, which is NOT a big favorite of mine, I think they are profiteers and I avoid dealing with active.com whenever possible. Now after the buyout they've changed the login, so if, for example, you used to be zoom-zoom, now you would have to log in as zoom-zoom196, presumably because there 195 other zoom-zooms before you Whatever. I'm done with Coolrunning, or active.com, or whatever they are calling themselves now. All the "big" sites are just corporate cash-generators and will inevitably end up in the same place. It has gotten to the point where I will not even mention RA to anyone unless I really trust them. I don't want any of those a--holes joining up here. To Eric: Thank you , thank you, thank you for maintaining a great site. Another donation is coming via PayPal.

Refugee (funny) here. My main preoccupation was the Maffetone training thread in the Basic Training area. My main beef was that they replaced the forum software and design with a completely awful one with less features, misaligned fixed width pages, hard to look at color scheme, having to login every 5 minutes, etc. Didn't like it anymore. So, I found the Low-HR Training group here and plan to participate. Other people not only don't llke the new design, but had major problems with other things. Major bummer when you've had a great place to connect with others for years, and Active comes in buys and destroys it. Such is life. But a lot of people are upset and pissed off. So here is one a--hole that has come over and joined. Not to worry, I'm a mellow fat-burner, and fat is the only thing I flame. --Jimmy

Let it be known that modal doesn't like www.active.com.

So here is one a--hole that has come over and joined. Not to worry, I'm a mellow fat-burner, and fat is the only thing I flame. --Jimmy

Oops, just to be clear, my "a-hole" comment only referred to a handful of people over there, most of them were fine.

Lots of good boys and girls on RA! - Santa

Well, first off, welcome to all the refugees. Second, this sounds like exactly what happened waaaaaaay back with the whole RW message board. I just don't think they get it, sometimes. Oh, well. Actually, you all picked a good time to hop on board. With the new year starting soon, you can look into joining one of the mileage groups (except for that 2K group, we don't like to mention them.....red headed step-children, as it were). Look around, introduce yourselves as you get comfortable. Most of us don't bite, unless asked. Oh, and watch for monkeys.

CR refugee here; actually, I took the active.com takeover as a Sign from Above to stop wasting so much time on the boards. So, uh, I have found my way to this forum... (Please whack me upside the head if I go over 2 posts/day) Hello everyone! Nice to meet you! Renee in Oregon