When I do my race reports, are only Running Ahead members able to read my race report posts?

It depends on how the group is set up. Here, you do not have to be a member of this group to see the threads in this group. In other groups, you have to join the group to even see any threads. So to answer your question, no, you do not have to be a member of RA to see your posts in the B&B.

 

It depends on how the group is set up. Here, you do not have to be a member of this group to see the threads in this group. In other groups, you have to join the group to even see any threads. So to answer your question, no, you do not have to be a member of RA to see your posts in the B&B.

LRB and Docket Rocket:  I think that may have changed now.  Because the last event I did - the Dragon's Den 5K that I posted here - post is somewhere above - my friends were not able to read the report when I sent them my link.  When they tried to open the link, what it did was take them to the Log In page of the forum, where they would have to either log in as a member, if they were already members, or join Running Ahead and then this group.

This is the first time this has happened in all the years that I've been doing my race reports. So I asked my wife to get on her laptop and try to access my report.  She too got sent to the site's front  Log In page.    I had a couple of trusted runner friends also try, and they got the same result my wife did - right to the log in page, so the could not read my report.

So I think the administrator for this group, whomever that is, has now changed the requirements, and we are now a closed group too.

Thank you for the info,  I just wanted to make sure I was not going crazy or doing something wrong.

 

So I think the administrator for this group, whomever that is, has now changed the requirements, and we are now a closed group too.

That would be Damaris and no settings have been changed. We are and always have been an open group. I'll try it from another device and see what happens.

Thanks, LRB.

I am thinking also that maybe, since I posted this link on FB for some of my FB friends, that maybe it is something to do with FB and how they have links set up.  Maybe they don't like people from FB going to other forum links, lol.   I would not doubt this at all, as they want to create a giant social media monopoly....

However, I did have 2 friends not on FB who also got the same result - took them to the login page.

 

That would be Damaris and no settings have been changed. We are and always have been an open group. I'll try it from another device and see what happens.

Thank you, LRB!

I tried it and as you can see, the forum option is in the first shot and the join group option is viewable in both screens. So you do not have to be a member to view your post.

 

 

 

Thank you, LRB!

I think it has something to do with FB.  Cuz I just got on my FB account and I tried it and it even took me to the Log In screen and not  to the report.   So I think it has something to do with FB and how they have their settings for getting to  other forums.  Very weird,   This only just started happening, so I think they must have just recently changed things.

I tried it and as you can see, the forum option is in the first shot and the join group option is viewable in both screens. So you do not have to be a member to view your post.