I like the groups. Keep the main page uncluttered. This and all other groups is the second community page. Keep bumping the thread on main, so others will find the group.

I like it as a separate group. There are a lot of good groups which could potentially be on the main page. I don't see any reason this one should be there rather than others.

I like it as a separate group. There are a lot of good groups which could potentially be on the main page. I don't see any reason this one should be there rather than others.

With respect, Masters Running is more than a separate group. It is a major running category. That's why I see it on the main page. Just as it was at Cool Running. Dark Horse

It is a major running category.

If one has a vested interest in any group/style etc, etc, to them it is a major category. The main page is a broad spectrum of topics where anyone, any age can find/post topics. Sub-categories of runners are numerous, thus we have "groups" for our likes and to congregate. Most have stated how much they like the cleanliness of RA. I do very much. Like a very neat, clean, efficient office with it's contents kept in order/filed away. No clutter. Let's keep it that way. Just like it IS on RA!

Those of us who are refugees from Cool Running are used to that kind of structure.

I went for a look at CR cause I'd never been there. It's still there and working. Organization? My eyes were pulled in a hundred directions. No thank you! And just skimming the surface, I detected the notion that reversals of the change may have been implemented to not lose or run you guys off. By all means, your welcome here at RA. But DH, you can check-out anytime you like.

Cool Running had a drill-down structure, from the general topic to the specific threads relating to that topic. This place is a hybrid: there's a main page for major topics, but there are also these randomly created user groups, which are a different animal altogether and are not organized under the major topics. Masters Running is certainly a major topic, and therefore should be listed on the main page, not relegated to the user groups along with minor groups which would have merited no more than a thread on Cool Running. If someone visits this website for the first time, he or she will see a list of major topics which does not include Masters Running. Is this a good thing? I don't think so. Even if the visitor knows there is a masters group somewhere on the website, why hide it and make it difficult to find? Why not put it out in plain view? I don't understand how anyone could disagree with this point of view. Maybe I'm missing something: it's been known to happen. To me, this website is a bit confusing. I like to know where to find things, and I like the places where I find things to be predictable and rational. I also happen to think that websites which are organized logically are more effective and just plain work better for their users. Dark Horse

I would say a major catagory of runners is "beer drinking runner" and would not need to see that as a sub heading.

Crabby, This is just silly. If you are equating Masters Runners with "Beer Drinking Runners," we are no longer having a serious discussion. I can be as silly as anyone, but there is a time and place for it, and I don't think this discussion is the place. I do agree with you that Women Runners is a major category, but in my experience, most women runners would not want to be segregated as a separate discussion group. You as a woman may know better than I. Dark Horse