Hi all - Just throwing this out there.... Does anyone think that it would make sense to join a "discussion forum" to have all these conversations rather than doing it by email? I am a member of runningahead.com, which I personally think is a great place to keep my log and I have learned a lot there as well (most of you don't have as much to learn as me). I've been thinking about this over the past few weeks with all the "reply all" emails and people having difficulty with addresses, etc. It's as simple as going to the site and checking it out. If we decide this is a good thing, you would register (there's no cost, you don't even have to give your real name and I'm not even sure they ask for your email address). I could create a "User Group" called "Circle North" or something like that, and within that group, we could have all these discussions regarding Chicago, upcoming group runs or races (or any other topic) Benefits of this: - No "reply all" emails on topics that not everyone cares about - No having to maintain an address book of email addresses - no maintenance of email changes, etc. - The ability to keep or look up information without having to maintain the email itself. - If you care to, you can keep your log there (if you keep one) and make it public for all to see. In fact, you can probably view my log if you visit the site, so you can get an idea of what the logs look like. I'm "L Train" or you can view any other of the public logs (you can also choose to keep your log private. There might be more, but you get the idea. Pretty much everyone would have to like this for it to work. If it's a bad idea, then that's OK too and we'll keep the system we have. OK, you can carry on with your day, now. Just think, in the future, you wouldn't have had this email clogging up your system... Lance

This from Bob Dunfey - You want to keep everyone plugged in and not lose anybody. I am not crazy about the reply all’s but I have learned to manage them. Bob

Dave here checking it out. Looks good. Just got to remember to check it daily.