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2 Replies Last post: Dec 17, 2007 5:42 PM by PapaBanucci  
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Dec 17, 2007 4:52 PM

"We've been Hijacked!"


They told us we were changing from Cool Running to Active Training but they didn't tell us they were going to Hijack all of our data. This is completely ridiculous. I have five years of data that I trusted Cool Running with and for five years I wasn't disappointed - now it's all gone!

I have a solution - give us back our Cool Running for another week - we can get our stats/data and take it to whatever site we want (won't be this one for me!)

Who agrees?

Click to view Active Sara's profile Active.com Staff 1,008 posts since
Oct 2, 2007
1. Dec 17, 2007 4:55 PM in response to: RandyP040
Re: "We've been Hijacked!"
Have you uploaded your information yet? Your training log should be accessible and if you are having trouble with it I can definitely help you.

Let us sincerely apologize for the problems you are currently experiencing with the transition from Cool Running to the Active system.

Our team has worked extremely hard to try and minimize these issues. However, any transition is going to cause some discomfort. Moving from the familiar to something new is a difficult situation. You may be asking why this transition occurred in the first place. The simple reason is that it was necessary simply to maintain the day to day operations of CoolRunning.com. The old CoolRunning.com system could no longer handle the load of the community. Furthermore, there were data security and maintenance issues that were creating an increasing strain on the system. Over the last six months, there were numerous issues of users losing data on the CoolRunning.com system, a trend that was accelerating into the New Year. By moving the message boards and running log to Active.com, you benefit from Active's more robust infrastructure, meaning no more lost data.

Again, we apologize for any problems you may be experiencing in the transition. We value your feedback and it is our goal to work with you to ensure your concerns are addressed and promptly resolved.
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2. Dec 17, 2007 5:42 PM in response to: Active Sara
Re: "We've been Hijacked!"

Sara, why are you ignoring the issue that cross-training data is NOT converted.

Also, why are you not offering some other useful options like the rest of us? If you're going to offer suggestions, that's one thing. Otherwise, you need to focus on fixing what's broken and give the group here your timelines to get this fixed. I would suggest two to three days or the exodus will continue.