Aw, Tramps, don't go. I wish coolrunning.com had never been taken over, but it happened and life goes on.

As roch said, the other websites aren't perfect, either.

Dark Horse

hey tramps, i'll race you to kick... awww rats, you beat me...

smell ya later coolactiverunningboomers.  i'm out too.  mc_solar_99 at yahoo dot com.

I'm gone, too, but I'll come back to lurk once in awhile. I'm headed to KR as soon as their migration is complete.  rlydiapooch at aol

-Dove

Hi Tramps, well for now I will be posting on both KR and CR.  It is starting look like ease of use and speed of access is going to be the pivotal part of my decision.  When i klicked on the Boomer shortcut in my browser, it took 7 minutes to get in and logged in.  When i clicked on KR I was in within a few seconds.  This was true before they  put in the new server.  I am just thinking though I am sure that actives staff would like it to work better, they are just spread to thin with a multitude of interest and may not have the time or resources to effectively serve CR on a free site.

There is, I think, some sense of loyalty to the Boomer Group and the original owner that I have.  In the 3 or so years of being with boomers, I have been able to get back into running, from the couch and 1/2 gallon of whiskey to running long distances and difficult terrain to atleast completeing a marathon and I owe something to boomers for thier participation in that.  Now a part of the boomers is going to split off.  Certainly the loyalty goes to those who leave and those who stay.  I don't know of anyone that I don't like in boomers but rather admire each person in boomers.  It would certainly be much easier if I were mad at someone or something like that.  It seems almost shallow that something like functionality would make a difference, but in reality, it isn't at all.  Ease of use means that even with my slow connect speed, I can particapate more.  Given that it weights heavily towards going with KR eventually exclusively.

Larry

.......for what it's worth,,,,,,,,

he'll be back if it crashes..........

(sorry tramps,

couldn't stop myself)

I have to say that I'm not really comfortable with either site....... I really like the old CR ..... I guess I'm getting old and don't do well with changes.  But I'm stuck.... it's out of my control.  I think my final decision will be.... where are most of my friends posting......  who knows maybe I'll end up posting in both..... but it's definetly too early to make any final decisions.  

My initial foray to KR did not leave me too impressed.  Too many graphics, although I understand you can set your preferences to reduce them.  But maybe if I spend some more time over there it will all become more appealing.  Who knows.  As a fellow long term 40/40 poster I have some sympathy with naphtali047.  CR has a core group for sure.  As for the new forums hard to navigate is putting it too kindly!  It took me way too long to figure out how to return to the B&B area once I left it.  In the end, I am sorry to see some long timers go.  But, I am going to give the new forums a shot and see how it works out.  Some of the new features are really nice.  If the new forums just never do it for me me I will see some of you elsewhere.  If they do work out then I will continue to see the CR posters here!  From what I can tell I cannot lose!