Cool Running Log

I'll second that.

I used coolrunning for 3 years, and thought the log was simple yet effective - not a ton of bells and whistles, but I liked that. It gave me what I wanted (mileage/graphs/shoeware/routes) without a lot of hassle.

However, this new site is absolute trash. It imported my data from coolrunning, but is absolutely worthless, and I can't figure out a way to export the data now.

The login thru the backdoor to coolrunning hasn't worked for me, possibly because I never shared my logs (damn selfishness!). Dunno what I'm going to do... manually transcribe 3 years worth of logs?? that sounds like fun!

Mike at running2.won.com has been quite receptive, and responded quickly to my emails, but even he seems out of ideas other than wait for coolrunning to realize how much they F#**ked up and allow us acces to our old logs to export. The running2win site seems cool, but it's only a first impression.

Why would you recommend runningAhead? what does it offer?

god, i hate the "mother-jumpers" over at coolrunning right now.

dt

trust me running is very simple and easy to use its fantastic...10000 members cant be wrong!

anyone wanting to use it email mike at

mike@running2win.com

he is very receptive and was a fantastic athlete!

www.running2win.com

I use runningahead.com and have been very satisfied with the log and the community is excellent for any level of runner. In fact, runnersworld.com uses the code from runningahead to populate their own online log.

I know a conversion exists between runningahead and coolrunnings and there are instructions for the conversion at the runningahead main page.

Good luck.

Benfield409 wrote:

Has anyone else had trouble with the new coolrunning log. I have seven runners I coach using that log and now I don't know how to navigate the site. I'm looking for another log that lets you view and edit others workouts. Any suggestions.

The I lost 45 years of running/training when 123.com shut down threads come up a lot.

You must back up the info all the time.

I recommend you use an excel spreadsheet as well. It only takes a second to do both

Peace.

Llama Master wrote:

1) Go to

http://www.coolrunning.com/cgi-bin/log/display.cgi?u=myusername

(replace myusername with your actual cool running username)

Doesn't seem to work if you've never shared your log. Works for my log, doesn't work for my wife's.

Ok. This worked for me. I had to try it in firefox, because it wasn't working in IE, but it did eventually work where the other methods failed:

If you get directed to the front page, your login was successful (i.e. correct user name & password). You should have cookies turned on in your browser settings. The cookie is where the login information is stored for the session (this should be until your browser is closed).

To force your browser to remember your password even after your sessions ends, you can try this link (it enables the "Remember password" checkbox that used to be on the login page of Cool Running). Again, substitute USERNAME and PASSWORD with your own user name and password for Cool Running

http://www.coolrunning.com/cgi-bin/register/start_prefs.cgi?UserName=USERNAME&Password=PASSWORD&goAction=login&NameStorage=yes

What do you get when you try to access the page with your running log? A message about incorrect member name and password combination?

http://www.coolrunning.com/cgi-bin/log/display.cgi?u=USERNAME

Then simply go to tools and select export log.

I also received an email from Sean Griffin at coolrunning.com (coolrun@coolrunning.com), whom I had emailed earlier with my complaints. To his credit he simply sent me an exported version of my log. Hurray to him for taking the time to listen to custome complaints, and acting swiftly to correct them. If anyone still can't get in through the backdoor I recommend emailing the address above.

Finally, active.com sent me an email saying that they would send me the logs but it would take 24-72 hours.... Ha...ha...

I guess it does pay to back up...

Also, once you get a copy in excel format, Google documents is a good place to back it up to. That way if your hard drive craps out you have a permanent copy somewhere. I plan to start doing that periodically after this ordeal. I thought about using a google docs spreadsheet as my log, but you don't get the nice charts, etc.

RunningAHEAD.com also has an export feature.

running2win owns the log scene!!!!

RunningAHEAD has a client on the way to automatically import GPS data and upload it to your online log.

Took Eric @ RunningAHEAD.com less than a day to import my log for me. This log is much nicer than the cool running one. Very fast server, nice graphs, clean & simple layout, and extremely easy to use.

Here is a blog entry I wrote on the subject.

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=23563196&blogID=339191979

I am a big believer that a good, simple running log is a very effective tool for progressing toward your goals and remaining injury free. At first, the value may be less apparent but as you build years of data it becomes incredibly valuable to check your perceptions against your impressions at the time, review data around miles - pace - injuries - vs. goals - etc., and to track your racing history.

I have been logging always but online since 2002 when I discovered Coolrunning. I liked the simplicity and the data was enough. But, someone moved my cheese and it is time to move on.

I knew enough not to trust based on the hemming and hawing as they moved toward the switchover to Active.com so I captured my data (Coolrunning alum - Tools -> Click here - save the spreadsheet).

Coolrunning Refugees - fear not but do act fast!

Step 1 - Use the link below but replace your username where mine was. The "%20" was where I had a space. If you didn't have a space, just put it after the "u=" and before the "s="

http://www.coolrunning.com/cgi-bin/log/display.cgi?u=Joshua%20Gordon

;s=share

Step 2 - Tools -> Click here - save the spreadsheet

That, folks, is your data. Praise Flash!

Step 3 - Find a new home!

So, when I discovered how bad Activetrainer sucked a couple of days ago, I freaked out a bit. I also called an all-hands-on-deck to those I thought could help. I discovered that there are some options.

Below is my ranking of the best options. I am running a couple in parallel right now until I get a full feel of each log's capabilities.

Option 1 : Running2Win (www.running2win.com)

I really like this log. Mike Stahr has been unbelievable in his efforts to provide a valuable home for new users and Coolrunning Refugees alike. My log is fairly complex and he has found a way to get all of my data in so that it looks like I have been using his since 2002. Pretty cool. He is incredibly responsive and the log i simple but powerful. This is where I am putting my hopes. It has all the things you would expect from race PRs to shoe trackers to graphs, etc.

Option 2 : Running Ahead (www.runningahead.com)

This is another solid option. Feature rich and easy to use, they have also been responsive to Coolrunning Refugees. For me, my data didn't come over as cleanly in some areas as in running2win. Eric Yee was quick to respond and import. They did a decent job and for most it should be a smooth data import. For me, my categories got kinda funny so the aggregate data is good, the race data is excellent, the shoes required a lot of manual intervention - but it is a good tool. Their graphs are easier to copy and paste into a blog then running2win and they have a superior search tool. I may keep this one - even if my data doesn't clean, for the ease of access to my race information. I will run in parallel for a while.

Option 3 : Buckeye Outdoors Training Log (www.buckeyeoutdoors.com/cgi-bin/training/traininglog)

Ben Deutschle did an excellent job of importing my data and it is a slick tool. For me, I find the site a little less running oriented than the others. It is, hands-down, the premiere multisport training log and a very slick tool. If you do multisport, do it. I am going to try to run in parallel for a bit more since it is the darkhorse candidate and is probably the easiest tool in terms of flexibility.

Option 4 : The TBD Solution (www.finalsprint.com)

I placed a call to Adam Jacobs, owner of thefinalsprint.com, and he is quickly working on a training log solution. He was two weeks away from releasing a robust log and was working with his developer to try to accomodate us Coolrunning Refugees. He has my data. I'll check it out when he is ready.

So, make the move. I'm VERY interested in hearing your feedback as to which of the options above you like or go with. Please comment to this post. Thanks!

If you are new to logging, check them out and start using one or two to see what you like. I think you will be pleasantly surprised.

Oh, also, no cost for any of these. Unlike active.com that wanted $9.95 /month to count miles on my shoes. No, thank you.

As a (soon to be "former") moderator of Coolrunning, I got an email at home last night which, among other things, stated they knew a lot of people were angry about the logs. Knowing is half the battle - too bad it's only half.

Lots of URLs work to get you to your coolrunning log *IF* you have shared your log in the past. This is the case for my account.

Nothing anyone has posted so far works for my wife's account, since she never shared her log in the past. I suppose it's possible that she gave me the wrong password. Can anyone confirm that any of these methods work in the case when you have never shared your log?

Have you tried one emailing anyone at cool running / active?

No dukerdog. You are right.

I never shared my log and I cannot get into the site

with any of those url's.

I have emailed somebody and will email someone else from

Active.com if I don't get a reply in a reasonable time.

Great thread. Here is my problem. I use an online log from qbike.com --

http://www.qbike.com/cgi-bin/log/log.cgi

The reason I picked this one was I was heavily into triathlons and it provided a real nice interface. Unfortunately, now that I want to make use of other logs with more tools, it looks like I can't export my (4+ years) data (even for a backup). It seems to be straight HTML or something similar.

Any suggestions on how I might be able to export my data?

TIA.

To the guys that lost their coolrunning data:

I'm not saying this to be an ass either so please don't take it that way. Did you not see the messages that coolrunning posted on their website telling you this was going to happen? I know they initially stated September or October for the transition and I started downloading my log then. They kept moving back the date and I kept downloading. I had checked out the Active site and didn't like it so I switched to running2win.com before the transition date.

I received at least 2 e-mails from coolrunning about the transition also. I guess maybe if you had a link directly to your log you could have missed the posted messages.

I would definitely keep hounding them about it though. Your data has to be available somewhere. I would find it hard to believe they would not have backed all that data up before the transition.

I'm bumping this since people are still opening new threads about coolrunning.

An Active.com tech emailed me my logs from September 2003 in the excel format yesterday. I sent Mike at running2win.com my excel logs late yesterday. This morning all seems to be integrated into the running2win.com site.

Yes Haji, I saw all the same emails you did concerning the switch.