When ASICS put up the Support Your Marathoner website and joined it with electronic support for the runners during the LA Marathon, it was a well received idea and I thought it was awesome. A way for me to support my wife and her sister remotely.
It was a great idea. But OMG, the execution of the site killed me and now, rather than warm fuzzies about the site, I have nothing but emotions of frustration when I think if the site.
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When my wife sent me a link to Support my Runners, I jumped on it. But registering for the site was a challenge.
The site seems slapped together and very non-intuitive. Once I did figure it out, it would not let me register. It just stared blankly back at me.
The next day I tried again, and bam!, I got to register. Now, I wanted to go support my wife and her sister. I first uploaded two pictures for them to see somewhere along the route. And so I registered to support them.
Getting the pics uploaded was painful at best. It kept cropping what I provided, no matter what I provided in whatever cropped format. But finally, Whoo hoo! I'm done. Or so I thought.
Remember now, I registered as a supporter. Or at least, I followed links that indicated for supporters to register as.
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During the run, my wife's sister saw her picture that I uploaded for her but my wife did not see hers.
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I thought I'd go see what happened. Once I figured out that to see my profile was to click on "My Marathon," things didn't seem right. Wha???
So after having gone back in to the "http://www.supportyourmarathoner.com/" all I can find are options to fill in my run time and to leave thanks for my supporters. That alone, seems contradictory to the website name/link.
And later, it seems that even though I signed up for supporting my wife and her sister, they had no supporters.
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I think this idea was brilliant. The execution needed a huge amount of work to make it intuitive, fun and friendly.
ASICS, premise: Awesome
Execution: Epic Fail!
Hey marathoners from Los Angeles: INCREDIBLY WELL DONE... no matter what the time.
Here, check this video out... you might be able to relate and it's damn funny!
It was a great idea. But OMG, the execution of the site killed me and now, rather than warm fuzzies about the site, I have nothing but emotions of frustration when I think if the site.
-
When my wife sent me a link to Support my Runners, I jumped on it. But registering for the site was a challenge.
The site seems slapped together and very non-intuitive. Once I did figure it out, it would not let me register. It just stared blankly back at me.
The next day I tried again, and bam!, I got to register. Now, I wanted to go support my wife and her sister. I first uploaded two pictures for them to see somewhere along the route. And so I registered to support them.
Getting the pics uploaded was painful at best. It kept cropping what I provided, no matter what I provided in whatever cropped format. But finally, Whoo hoo! I'm done. Or so I thought.
Remember now, I registered as a supporter. Or at least, I followed links that indicated for supporters to register as.
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During the run, my wife's sister saw her picture that I uploaded for her but my wife did not see hers.
-
I thought I'd go see what happened. Once I figured out that to see my profile was to click on "My Marathon," things didn't seem right. Wha???
So after having gone back in to the "http://www.supportyourmarathoner.com/" all I can find are options to fill in my run time and to leave thanks for my supporters. That alone, seems contradictory to the website name/link.
And later, it seems that even though I signed up for supporting my wife and her sister, they had no supporters.
-
I think this idea was brilliant. The execution needed a huge amount of work to make it intuitive, fun and friendly.
ASICS, premise: Awesome
Execution: Epic Fail!
Hey marathoners from Los Angeles: INCREDIBLY WELL DONE... no matter what the time.
Here, check this video out... you might be able to relate and it's damn funny!
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