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Nellers Dec 2014 2:04pm, 9 Dec 2014 29,047 posts	Quote Pin Nellers Friendlier looking avatars?
Wriggling Snake Dec 2014 2:08pm, 9 Dec 2014 8,105 posts	Quote Pin Wriggling Snake I have introduced a few people to this site, but it is only a few, and that is after they've started running and had a good go at it. it is a running site afterall and this first port of call will be for runners. I suspect all of us who have hung around here a bit do that sort of stuff anyhow.
Merry Christmas & HappyNewG(rrr) Dec 2014 2:59pm, 9 Dec 2014 23,432 posts	Quote Pin Merry Christmas & HappyNewG(rrr) Dunno. I've usually got a view on most things (!) but I really don't know. I think people end up here once they're already into running a bit, not as a "how do I get into running" search. The meta description says: "This is a website for runners etc..." and even that could be intimidating for some? That could be changed of course. Possibly a big "Beginners Start Here" type button? Then all the good stuff that folk have suggested? No, I really don't have any good ideas. Soz. I'll duck out now! G
Autumnleaves Dec 2014 3:13pm, 9 Dec 2014 5,126 posts	Quote Pin Autumnleaves I didn't mean so much manipulating search engines, I meant possibly tapping into the nhs type of website so that when someone went there there might be a link under 'where to find out about running' or that kind of thing?
colettedeann Dec 2014 3:41pm, 9 Dec 2014 11,394 posts	Quote Pin colettedeann i think a thread where beginners can go on and ask/discuss without feeling stupid is a great way to go - starting a new thread to ask what u realise may be a stupid question to most runners is very difficult - and altho advice is there if u google it - it is easier to make sense of other people's experiences and has more of a community feel
Spleen Dec 2014 3:51pm, 9 Dec 2014 940 posts	Quote Pin Spleen I've been here for a while and didn't realise SAP stood for Slow and Proud. I assumed it was a thread for one of those techniques that makes running seem complicated, like POSE. Maybe it could be given its full name in the thread title.
JingleDaBells (JD) Dec 2014 4:28pm, 9 Dec 2014 904 posts	Quote Pin JingleDaBells (JD) hehe Spleen, me too. I might check in now I like the idea of a beginners click here button and thread. Possibly even linked to on the race finder page because that's how I first came to Fetch. Then I found I could log my achievements in training and races. Then I found the forums. Maybe make more of the training plans and provide some easy beginner ones (unless these do exist, but I don't want to lose my plan by looking!)
snooowandsleddy Dec 2014 7:22pm, 9 Dec 2014 1,735 posts	Quote Pin snooowandsleddy Spleen and JingleDaBells - Good idea! I've tried to change the title to include the words "Slow and Proud" - but I'm only able to edit the description, not the title. Unless it's somewhere else where you change it. There's a description in the Introduction, but you'd have to go into the thread to see that. A link from the NHS Get Active Your Way nhs.uk would be a good start, that's where people go when they are thinking about becoming active.
totalbeginner Dec 2014 7:27pm, 9 Dec 2014 3 posts	Quote Pin totalbeginner I started running through the NHS couch to 5k programme and use their forum healthunlocked couch to 5k which is great, maybe you could link to their site somehow ?
FleeceOnEarth Dec 2014 7:49pm, 9 Dec 2014 18,305 posts	Quote Pin FleeceOnEarth Welcome to fetch, totalbeginner, you may have to change your screen name in a couple of years' time A lot of beginners use C25k apps, even people who don't seem very techy and people who also join real groups for beginners. A fetch c25k app? You would do it in an inimitable way, Lord fetch