We’re hoping to complete another version of Runstoppable (1.2) early next week. This release will bring a lot of behind-the-scenes changes that I won’t bother talking about, but some more interesting ones, as well. For example, if you’re a part of a group, you’ll be able to take any route you’ve created and listed in the “shared routes” for that group. We’ve also updated our mapping software to use the latest version of Google Maps. This means better performance, some better satellite imagery (in some areas), and maps for a large portion of Europe. We’re investigating expansion into more countries.
A big change you’ll notice is the new statistics system. While we don’t expect the released system to be a complete realization of our ideas for statistics, this will be a big step in the right direction. Expect cleaner-looking graphs that are interactive: for example, if you ran 30 miles on a certain week, you’ll be able to click on that week in the chart and view the relevant runs. A more detailed description will be on here as we get closer to release.
Another change will be the introduction of text-based advertising to some parts of the site. We’re trying to do this in a way that will not be obtrusive to our users, and will provide ads that are relevant to runners. Most pages still won’t have any advertisements. This is being done in order to offset our costs. Runstoppable has been under development since last August. At $10/month for hosting, that’s $90 so far, plus we spent $45 to license some software for the new statistics system. Our goal (at this point) is not to make a living off this, we just want to offset our costs. Feel free to contact us via the site if you have questions or concerns about this.
