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I think it might be useful to add running surface to the workouts, like icy roads, ashphalt, concrete, sidewalks, gravel, woodchip, trail, etc. Just a thought, I'm sure it's been suggested before.
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When you save a course map, you can specify this for the particular course.
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Indeed as keeponrunning says. However, if you're using a GPS device and you just like to follow the direction of the wind (or just do whatever you like), it requires you to add masses of routes. I've simply got my 'run types' set up like this:
Outside (Road)
Outside (Track)
Outside (Wild)
etc, etc
And I then use the rating system, notes, etc to show how easy, blah blah it was. Not ideal, but my current work around as I don't want to label each route
I guess the other way is to have a route called Road, Track, etc and just use these as labels. But this would mean I'd have to go back and change old runs, and I'm too lazy.
Am I still making sense? :P
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I live in michigan and just because I run the same route doesn't mean the surface is always the same, today was icy and I'm sure tomorrow will be slushy. It was just a thought I had since I run outside in the winter. I guess I could create multiple routes for different conditions, but I already have 30 or more routes.
I label routes by surface, but if you don't want to create several routes for the same course depending on whether it was icy, etc, you could make a general route called 'hard-packed snow' or 'ice', etc. I have done this, since I figure if I'm running on 1+ ft of hard-packed snow, it's not really gonna matter if it's dirt or pavement underneath.
This is why I use 'run type' for terrain currently.
I guess things such as ice or slush, would probably fall more in to weather conditions. But regardless, I think it would be quite nice to have the terrain type. But that said, I quite like being able to see a colourful graph that will show me all the info, distance, time, etc and the colour indicates the type of terrain.
So I guess what I'm saying, is I would like to have terrain, but I'd like to be able to plot a colourful graph based on terrain type as well (Sometimes I just want my cake and I want to eat it as well!)
What would you do with this information? Would you want to run reports or sort based on surface? How would that be of value?
I could see how someone running barefoot might want to identify (retrospectively) their runs on icy, hot, or gravel surfaces—you know, for bragging rights or something. But, otherwise, why couldn't you just use the notes section?
I'm not trying to be argumentative, but I just don't understand how this type of information needs to be stored in a structured manner (as opposed free form notes).
(Note: I have a bias against the collection of data that will never, or seldom, be used—a remnant my past accounting and management reporting life.)
FWIW, I use weather entries as insight into the distance and, more usually, pace. When I'm looking back at training, if I see a day that's oddly faster/slower than the norm, it's a really quick way to see why (without having to read through my sometimes copious workout notes). I use several of the existing indicators this way already (e.g. windy, humid).
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Why not create a run category for the footing type? I've got a snow/ice/slush category...it gets used for 2-3 solid months, most years.
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