Why the five-letter limit on shoe description?

JoshB

posted: 6/6/2007 at 8:21 AM

I've got two pairs of shoes that I've been rotating for running. Both of them are New Balance, and have model #'s for names. Since that's not very memorable, I use the Shoe ID field to put the color of the shoes in. Yes, I know that I can also put that info in the 'Notes' field, but that doesn't show up in the Shoes list on the New Run Entry form. My only problem is the 5-character limit to the Shoe ID field. It's not a huge deal, but I'm curious why the very short limit? Can we bump that up to eight, maybe? Right now I've got one pair of shoes listed as 'yello' which I can obviously identify as 'yellow.' I just figure that there's not a lot I can do with five letters, and other people probably run into similar issues. Thanks for reading, Josh

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posted: 6/6/2007 at 9:49 AM

Quote from JoshB on 6/6/2007 at 8:21 AM:

My only problem is the 5-character limit to the Shoe ID field.

I'm the same boat as Josh. I don't change shoe models very often, so I usually have at least 2 of the same shoe in rotation. Eric, if you can squeeze in space for a few more characters, that would be nice. Smile

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posted: 6/6/2007 at 9:56 AM

Josh, I have had the same problem with NB shoes and keeping track using color code (and I need to get on Asics' ass about only carrying wide width shoes in a single color--much easier to rotate 2 of the same model or keep track of old and newer shoes if they are different colors...at least NB does not descriminate against those of us with "non-medium" feet). I think 8 characters would be reasonable, as well. k

Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

Berner

posted: 6/6/2007 at 10:18 AM
modified: 6/6/2007 at 10:19 AM

When I have more than one of the same shoe/model in rotation (which is usually) I label them "A," "B," "C," etc. A Sharpie notation on the inside of the shoe keeps the ID straight in the real world.

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posted: 6/6/2007 at 10:46 AM

Quote from Berner on 6/6/2007 at 10:18 AM:

When I have more than one of the same shoe/model in rotation (which is usually) I label them "A," "B," "C," etc. A Sharpie notation on the inside of the shoe keeps the ID straight in the real world.

That's exactly what I do with my shoes, but what would I know? I'll expand the field for the next release, which I'm hoping will be this weekend.

Bonkin

posted: 6/6/2007 at 10:47 AM

Quote from Berner on 6/6/2007 at 10:18 AM:

When I have more than one of the same shoe/model in rotation (which is usually) I label them "A," "B," "C," etc. A Sharpie notation on the inside of the shoe keeps the ID straight in the real world.

Same here, except I use 1, 2, 3.

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Fanatic #3965

posted: 6/6/2007 at 11:04 AM

I've never had issues confusing shoes, since mine have all (luckily) been different colors/models, but I've seen more than once where someone has accidentally swapped an older shoe into a newer pair when they look the same. I have planned to do some easy dot or # notation if I end up with pairs that are identical in the future. But for different colors of the same model it is nice to have notation that is color-based. k

Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

jEfFgObLuE

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posted: 6/6/2007 at 11:12 AM

In the past, when I've had identically colored shoes in rotation, I could tell them apart by smell, since one pair was older than the other. Clowning around

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posted: 6/6/2007 at 11:19 AM

My feet don't stink... Wink

Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

jEfFgObLuE

More Cowbell!

posted: 6/6/2007 at 11:36 AM
modified: 6/6/2007 at 1:35 PM

Quote from zoom-zoom on 6/6/2007 at 11:19 AM:

My feet don't stink...

Your feet might smell like pumpkin pie, but I wouldn't know 'cuz I wouldn't sniff the filthy motherf****rs.

When you're on your deathbed, you won't be wishing that you'd spent more time at the office. But you will be wishing that you'd spent more time running. Because if you had, you wouldn't be on your deathbed.

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