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| Why the five-letter limit on shoe description? (Read 353 times) |
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posted: 6/6/2007 at 1:21 PM |
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,
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2008 Goals:
run a sub 19min 5k
run a half-marathon
run Reach the Beach Relay (a 200mi adventure)
run 1000 mi |
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posted: 6/6/2007 at 2:49 PM |
| Quote from JoshB on 6/6/2007 at 1:21 PM: 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. 
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posted: 6/6/2007 at 2:56 PM |
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.
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posted: 6/6/2007 at 3:18 PM
modified: 6/6/2007 at 3:19 PM |
| 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 3:46 PM |
| Quote from Berner on 6/6/2007 at 3:18 PM: 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. |
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posted: 6/6/2007 at 3:47 PM |
| Quote from Berner on 6/6/2007 at 3:18 PM: 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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posted: 6/6/2007 at 4:04 PM |
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.
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• Ladies Locker Room •
.: 2008 Goals :.
• Run 1500 miles
• October 5 - 1st marathon - Milwaukee Lakefront - in my home state of WI
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posted: 6/6/2007 at 4:12 PM |
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.  |
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posted: 6/6/2007 at 4:36 PM
modified: 6/6/2007 at 6:35 PM |
Quote from zoom-zoom on 6/6/2007 at 4:19 PM: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.
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20th Century: 800m: 2:04 |1600m: 4:37 |3200m: 10:06 |5k: 16:23 |10k: 35:38 |15k: 54:20 |25k: 1:35:59
21st Century: 5k: 19:42 |10k: 43:00
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