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Bespoke fields - this might be a numpty question

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Autumnleaves Nov 2012 3:59pm, 21 Nov 2012 1,167 posts	Quote Pin Autumnleaves How do you create them or specify them? I have looked but can't see, and a search on threads didn't answer the question either - but I admit I'm mid-afternoon sleepy and I may be missing the bleedin' obvious ...
Dvorak Nov 2012 4:02pm, 21 Nov 2012 5,968 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak Go into "Add training" then click on the red writing "Change your fields".
Dvorak Nov 2012 4:03pm, 21 Nov 2012 5,969 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak ... which is next to "Bespoke Fields", that is.
Autumnleaves Nov 2012 4:16pm, 21 Nov 2012 1,168 posts	Quote Pin Autumnleaves You see - I knew it would be obvious!! Thanks very much
Dvorak Nov 2012 4:37pm, 21 Nov 2012 5,971 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak Though I feel kind of bad about killing your thread by answering the question Maybe some other people could make up some fanciful and implausible answers, like having to stand in a field and turn round anti-clockwise three times with a bit of on your head?
Magpie Rob Nov 2012 4:41pm, 21 Nov 2012 2,797 posts	Quote Pin Magpie Rob Well, I could help sustain it by asking "What do you need bespoke field for? What do you record?" I've often wondered what anyone might use them for...
Little Nemo - slow-but-steady Nov 2012 4:46pm, 21 Nov 2012 1,857 posts	Quote Pin Little Nemo - slow-but-steady I use mine to say whether I ran with a rucksack or not
Autumnleaves Nov 2012 4:49pm, 21 Nov 2012 1,169 posts	Quote Pin Autumnleaves Well at the moment nothing - as I used to just use notes, but with Garmin data filling up those I thought I would note whether I was alone or with a running partner, that kind of thing, and as the half marathon training progresses things like water and/or other sustenance? Open to suggestions as to what others find useful or interesting to look back on!
oi you Nov 2012 4:51pm, 21 Nov 2012 102 posts	Quote Pin oi you I use one to record which of our coaches led the training session.
Dvorak Nov 2012 4:52pm, 21 Nov 2012 5,972 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak I think they were added as quite a few people requested a freeform field. Maybe more useful when you could only properly record shoes and not other types of kit ( I use it for which bike I use). Suggestions: prevailing wind; mood of OH; perceived effort level; bowel movements; wildlife spotted, people you ran with; something you might want to note but not show in "who's been training", level of depression, calories used...