I also use MapMyRun and their method of catergorising activities involves 2 steps.
First you select a General Activity Type from a drop down list. This is a fairly short, non-editable list of broad categories such as Run, Swim, Cycling, Walk, Hike, Sports, Gym.
Once you have selected the General Activity you then can chose an Activity Detail. The Activity Detail list that appears will depend on what type of General category you selected in step 1. e.g if you pick Run you will be given a large list of different runs (regular run, tempo run, intervals, fartlek, recovery, sprints, time trial, track etc.) If the run you want isn't on the list you can type in a new Activity Detail. A pop-up window appears that asks you a couple of questions about your new activity and then you check the box to create new activity detail. Next time the new activity detail will appear on the list.
I am not sure if there is some sort of vetting of which new activities make the list, or maybe these 'new' activities are user-specific but the system seems to work OK. Maybe GC could use something similar? It gives plenty of flexibility but still seems to be manageable.
I know that hardcore athletes would scoff at this kind of thing, but I really think that you should include an option for Interactive Workouts (or a similar title), i.e. Nintendo Wii or perhaps even a fitness DVD or something like that. Many people will be using these things, I know they are not Pro level but I think they would be very useful. I'm not just talking about Wii Fit, there are many personal trainer type things on the Wii that include cardio and fitness training over long periods of time.
First, thanks to Garmin for the update, any and all improvements are appreciated!
I have had limited time to look at the update, however....while some of the features are very exciting, I thought there were some obvious short comings.
On manual entry under "activity Type...Cycling" it would be nice to have "rollers" and "trainer" instead of, or in addition to "indoor cycling"!
Activity Types] Roller skiing (and general clean-up of skiing activities)
I would much like to see Roller Skiing as a new category. I think there are quit many out there who agree with me.
Also, in general, the Skiing activity types are a bit messy at the moment, for example there's a Cross Country Skiing category and a Skate Skiing category, whereas in reality Skate Skiing should be a subcategory to Cross Country Skiing togheter with Classic Skiing and Roller Skiing.
My suggestion is to make Skiing a new main type with the following sub-types:
Cross County Skiing - Classic (Short for Cross Country Skiing is XC Skiing)
Cross County Skiing - Skate
Roller Skiing - Classic
Roller Skiing - Skate (or just one Roller Skiing if it's considered to small)
And possibly all alpine skiing/snowboarding type here as well?
Is it possible to get these activities added:
Orienteering (under running)
Offroad (under running)
??
I also propose to add Orienteering as a new activity. It would be very meaningful to record the route using Forerunner and share with other competitors.
