This section demonstrates the minimum steps to get your account up and running. You can try the Digital Athletic Log by logging in to the `demonstration' account. The username and password are `demo'.
At this point you may make entries in the Digital Athletic Log for your sport(s) using the ``Make a sport entry'' link. You may also create keywords using the ``Edit your... keywords'' link. Once you have at least one keyword created, you may create ``keyword entries'' with the ``Make a keyword entry'' link.
If you created more than one sport or keyword, edit you profile to select your default sport and keyword.
The Digital Athletic Log stores two types of entries for your training: sport entries and keyword entries.
Sport entries are designed to log things like running, swimming, kayaking, etc. Sport entries have many fields associated with them (date, time, sport, duration, distance, altitude, temperature, heart rate, remarks, etc.)
Keyword entries are used to log data that does not fit the sport model. Examples include: weight, resting heart rate, date of last sneaker replacement, etc. Keyword entries can also be linked to a sport entry to create additional fields for the sport entries (i.e. adding a depth field to support a scuba diving sport). See section 12.1 for more information.
When making sport entries, pace is automatically calculated based on the distance and duration values entered.
Entries may be edited by selecting their ``edit'' link on the main page (the ``Home'' link) or the view log page (the ``View your log entries'' link).
Entries cannot be deleted. If you make an entry in error, use it for your next good entry (instead of creating a new entry).
If you commonly exercise using a couple of set routes, you can define routes using the ``Edit your... routes'' link.
The main page (the ``Home'' link) displays a summary of most of the different parts of your training log. These include:
Log entries made in the last seven days are displayed on the main page. To view entries older than seven days, use the ``View Log'' page (the ``View your log entries'' link).
If you leave the start and stop date fields blank on the ``View Log'' page and select the ``Show Sport Entries'' check box, all of your sport entries will be displayed. The ``View Log'' page allows you to filter the displayed entries by sport, route, date, etc.
The ``View Log'' page also displays the total time, total distance, min/average/max pace information for all the sport entries displayed.