What do you use for training logs? What info do you record?
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OP here.
Thanks, aliens.
- I do use Garmin Connect. It's freaking fantastic - at what it does. But (I think) it doesn't allow me to enter notes about food, water, weather, my body's reaction (yesterday I bonked 45 miles out). And it doesn't (I think) let me access data to easily see total hours spent or average speed for July and stuff. But boy, what it does, it really does. And the "lap" feature saves enough different pieces of data that it's really useful.
- "WKO+"? I've never heard of it, but several users cite it, including the incredibly prolific umd. Google search. I watch a video. Damn, that's serious!
- My Cycling Log, Bicycling magazine, Bike Journal, and so forth... Maybe tomorrow.
Thanks, aliens.
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Garmin Connect. And basic info in a spreadsheet I made up. Things like the date, mileage, average speed. Sometimes I ride w/o the Garmin. And there have been times the Garmin locked up. And times that I forgot to start the timer after stopping. (That was when I first got it -- now I use Auto Pause.) Whatever the reason, I can always log anything that was or wasn't recorded by the Garmin.
I made the spreadsheet automatically add up monthly and annual totals. I know Garmin Connect will do this by filters, but I can see all the basic stuff on one page with my spreadsheet data.
I made the spreadsheet automatically add up monthly and annual totals. I know Garmin Connect will do this by filters, but I can see all the basic stuff on one page with my spreadsheet data.
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OP here.
Sheesh, I'm just wandering around and find I just walked into Area 51.
Thanks, aliens.
- I do use Garmin Connect. It's freaking fantastic - at what it does. But (I think) it doesn't allow me to enter notes about food, water, weather, my body's reaction (yesterday I bonked 45 miles out). And it doesn't (I think) let me access data to easily see total hours spent or average speed for July and stuff. But boy, what it does, it really does. And the "lap" feature saves enough different pieces of data that it's really useful.
- "WKO+"? I've never heard of it, but several users cite it, including the incredibly prolific umd. Google search. I watch a video. Damn, that's serious!
- My Cycling Log, Bicycling magazine, Bike Journal, and so forth... Maybe tomorrow.
Sheesh, I'm just wandering around and find I just walked into Area 51.
Thanks, aliens.
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I use a spiral notebook. I use one line per day and make additional notes on the facing page. It's primitive but lets me record the vital statistics: miles, ascent per mile, average speed moving, heart rate (average & max), and cadence. I also record the group (or solo). I don't record weather, liquid, food, stops, etc.
Someone started a thread about average speed. A bunch responded with precise numbers. Which caused light to start glowing in my dim head - of course there's a better way to do this. Maybe I should ask...
Someone started a thread about average speed. A bunch responded with precise numbers. Which caused light to start glowing in my dim head - of course there's a better way to do this. Maybe I should ask...
I've since moved to CycliStats, it is much better than my database.
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I have a spreadsheet that tracks:
- which bike I am riding
- mileage
- my weight
- whether the ride was a commute to work or not (I have a goal for how many days/year I will ride to work)
I also track major maintenance tasks (e.g., new chain, new tires, etc.) so I can track how long that stuff lasts.
I don't track speed, watts, or anything else because I don't want to know how slow I am.
- which bike I am riding
- mileage
- my weight
- whether the ride was a commute to work or not (I have a goal for how many days/year I will ride to work)
I also track major maintenance tasks (e.g., new chain, new tires, etc.) so I can track how long that stuff lasts.
I don't track speed, watts, or anything else because I don't want to know how slow I am.
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Mostly a combination of Garmin Connect (cycling) and Livestrong.com (Mostly My Daily Plate functionality). I do wish that Garmin would create an iPhone app as slick as the Livestrong app. I'd love to be able to analyze my data while killing free time, etc...
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I have WKO but the darm PC is dying and we are now Mac or 64 bit PC at home. I have also 4-5 years of data that is in excel or notebook. I bike to work in NM for almost 11 years now. and then some when I was leaving in VT but I skied more then. For me I have to move the data from Ibike and power agent back to WKO when I get it working again. At some point it is not really that useful. I'll be always riding until I get old.
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I made an Excel sheet with the date, distance, avg speed, time while moving and the type of ride (fitness or commute). If I want, I can add in additional columns for notes, weight, etc. At the end of each week, I calculate the totals.
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Strava, SporTracks, and Garmin Connect; the first has a great UI and some nifty features, but lacks a speed chart for some reason, the second allows for detailed analysis (albeit less so than WKO+) and GC for sharing with others.
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I use iTrail for the iPhone. I'm a new cyclist but have been using iTrail for a couple of years for running (have 300 recorded). I also track my heart rate, time, calories burned and notes in a spreadsheet. I'm so new that I'm waiting on my iPhone 4 mout in shipping and having to put the iPhone in the bag under the seat (does it have a ame?) for now. Will go for my longest ride to date (and ride #4) today for 40 to 50 miles, a$$ willing.
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Another SportTacks fan here. Wroks great with my Garmin Edge 305 and gives me planty of information, too.
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Google docs.
I record distance and time. The average speed is calculated.
I also log my distances for swimming, running etc. in the same spreadsheet.
I have no idea why I'm doing it. Perhaps, because I just started and it is fun to watch distance column to grow up and time to go down.
Should I have separate column for walking too?
I record distance and time. The average speed is calculated.
I also log my distances for swimming, running etc. in the same spreadsheet.
I have no idea why I'm doing it. Perhaps, because I just started and it is fun to watch distance column to grow up and time to go down.
Should I have separate column for walking too?
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I use Golden Cheetah which is a freebie program that's improving almost daily. I started using Golden Cheetah (GC) instead of WKO+ because I'm a Mac PPC user, and WKO+ is Windows based only. The only problem with GC is that as I transition to running from riding, GC isn't too good. But that's a problem with most any program I might use. I'm so dependent on power and its plethora of algorithm calculations, that running with time, distance, and HR only seems like a step back in time. How I wish running utilized power meters like it does with cycling. I suppose the closest program to track running performance like biking performance is RaceDay. However, after using RaceDay for a trial period I'm not too impressed. I've returned to using Ascent to track both biking and running.
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