kbd wrote:
Rappstar wrote:
I would most like to see TP include an option for RPE, since I think that would add a lot. But I'm able to "track" that effectively enough by simply communicating on a regular basis with my coach.
Friel wrote a blog about estimating TSS including a chart which correlates his zones as well as the 10 point Borg RPE scale.
An athlete can manually edit any workout and place a proxy score based off of RPE using a conversion tool such as this. Once a manually edited TSS score is entered it appears in the log as *TSS. Any triathlete who finds rTSS or sTSS bogus can simply edit the workouts and put a *TSS based on their RPE.
Seems like a good concept from Friel. If you do not like his conversion, just create what seems to feel right for you. Probably should be okay as long as the same conversion is always used for a true apples to apples comparison.
http://www.trainingbible.com/.../estimating-tss.html One nice thing about tracking RPE alone though is that you can do more things with it than if you just replace specific TSS values with TSS estimates based on RPE:
- you can then choose to (or not) multiply it by time. A 2/10 90min ride is not the same as a 2/10 4hr ride. There's an argument to be made both ways; that is, I think there's a reason to incorporate time into the RPE value and also to keep it separate. But if you want to spin out as being separate from time, this allows you to do that and to then make use of the fact that you are also recording time for the session.
- you can then see where RPE and TSS diverge and converge, which I think goes a long way towards being able to make better use of TSS.
- eventually, you could use RPE as a "correction" factor of sorts for TSS. Knowing both RPE and TSS also should help to improve the TSS model in the future...
- lastly, it's simpler. One of the best parts of RPE is, "quick, out of 10, how hard was that?" When you need to start doing multiplication, that makes it more complicated, which also makes it more likely that athletes will overthink the value they assign...
So, yes, you can currently use TSS as a proxy for RPE. But I think there are more reasons than not to keep RPE separate and to just allow you to enter it.
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