Hello ST, long time listener, first time poster (in ~5 years)
I'm jumping back into triathlon after a ~5 year hiatus and, given the fly-by-night nature of how I used to approach the sport and the new life realities of having far less time to train, I'm looking to approach it in a much more planned/efficient manner.
I'm looking to put the pieces in place across all of my devices/software to aggregate all data being collected into a single place to be used for modelling and planning training (and racing). I've been reviewing platforms and integrations an have started to put the pieces in place, but I wanted to get feedback from the community to see what others are currently doing.
To start, here is my current mix of hardware:
Run
- Polar M430
Bike
- Computrainer hardware
- SRM PC7 (on road bike)
- Nothing (on TT bike)
Unfortunately, BB compatibility prevents me from swapping the SRM back-and-forth, which leaves a potential data gap. I intend to add an SRM to the TT bike, but it may be a few months yet. I also will likely be riding indoors 100% of the time for the next 4-5 months on the TT bike, which means I would currently just have Computrainer data. However, I could purchase a subscription to a platform that would allow for data export (TrainerRoad?) to bridge the gap until I get the second SRM. I definitely want power and HR data for all indoor rides.
Swim
- pace clock on the wall
MacBook Computer
Software
- TBD
I would prefer not to pay an ongoing subscription for logging software, and honestly dislike a lot of pieces of TrainingPeaks, so I'm heavily leaning towards Golden Cheetah from a software perspective.
All this said, here is the path I think I'll take:
Polar M430 can import into Golden Cheetah and has every metric (and more) than I'd ever want for running (time, distance, duration, HR) and also collects sleep data.
Once I have two SRMs, I can import data from them into Golden Cheetah and simply use the Computrainer as a trainer without any software (i.e via hand controller). For the time being, use something like TrainerRoad to collect data from trainer rides and import into Golden Cheetah.
Manually add swim data. I have no desire to wear any sort of watch in the pool (long time competitive swimmer) and am fine with simple time/distance inputs.
For those of you who are taking a very analytical approach to training/racing, what does your current hardware/software and data-flow set-up look like?
I'm jumping back into triathlon after a ~5 year hiatus and, given the fly-by-night nature of how I used to approach the sport and the new life realities of having far less time to train, I'm looking to approach it in a much more planned/efficient manner.
I'm looking to put the pieces in place across all of my devices/software to aggregate all data being collected into a single place to be used for modelling and planning training (and racing). I've been reviewing platforms and integrations an have started to put the pieces in place, but I wanted to get feedback from the community to see what others are currently doing.
To start, here is my current mix of hardware:
Run
- Polar M430
Bike
- Computrainer hardware
- SRM PC7 (on road bike)
- Nothing (on TT bike)
Unfortunately, BB compatibility prevents me from swapping the SRM back-and-forth, which leaves a potential data gap. I intend to add an SRM to the TT bike, but it may be a few months yet. I also will likely be riding indoors 100% of the time for the next 4-5 months on the TT bike, which means I would currently just have Computrainer data. However, I could purchase a subscription to a platform that would allow for data export (TrainerRoad?) to bridge the gap until I get the second SRM. I definitely want power and HR data for all indoor rides.
Swim
- pace clock on the wall
MacBook Computer
Software
- TBD
I would prefer not to pay an ongoing subscription for logging software, and honestly dislike a lot of pieces of TrainingPeaks, so I'm heavily leaning towards Golden Cheetah from a software perspective.
All this said, here is the path I think I'll take:
Polar M430 can import into Golden Cheetah and has every metric (and more) than I'd ever want for running (time, distance, duration, HR) and also collects sleep data.
Once I have two SRMs, I can import data from them into Golden Cheetah and simply use the Computrainer as a trainer without any software (i.e via hand controller). For the time being, use something like TrainerRoad to collect data from trainer rides and import into Golden Cheetah.
Manually add swim data. I have no desire to wear any sort of watch in the pool (long time competitive swimmer) and am fine with simple time/distance inputs.
For those of you who are taking a very analytical approach to training/racing, what does your current hardware/software and data-flow set-up look like?