Best Training Log software?

Leesy

Anyone got opinions on which software (for Apple Mac) is best for logging rides? I'd like to be able to log distance, time, speeds, gradients etc. Would love to find a decent free download somewhere but I suppose I could pay if it meets requirements.

Cheers!

Kovacs

My only suggestion (from Aus) is to knock up a spread sheet on Excel. Cheers on using a Mac by the way.

pottssteve

www.mapmyride.com

x8swift9x

+1 for Kovacs advice. I use a Excel to log all my rides...I really would like some free software for the Mac though!

Pottssteve .... I created a free account on there last week. I mapped a few rides I do. One problem I have come across already is that it doesn't recognise some slip roads (clearly visible as roads on the maps). Is there a way of manually over riding it's alternative routes it suggests??

risi

There's this: http://www.zonefivesoftware.com/SportTracks/

I downloaded it, but couldn't really be bothered to look into it, so I cannot say any more than 'it exists'. 'Tis free to try though.

LittleB0b

try Trailrunner

you can test it out free

http://trailrunnerx.com/

Does everything but the gradients (although it might do those if you are synching with gps)

gazza_d1

My fave is Nokia Sports tracker, available if you have a Nokia Phone with GPS. The main app is web based, and very cool and funky. Don't like mapmyride, as all the ads etc on the free one get on my wick.

there are several free ones available, and there is prolog cycling spreadsheet available which is a very very detailed spreadsheet, which is either free or pay. That may be worth a look.

kinesin

For the Mac your choices are:

webbased; http://connect.garmin.com (previously motionbased)

Desktop apps
Garmin training centre
Ascent
Rubitracks
Trackrunner
Trailrunner

Ascent is probably the most powerfull
Rubitrack is newest and most OSX like application

I use a mainly use Connect.garmin.com, with everything backed up to Ascent, keep looking at other two but have never switched. I've got few years worth of Tri training and events stored.

redbirdo

I recommend ridewithgps.com as being worth a try.

I tried mapmyride as I recently got an iphone and they provide an iphone app which is supposed to integrate with it. However, the iphone app didn't really work for me and as far as I'm concerned their site is horrible - lots of ads, poorly designed, not straightforward to use etc.

For anyone interested, I found a much better iphone gps app (MotionX GPS - gps.motionx.com) which is lovely - it just works and you can export recorded routes by clicking a button which emails the track to you in .gpx and .kmz formats.

Anyway, following my extremely non-plussed experience with mapmyride, I had a hunt around and came across a recommendation for ridewithgps.com. I've only tried it out briefly but in about 5 mins I created an account, uploaded the gps track from my iphone and created, saved and edited a new track which I can now export to my iphone. The interface is lovely and you can print a cue sheet for your route. Its only really suitable for planning road routes as it works with google maps but you can switch between Follow Roads / Draw Lines for the 'non-roads' bits!

Oh, and did I say it has a lovely interface?!

macondo01

+1 for sports tracker

But for something slightly different ww.sweat365.com I think a relative of sports tracker

pottssteve

x8swift9x wrote:

+1 for Kovacs advice. I use a Excel to log all my rides...I really would like some free software for the Mac though!

Pottssteve .... I created a free account on there last week. I mapped a few rides I do. One problem I have come across already is that it doesn't recognise some slip roads (clearly visible as roads on the maps). Is there a way of manually over riding it's alternative routes it suggests??

redbirdo - I think you need to turn off the "automatically follow roads" option when mapping.

It's not ideal, by the way. My main complaint is that it seems to get some elevations wrong. However, I find it quite useful as a log.
Steve

keith57

I use Ascent on the Mac to log all my ride data from my Garmin 705. Came across tis site recently:

http://www.bikehike.co.uk/

Really good for drawing routes and exporting different types of files to the GPS for following later. Also its the first site I've cone across that access OS data on screen down to what looks like 1:10,000 scale or thereabouts.

Velonutter

I don't have the money to buy a GPS yet, so I use an Excel spreadsheet to log my rides.

I tried the freebie Pro Log but have to admit the free version is very limited, I need something that does a bit of analysing as well.

Any ideas?