Calendar / Tracking of multi sports

TrainerRoad Software
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Hi
I am trying to follow a triathlon plan, which is looking a bit ambitious but my question is

  • is it possible to have TR synch with running and swimming activities (from sports watch)
    At the moment the only 3rd party activities I can see in the Calender are from my garmin headset and zwift - so all bike.

Possibly the issue is that I am using a Suunto device will sync with Strava and Trainingpeaks, but not TR (or Garmin). (In trainingpeaks and Strava I can see swims and runs from my sports watch).

I appreciate TR may not track TSS etc. for swim/running but it would just be good to track time/effort vs. plan and not have to tick them off manually.

Second part to this question is whether Adaptations in plans and TrainNow adapt to off-bike (and also off TR) activities?

Thank you
Ollie

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  • I don’t follow the tri related stuff closely, but do believe an “answer” exists to this question. Until someone can provide it, I suggest an email directly to support@trainerroad.com to see what they can provide.
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The answer is to the second part is no. The plans do not “adapt” non-bike workouts. If you do not check the swim/run complete it will assume you skipped it and move it to the next swim/run. At least that is my experience/understanding.

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Interesting…that’s different than what I have seen.

I am not sure how they are coming up with adaptions for runs since they know nothing about what you completed. They don’t know if you hit your targets, cut the run in half, did something completely different, etc.

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Thanks for the replies.
I’m wondering if the adaptations to runs seen are based only on bike activity. If TR is only adapting based on rides, but you are busy running etc. instead, it will assume you’ve been resting and dial everything down.

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You are supposed to self report your run/swim completions. You enter the duration and can choose to enter the actual TSS (I pull from training peaks and it seems close enough to the estimated). They could be using that data, just a thought. This is something I’d like to see a TR employee answer. I’ve given up entering the data because it’s frankly a pain for no gain since everything is stored in training peaks, but if TR uses it for adaptations, I’d start again.

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I agree, it is a pain! I keep wanting to use TR calendar for everything, but it’s too much of a hassle.

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They are not. The run and swim adaptations are based upon your completion (as in marking completed) or skipping of run and swim workouts.

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Got it. Good to know thanks :+1:

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I asked Support last week if Run/Swim are considered by AT (in other words does it look at total TSS of all three sports ). They indicated it does not. So if you choose to download the multiport plan for the cycling but choose to ignore the swim/run workouts, the AT would not penalize you for that (…that is my take away).