That is a fair bit off topic from the original one, but we can hit on it here.
For the goal of doing an outside workout instead of an inside one:
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It is best to actually set that as an outside workout on your TR calendar,
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Do the workout and aim to mimic the actual goals or actually perform it on Wahoo or Garmin head units.
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Then it should upload (assuming Strava, Garmin, etc. sync to your TR account) and count as “done”.
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You will need to open that completed workout (which should associated to the planned outside TR workout from your calendar) and then assign a survey response.
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Once all that is done, AT should update your related Progression Levels and may adjust your pending workouts as a result of all that.
However, if you are talking about performing a vastly different outside workout than the “planned” one, or just totally freeform a ride that is “unstructured” in the TR sense, it will not work in the goal of connecting to AT. Those “unstructured” rides are still not handled by TR.
So, for outside workouts, do the typical TR setup and then make sure to complete the post-ride survey.