# Missing workout or doing outside ride - Confused whether to hit "Delete" or not?

**URL:** <https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/missing-workout-or-doing-outside-ride-confused-whether-to-hit-delete-or-not/28203>\
**Category:** TrainerRoad Software\
**Created:** [January 19, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/missing-workout-or-doing-outside-ride-confused-whether-to-hit-delete-or-not/28203 "2020-01-19T16:12:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![msanford](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/msanford/32/12893_2.png) [@msanford](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/msanford)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/missing-workout-or-doing-outside-ride-confused-whether-to-hit-delete-or-not/28203/1 "2020-01-19T16:12:47Z")

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Hi, I have been totally confused for years on missing workouts or doing outside rides then deciding how to designate the TR workout that I was supposed to do that given day.

1. if I just flat out miss a ride due to life or being too tired, thus deciding to skip altogether. . . do I always hit “Delete” or just leave it alone? If I leave alone, then the uncompleted ride lives there in my calendar maybe in a good way, in order to analyze how many missed rides I incur per block somehow?

2. if i ride outside instead of doing that given day’s workout . . . again, should I be hitting “Delete” for the TR ride that day or is there some other ‘substitution’ or ‘skipped ride’ button I am missing? (Naturally I estimate the outside ride stress)

I feel these choices seems to limit getting to the end of the plan and/or accurately ending the block correctly. I hope someone can simply explain. Thanks

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**Author:** ![Rizzi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/rizzi/32/17674_2.png) [@Rizzi](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Rizzi)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/missing-workout-or-doing-outside-ride-confused-whether-to-hit-delete-or-not/28203/2 "2020-01-19T19:07:54Z")

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1. Leave the rides in the calendar to be able to see what was planned.
2. If outside ride more or less matched the purpose of the workout I would associate the outside ride with the workout (on the website click on the outside ride in the calendar and then associate). Otherwise I would let them stand side by side.

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**Author:** ![msanford](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/msanford/32/12893_2.png) [@msanford](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/msanford)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 5:10am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/missing-workout-or-doing-outside-ride-confused-whether-to-hit-delete-or-not/28203/3 "2020-01-21T05:10:25Z")

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Thanks!