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I dont think its necessarily bad thing. The day after a hard session or a long ride shown in Amber just means think about doing a lighter training session. If it was Red = think about a day off to recover. If its White (which is Green) you are free to do what you want training wise, if a hard session is scheduled Go for it :+1:

If it in the past its only an indication that you might have been better to approach things like above.

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I look at yellow days after hard training sessions as a good thing. It means that youโ€™re pushing yourself but not over doing it. Hopefully they can clarify some Of these things about red light green light.
I have yellow days after every hard day and long endurance ride days.

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brilliant thank you!

And I think that is a mistake by TR. For one, there is a question about how far this sees out, since all future weeks look the same as the current week if/when there are no R/Y days at hand. Weโ€™ve seen a few people ask for the predictive aspect of RLGL which makes total sense to me and would be more clear if/when there was an actual โ€œGreenโ€ indicator on any/all days that RLGL has actually considered.

In parity with the Red Cross image & Yellow Yield image symbol, I think there should be a clear Green symbol like a :white_check_mark: or some other positive / affirmative indicator. All that for practical use not to mention my persistent OCD complaint that Red Light Green Light has no actual โ€œGreen Lightโ€ in use :stuck_out_tongue:

Along with the above suggestion, perhaps the header of the green days could be shaded for quick sighting too, while leaving the main box white like normal. Just a matter of instant recognition without ambiguity.

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ETA: The irony that this choice has to be addressed in the FAQ (due to the lack of a color in the namesake of the tool) seems like a clear reason to โ€œfixโ€ this problem at the source (add green to the calendar).

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@Nate_Pearson I think this is an error in the FAQ page. If not, then there needs to be a longer explanation of how RLGL means thereโ€™s no need to test FTP.

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Anyone else curious to know why green days arenโ€™t shaded green (when yellow and red days are shaded in their respective colours)?

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Uh, yupโ€ฆ ^^^ :wink:

Along with my first mention of the green omission two weeks ago.

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A few things to consider adding to the FAQ:

First of all you do mention that there is no green color coding, but that should be made more prominent in the description of the feature. People donโ€™t read all the Q&As at the bottom of the FAQ page.

Q: I trained on a yellow or red day, yet the following day was green (not yellow or red). Why?

Q: I havenโ€™t been training consistently recently or I had a large increase in training stress. Why is RLGL giving me red days although I feel fine?

Q: RLGL isnโ€™t showing yellow or red but I feel like I need rest. Does that mean RLGL doesnโ€™t work? Should I rest?

Note that I (think) I know these answers but they would help others

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I think you mean โ€œless thanโ€.

Today is a yellow day which has an achievable Endurance workout.

Iโ€™ve already swum an hour with sprints but this isnโ€™t taken into account.

Iโ€™m guessing reduce this endurance TR to a recovery workout?

Tomorrow I was going to stack two 90min low PL workouts and thatโ€™s showing โ€œgreenโ€. Itโ€™s my only free day this week so far, and I think Iโ€™m fit for it.

I see some yellow days in my past calendar which consistently coincide with my recovery days. But l donโ€™t see any colour for today or next days of the week. Shouldnโ€™t this utility be able to tell you your current and immediate future state?

If there is no colour, you are good to go.

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Red Light Green Light game must be a US thing. For internationals, if I can dane to speak for them, it only makes sense if there is a red and a green.

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Just a big shoutout to the TR team. Biggest thing to remember here for me is that this is a early access feature so its not going to be perfect, yet. I am just happy to be testing it out. I am sure the team will take our feedback and make it better over time. Excited to see where it goes!

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Sort of, since the origin is a South Korean television series made famous on Netflix which is where/why Nate referenced it years ago:

Agreed (hence my push these last 2 weeks).

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Something else that would be nice would be showing what color you are on the career page of the APP.
This way I donโ€™t have to look at the calendar and know as soon as we open the app.

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100% agreed that it should be seen on the Career page too.

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It would be nice if there was a way to quickly toggle the feature on/off from the calendar. Itโ€™s interesting to see at times but having it present all the time so prominently feels like overkill.

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not 100% sure, but this could be why I still have ptsd about some of these workouts.

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At least now when I say I got burned out I have something other than vague textual description.

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My Career page shows yellow on Monday, just like my Calendar

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Iโ€™ll see if it works on mine, since itโ€™s a rest day for me it should be green.
Like others have mentioned, some type of green :white_check_mark: or visual would help clear the noise of what color I am for the day, on the career page.
Itโ€™s a new feature and early access, Iโ€™m sure they are open for opinions.

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