Site Suggestion Training Blog Additions - Page 3

Badz · #31 28th Aug 08, 10:10 PM

Thought of 3 things whilst out running tonight:

- where people enter distance and time - could automatically work out pace/mile

but now I can't remember the other two !
Must be old age!

Badz · #32 28th Aug 08, 10:18 PM

I remembered one of the other ones.

I started putting my cycling in - but then found that on the forums it would look like I was doing 100+ miles a week.

Is there a way to keep track of other activities - but select a default activity (ie. running) where it only shows milage for that activity on your posts on the forums?

*Hrun* · #33 28th Aug 08, 10:40 PM

Thats a good one batz. Thats why I only enter running.

**richardsimkiss** · #34 29th Aug 08, 08:45 AM

Aye, that does sound like a good idea... "Miles ran this week/year" rather than covered/completed (or whatever the term is? - damn this basic vbdefault setting i'm using

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**bairy** · #35 31st Aug 08, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Badz

where people enter distance and time - could automatically work out pace/mile

.. and display it. Great idea.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Badz

Is there a way to keep track of other activities - but select a default activity (ie. running) where it only shows milage for that activity on your posts on the forums?

Will add that to the todo also.

**Dan_R** · #36 13th Sep 08, 10:55 AM

We have Nike+ integrated now, but it would be good to get Garmin integration as well. I beleive there are API's available to access Garmin data...
Home - Garmin Developer

**richardsimkiss** · #37 15th Sep 08, 11:19 AM

Get Garmin integration onto the site and you'll be loved by all - forever. Worshipped as a god almost!

*Hrun* · #38 15th Sep 08, 07:19 PM

Seconded. Forget everything else.

Oh and could we then merge the run logs as I use Nike for tready and garmin outdoors

jen29 · #39 24th Sep 08, 10:59 AM

the training blog sounds like a cool thing!
where can i find it? i would love to have a look at it.

is it possible to integrate it with an existing blog at wordpress (http://bigocycling.wordpress.com/)? it would be quite cool to be able to display some training information on my blog.

thanks in advance!

**bairy** · #40 24th Sep 08, 02:00 PM

If you go to your user cp the training blog is the top two items in the list on the left.

At the moment there's no integration with wordpress or other blogs, but it's something that could perhaps be added later on.

beasty1711 · #41 24th Sep 08, 03:40 PM

seeing as there are a lot of people on here that use the garmin watches/ garming training center.. would it be possible to get the training blog to accept an export?

as far as i know the training center just outputs an XML file so should be fairly easy to parse

**richardsimkiss** · #42 24th Sep 08, 03:45 PM

IIRC the only way the training centre can export the data is by detailing all points of each activity, which I'm guessing would mean files of a few MB? I've no idea how much scope there is for the forum to accept/process bigger files.

I heard fetch were trying to get Garmin to do something so training logs could be exported as 'summaries' of each workout rather than fully tracked GPS data. I don;t think they got very far though?

Does that make any sense?

beasty1711 · #43 24th Sep 08, 03:46 PM

how does motionbased do it then?

i think they just upload runs

**richardsimkiss** · #44 24th Sep 08, 03:49 PM

doesn't motionbased have some software on your comp, and then stores everything online? So parses info before uploading it to the site? Hmmm, probably not since they offer all the same info that training centre does...

To be honest I've no idea... i'll shut up.

beasty1711 · #45 24th Sep 08, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by richardsimkiss

doesn't motionbased have some software on your comp, and then stores everything online? So parses info before uploading it to the site? Hmmm, probably not since they offer all the same info that training centre does...

ahh yeah... i forgot about that bit

... but that bit would be fairly easy to do