Logs: Old Fashioned or Electronic
jkormanik
Boise, IdahoMember
My questions are these:
(1) Do you log for your swim workouts?
(2) If so, do you use an old fashioned paper log or do you use an electronic log ala SportTracks or TrainingPeaks?
(3) Recommendation for log?
I've searched for a thread with similar content, to no avail. I hope I haven't missed it!
Thanks in advance for your thoughtful responses!
(1) Do you log for your swim workouts?
(2) If so, do you use an old fashioned paper log or do you use an electronic log ala SportTracks or TrainingPeaks?
(3) Recommendation for log?
I've searched for a thread with similar content, to no avail. I hope I haven't missed it!
Thanks in advance for your thoughtful responses!
Comments
Each month is tabbed, and gets just the yardage done on a day to day basis, and then the actual date page gets the breakdown on the workout itself. At the end of each monthly section is a "notes" page, which I use to compile fastest sets each month (100/200/400/etc) so that I can easily reference where I'm at and how I'm progressing. I'll also write training goals for the following month if I'm prepping for a particular swim in the semi-near future.
Then, I use a 3-year perpetual calendar, on paper, so I can easily compare year to year.
I believe my coach is able to keep a sizable database of workouts in TrainingPeaks so that when he is planning out the week he doesn't have to write every individual workout. The site is geared more towards triathletes with logs that cover all three sports and numerous other exercises.
If you are a USMS member, you can always use the FLOG. I used to copy my workouts there for back up and GTD awards until I gave up my membership. It is a fairly simple log but I would use it if I didn't have other options.
I could never see me writing all of this stuff out.
I try to keep the moving averages as steady as possible, preferably moving up slightly (though often they're not).
The moving averages allow me to create charts such as the one I published in a blog post a few years ago, in the run-up to what was then my longest-ever swim, the inaugural Swim the Suck.
http://marathonswimmers.org/blog/2011/02/training-logs/
I like to log the entire workout with my times, but sometimes if its too much remember on the 5 minute walk to my office I'll take a picture of the white board with my phone.