Training software/website?

[twospots]

Hello,

I am looking for advice on training software/websites/widgets/whatever. I care more about planning my training than logging it, most of the time, and I'd prefer a website I can log into, so that I can access it from multiple places. I don't have any of them there newfangled mobile devices.

Ideally, I'd like it to be some sort of calendar, where I can say "I have a race on Date X, and I am currently running X km" and have it calculate a reasonable training progression. I'd also like to be able to say "I was sick! I missed a week!" and have it recalculate. And if I could schedule other workouts, that would be lovely. I care mostly about scheduling running, but it would be great if I could also add other spots--yoga classes, weight training, cycling...

Obviously I can (and currently do) do all this on a regular calendar by hand, but it would be nice to have software/a website to do it for me, and that would make it easier to play around with different scenarios, too. Googling, so far, has produced lots of weightloss websites, training *logs*, and fancy subscription-only sites that don't offer much of a preview. I am not entirely opposed to paying money for this, but would of course prefer something free.

Suggestions?

Comments

[ilanarama]

Well, um. This exists, but I hesitate to recommend it, because it's really not the optimal way to schedule your training. The one I'm most familiar with is Smartcoach.

The problem with Smartcoach is that it's just an algorithm, and GIGO, so if you tell it you are running 10km a week and you want to do a marathon in three months, it will spit something out that is of dubious value.

[ell]

I was going to suggest the same thing with the same caveat. I' m a big fan of Hal Higdon' s plans and then I modify as I go from there

[twospots]

Thanks! I'll check it out. I'm not particularly worried about it suggesting ridiculous training plans, because I'm happy to modify them to something more sensible... and in fact in some ways I prefer it to be a bit "stupid" so I can play with it and experiment with the feasability of various goals, etc.

[twospots]

I will take a look! As I said in my reply below, the caveat (while important) doesn't bother me, as I've been running & designing my own training plans for long enough that I can modify as needed. I just like playing with scenarios and having something that generates a plan for Race A vs a plan for Race B takes out some of the grunt work.