This whole thing about New Years resolutions is starting to cause me stress. Now that I've made a public comittment,
I now have to make sure I achieve my goals. 'Got to fill out some
applications. 'Got to come up with some cash. 'Got to get on the
program and start training!
As in past years, my family recently wrote a
little email newsletter to stay in touch with old friends around the
globe. It made me think of what I did over the past year and part of
that process was to look at the events I participated in. I got
nostalgic and actually went back 10 years. I even dug up some old
training logs and, for the first time in 10 years, read about what I
ate, slept and trained. Yikes! That was back before kids, a house and
several other sink holes of time...
While I haven't read those
logs in a decade, I did notice that I achieved my fastest times when I
kept a log. Now, I can't say for sure if the fast times were due to the
log, or because I was training more, I was younger, I had more time to
train and fewer responsibilities, but I am curious. Any thoughts?
Just
for fun, I did a search for online training logs. I thought I'd share
the links I found here for the benefit of anyone who reads this.
Merry Christmas!
Free Online Training Logs
There's
a huge variety of features and functionality available from online training logs. I've
not tried any of these, but just may if I figure I need a log to keep me
honest with training this year. If you have any thoughts or comments
about these or other online training logs, please share them with a comment.
www.running-log.com
www.coolrunning.com/log
run.dolphinstreet.com/
www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=250
www.activelog.com
running.sashanet.com/trainlog.html
www.runnerslog.com
Comments
Another Training Log
Another training log that is in the works is Coastal Triathlete - http://www.coastaltriathlete.com
This one seems to be very promising as its going to be full featured and so far seems to have a very clean and nice user interface.
RunCoach
RunCoach
Hey Michele,
Thank you for the suggestion. RunCoach sounds like a good log. The "time to buy a new pair of running shoes" feature sounds good. Can you adjust it or is it pre-programmed to a certain distance?
The Nike Skylons I bought from my buddy Wayne Richardson in 1996 are starting to get a bit thin about the soles. (You can see them in the photo in my little story on duct tape.) Santa got me a new pair of road shoes for Christmas this year. It would be kind of cool to pit the 2 shoes against each other to see if I can get more than 15,000K out of the new Asics.
Awesome!
Thanks for the free training logs! They're very helpful!
- James, Resveratrol Consultant
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Glad to hear they helped. Be sure to share any other you find here.