rTSS - Is there a way?

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Alastair Bailey

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May 17, 2017, 5:43:07 AM5/17/17
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Hey folks,

I am a COGGAN man and use FTP / CTL / ATL --> great for my cycling. 

However, I am incorporating a lot more running into my training and wondering if there was a way to incorporate rTSS?

CTL in Golden Cheetah is currently showing 94, but with running added from previous 42 days (rTSS in Training Peaks) i am around 120. 

Any help greatly appreciated!

Ale Martinez

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May 17, 2017, 9:36:31 AM5/17/17
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El miércoles, 17 de mayo de 2017, 6:43:07 (UTC-3), Alastair Bailey escribió:
Hey folks,

I am a COGGAN man and use FTP / CTL / ATL --> great for my cycling. 

However, I am incorporating a lot more running into my training and wondering if there was a way to incorporate rTSS?
 
rTSS definition is not published, so strictly there is no way, but it can be approximated using a Custom Metric:


Here is the "program" to cut and paste:

{


    # calculate metric value


    value { if (isSwim) 100*(Duration/3600)*(Average_Speed/config(SCV))^3; # http://home.trainingpeaks.com/blog/article/calculating-swimming-tss-score


            else if (isRun) 110.7*(Duration/3600)^1.025*((60/xPace)/config(CV))^2; # http://forum.slowtwitch.com/forum/?post=1730370#p1730370


            else TSS; # TSS for cycling is a builtin metric


    }


}



CTL in Golden Cheetah is currently showing 94, but with running added from previous 42 days (rTSS in Training Peaks) i am around 120.
As a Coggan man you should know he doesn't recommend to sum TSS+rTSS anyway ;-)

Alastair Bailey

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May 17, 2017, 10:13:19 AM5/17/17
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Will give this a whirl, really appreciate it. 

I haven't really been too much interested in the TSS from my running, but I am starting to build into training a lot more as i focus towards duathlon and distance running! What other metric would you accurately recommend for a duathlete? Given i have faith to Mr. C! 

Ale Martinez

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May 17, 2017, 10:46:36 AM5/17/17
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El miércoles, 17 de mayo de 2017, 11:13:19 (UTC-3), Alastair Bailey escribió:
Will give this a whirl, really appreciate it. 

I haven't really been too much interested in the TSS from my running, but I am starting to build into training a lot more as i focus towards duathlon and distance running! What other metric would you accurately recommend for a duathlete?
I would give a look at Daniels VDOT, training paces, etc. Daniels' Running Formula is a great book.

Given i have faith to Mr. C! 
So buy WKO+4 and Stryd? 

Mark Liversedge

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May 17, 2017, 3:08:00 PM5/17/17
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On Wednesday, 17 May 2017 15:13:19 UTC+1, Alastair Bailey wrote:
Given i have faith to Mr. C! 

For what little it is worth, he has nothing to do with rTSS

Mark

Serban Mestecaneanu

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May 18, 2017, 11:23:54 AM5/18/17
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Just to say that I am on 3.5 dev (latest beta sort of), added this custom metrics, saved it, restarted GC, but the metrics is not saved. Tried it twice... I am on a Mac 10.12.4

All the best,
Serban

Alastair Bailey

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May 18, 2017, 11:28:33 AM5/18/17
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FWIW - I added this in and now every time I open GCthe program just fails (not responding).

Ale Martinez

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May 18, 2017, 12:04:56 PM5/18/17
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El jueves, 18 de mayo de 2017, 12:23:54 (UTC-3), Serban Mestecaneanu escribió:
Just to say that I am on 3.5 dev (latest beta sort of), added this custom metrics, saved it, restarted GC, but the metrics is not saved. Tried it twice... I am on a Mac 10.12.4
Hi Serban, here is a step by step guide to create a new custom metric: http://forum.slowtwitch.com/forum/Slowtwitch_Forums_C1/Triathlon_Forum_F1/Slowman's_Aerobic_Points_in_GoldenCheetah_P6183696/, please confirm us if following it you can see the new metric on Summary but it disappears when you restart GC.
 

Ale Martinez

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May 18, 2017, 12:10:37 PM5/18/17
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El jueves, 18 de mayo de 2017, 12:28:33 (UTC-3), Alastair Bailey escribió:
FWIW - I added this in and now every time I open GCthe program just fails (not responding).
If your find and remove usermetrics.xml on your GC folder the program should start without custom metrics, beware when you add a custom metric it is precomputed on all your activities, which may take a while depending on your data and computer.

KJA

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Jul 27, 2017, 3:45:37 AM7/27/17
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I have inserted rTSS code and i got an rTSS number on the most of the workouts (ex rTSS = 49) but on little longer workouts (more than 40 minutes?) the numbers changes to 01:23 etc?

Ale Martinez

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Jul 27, 2017, 10:01:08 AM7/27/17
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El jueves, 27 de julio de 2017, 4:45:37 (UTC-3), KJA escribió:
I have inserted rTSS code and i got an rTSS number on the most of the workouts (ex rTSS = 49) but on little longer workouts (more than 40 minutes?) the numbers changes to 01:23 etc?
This is what having the "Time" option checked, it indicates the result is in seconds and should be formatted as hh:mm:ss 
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