open water SWOLF

[frodri...@gmail.com]

Hi,

I think this was discussed beofre, but I did a search and cannot find the answer...

I ma getting insosistent results for SWOLF in my openwater swims... Since Swolf is a "pool" metric I would expect to ahve 0 SWOLF in openwater activities, and it is the case in some of them, but other times I get high (70's, 80's) values. I then set pool size to 25m  and sometimes, SWOLF turns 0, or  turns to a value more in line with my normal pool SWOLFs (30´s)

Any advice?

TIA,

fran

[Ale Martinez]

We use a default Pool Length = 50m for OWS as explained in metric description, you can set it to 25 or 0 if you want.

For OWS is is important to remove gaps in recording, as explained in https://github.com/GoldenCheetah/GoldenCheetah/wiki/FAQ-RUNNING-&-SWIMMING#how-to-fix-runs-and-swims

Since SWOLF depends on Pool Length you can use a filter to chart comparable values.

[frodri...@gmail.com]

Thanks! I see swolf in open water as a useless metric since conditions can vary so much with currents etc.. no two swims are alike, and swolf can lead you to false conclusions IMO

[Ale Martinez]

So don't use it, it is easy to filter out open water swims using a filter.