TrainingPeaks Performance Management Chart

I use TP premium and I feel it is worth it.  The PMC gets better with age and takes a little research to understand the concepts.  TP is my go to source when it comes to adjusting my plans.

Marc gave a nice explanation.

I'll add that I use it for all my athletes, and it's an excellent tool.  It is just that, though: a tool.  Like any tool, it takes some time to develop the skill to use it well.  It shouldn't be followed blindly chasing a high CTL.  Not all TSS points are equal when you're training for a specific event.  Having it in your toolbox, though, can be a powerful thing.  I combine it with specificity in training for events and the subjective experience of my athletes.  For example, you'll see some references that a sustained TSB of  -20 is the danger zone for illness and injury risk.  Yet, I've had athletes who start to break down if we take them to a -15 TSB for more than a week, and others who can handle an occasional -25.

I'm pretty much just running these days.  does endurance tracker.com have a valid PMC that works with running?  with TRIMP?

And- will it auto upload from suunto/movescount?

I've used golden Cheetah- but I'd much rather an on-line version, accessible from anywhere.

thx, in advance.

OK- so, I just tried out EnduranceTracker.  It did a great job at autoloading the lat 25 activities right from Strava.  And- it has it's own kinda PMC chart which looks pretty cool.  And then I try to manually upload an .fit file exported from Movescount, and it registers as like 9 trillion miles run or something.  So, it hosed up the whole thing.  Not sure how much time and effort i want to put into debugging the tool.  anyway- it looks pretty cool, but it's not working for me.

It says to use .fit from moves count- but the gpx files work better.  Just did all my runs since the beginning of the year.  it gives you a nice PMC style chart.  It's based on the Banister model and uses some different terms such as "fitness" "freshness" and "form" which I need to read up on and I assume are similar to CTL, ATL, etc.    I'll play with it for a while.  Looks like a potentially great site.  thanks for the tip.

Plus- it looks like it will auto sync with Strava, which is pulling all my runs automatically from movescount- so, from now on, it will just be there for me to check out.  so, now I'll have all my workouts logged on:

BeginnerTri, DailyMile, sträva, Movescount, and now EnduranceTracker.  blah.   

And here I am with a laid up foot.  twisted my foot running yesterday- so I need to take a few days off to heal.  I guess this is what I'll do with my extra time.  Oh, I also got over 8 hours of sleep last night.  yay!

When it comes to tapering and race readiness, what TSB are you looking for?  How much in the +?

Are you looking at all 3 sports?  I know some take the swim out of the chart.  Not sure why.

I agree with all of this, except the last sentence.

Most people race best at a +5 to +15 TSB, but there are exceptions.  Also, keep in mind that TSS, and consequently, CTL, ATL, and TSB, will mean slightly different things depending on the protocol that you're using to determine FTP, LT, and Threshold paces, in addition to which TSS calculator you're using (power, pace, or HR).  Because of this, Tony's chart might be indicating a -5 TSB for one of his athletes, but the same athlete might be at 0 TSB for me, if we're using different testing protocols to establish training zones.

The reason I disagree with the last sentence, is because it's possible to have a high positive TSB, yet still have a high level of fitness.  TSB is just an indicator of fatigue versus freshness, which has implications regarding the rate you're gaining or losing fitness.  In other words, someone with a CTL of 90 and a TSB of +20 has a high level of fitness (CTL) and a high level of freshness (TSB), so they're likely to race fairly well.  Someone with a CTL of 100 and a TSB of -20 has a high level of fitness (CTL) but a high level of fatigue (TSB), so they're likely not to race well.

Each of these metrics on their own provides limited value.  It's only when we look at all of them together combined with the athlete's history, subjective feelings, and specificity of the training that generated these numbers, that conclusions can be drawn regarding their relative performance potential.

My swims include slow drills and kicking.  I just make note of how many yards the drills and kick sets are.  I think this throws off my avg pace overall even though the speed sets make me want to throw up.