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TopoFusion Pro / Automerging Garmin .tcx with Laps?

« on: December 10, 2008, 04:20:16 PM »

Hi there,

I use the GOVSS feature to track and plan my running training volume, but there's a large inconvenience in the workflow I use as it stands right now.

I use Garmin trainging center to auto-download and organize my track logs, and export workouts as .tcx to analyze in Topofusion. I also use an autolap feature to get automatic 1 mile laps taken.

Unfortunately, a .tcx with laps taken appears to topofusion as a number of separate tracks within the same file. I can use the merge tool to connect them before analysis, but this is somewhat cumbersome for repeated loops or out-and-backs.

Could there be an option added to the merge tool to automatically merge multiple tracks within one file sorted by time? Or a detection routine that would merge on .tcx import if the files are seperated by only a single sample/few seconds?

Actually, another small annoyance is that the GOVSS analysis doesn't warn you if you're analyzing a file with multiple tracks, and returns info based only on the first track within that file. Took me a while to figure out my GOVSS numbers were only for my first mile of each run! '>

Thanks for any input on this,

Ethan O'Connor

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Archived - Feedback and Comments / GOVSS -- Underestimating Power??

« on: October 02, 2006, 10:20:15 PM »

Hi there,

I'm really excited about the GOVSS feature -- it seems like a great tool for tracking total training intensity over time and it fits with what I feel is the way I want to evaluate my runs.

I do have a question about the power estimates being given, however. Here's an example from a run I just finished:

Distance: 2.49mi
Time: 21:21.0
My Height: 1.76m
My Weight: 70kg

Average Power: 265.82W
KCal Expended: 85.16

Which is waaay below the traditional rule of thumb of 100KCal per mile. My initial thought was that the calorie calculation was off, but it is at least roughly consistent with the average power:

265.8W * 21:21.0 = 81kcal

So, I guess there are two questions:

Is a 155 pound man running at an 8:30 pace really only burning 250 calories an hour? The figure from the method of McArdle et al (from _Exercise Phsiology 3rd Ed._, Lea and Febiger eds., 1991) would be about 286 calories and 805 calories per hour (http://www.sdtc.com/cal.html)

And, less critically, why the discrepancy between the power*time (81kcal) and the calories expended reported by TopoFusion (85kcal)?

Thanks for any insight!!! TopoFusion rocks '>

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Feature Requests / Feature Request: Terrain Distance Effect

« on: September 26, 2005, 10:17:53 AM »

Hi there,

I've been doing some runs and hikes lately where the terrain effect on distance is quite significant (average slopes of > 30% for extended stretches); would it be possible at some point to add a "calculate over-ground distance of path" option to the climbing analysis dialog (or elsewhere)?

Thanks,

Ethan O'Connor
ethan.oconnor@gmail.com