Comments on: Cycling Training Log Spreadsheet

By: Gbiker

Gbiker — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:50:48 +0000

Try this in openoffice;
=IF(D2=0;0; IF(D2=”";0;E2/(D2*24)))

By: Dale

Dale — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:36:27 +0000

Mike, I tried this formula in open office calc and it returns an error. Any suggestions on the correct formula for calc?

Nice spreadsheet, very easy to use and lots of info.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:23:20 +0000

If you modify the formula in the average speed column to read:

=IF(D2=0,”",E2/(D2*24))

the unsightly #DIV/O! will go away.

Otherwise, nice SS. Similar to one I came up with to track my rides. Mine has some bike maintenance reminders in it also.

By: Gary Chiorsi

Gary Chiorsi — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:29:25 +0000

Thanks so much for taking the time to develop the spreadsheet. I was going to draw one up this weekend, but you have saved me the effort. Now I have more time to start training!

By: Pete

Pete — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:34:17 +0000

This is just what I’ve been looking for. Thanks for sharing your work with spreadsheet-challenged folks like me. Do you have anything from prior years you could share? I’d like to enter old data to compare years. Thanks again!!

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:45:00 +0000

Thanks for the feedback John and the calorie problem will be my next addition to the spreadsheet. I’ve researched this problem a lot and there’s no foolproof way of determining calories burned during a workout- there are just too many variables.

I calculate mine using my age, body weight, average heart rate during the workout, and the duration of the workout in minutes.
Formula:

kCal = (-55.0969 + 0.2017 * age + 0.1988 * weight + 0.6309 * heartrate)/4.184

I got this formula from a Professor in Biology at a college in Seattle and I honestly don’t know how accurate it is. The numbers make sense though and as long as I use it ride after ride, there will be consistency and the data will be “good enough” to use.

As for the road and mountain bike question, I don’t think it matters (though I’ll say that mountain biking feels a lot harder than the road!).

By: John K

John K — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 00:22:10 +0000

Like the sheet , Couple of questions:
Calories? how do we determine that?
I ride both Road and Mountain. Any thoughts on a way other than having two sheets to calculate both?

Thanks

By: Nance

Nance — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:22:01 +0000

Darn – are you ‘good’ or what, I’m not a cycler but I’m still impressed!!
I love the deer photos, so sweet – how could anyone ‘take down’ such cute critters!? Were they dining on your shrubs?? The deer have destroyed some of our trees, but mostly from rutting, thusly destroying the bark of the trunk of some smaller trees. Daisy gets so wound up when she sees them (basically every day!!) she barks and rings her bell to go outside and run the deer – drives me crazy!!
Nance