At Last! Final Release of iSMARTtrain for Mac OS X

In Beta 10, we’ve moved from using a flat file format to a bundle. There’s various reasons for this, including compatibility with the forthcoming iOS version. You’ll need to convert any existing documents you have to the new file format as follows: Open the existing file in iSMARTtrain Select ‘Export to JSON’ from the file…

iSMARTtrain appeared in Cycling Weekly’s recent feature on using power monitors in training. Unfortunately, it was only a screen-shot with no mention of the software or the company’s name, despite contacting them several times since I gave CW a copy at TCR’05! Ah, well, there’s no such thing a bad publicity…

Interesting… Garmin acquires Dynastream Dynastream supplies the footpod technologies to both Polar and Nike for its Speed & Distance HRMs. Since these are a competitior to Garmin’s GPS based systems, it’ll be interesting to see how these products develop. Garmin has recently introduced a footpod for it’s Forerunner models, mainly for use on treadmills, where…

Have a look at http://www.bartape.net/ for a series of behind-the-scenes short films about the Cervelo Test Team. The films currently on the site follow the team from its beginnings to the Tour of Flanders, with more promised.

Finally got the Beta 13 release of TrainingLog out. This new version has quite a few fixes and enhancements, including a fix for the metric/imperial units bug and correct handling of interval sessions. We’ve also changed the summary area on the Heart Rate graph, based on suggestions and equations from Joe Beer. There’s a couple…