iSMARTtrain V3.0.6 Beta 17

My G4 iBook’s hard drive died on me yesterday. I got a strange lock-up then, when I ran Disk Utility, I saw that the SMART status of the drive was ‘Failing’. Fortunately, I had my old G3 iBook (which I kept as it boots into Classic) sitting in a cupboard, which I could transfer the…

Our software is gets a little mention in this month’s Silent Sports magazine. Lee Borowski, the writer, contacted us about some problems he was having with his older Polar HRM (Pre S-Series), and I managed to get him quickly up-and-running. You can view the write-up here.

The latest edition of Joe Beer’s podcast, SMARTcast, is available on his site (http://www.jbst.com). Presented by Joe, it covers a variety of topics, including new technology at the Tour de France, Power measurement in cycling and glycerol hyper-hydration. Download a copy from here, or subscribe to it in the iTunes Music Store.

Joe Beer’s second installment of his SMARTcast podcast is now available, covering topics such as intervals, fuel advice and insider news. Download a copy from here, or subscribe to it in the iTunes Music Store.

V4.0.8 is released today. This release fixes a couple of issues with Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) where iSMARTtrain had some problems accessing resources on the internet. You might need to update to this release manually by visiting http://ismarttrain.com/download.php, if the ‘Check for Updates’ option doesn’t show that an update is available.

We’re off the Club la Santa tomorrow for some warm weather training at Joe Beer’s (http://www.jbst.com) training camp. Hopefully, I’ll get a chance to get some decent biking & running in, while Gill relaxes by the pool. I’ll also get a chance to discuss iSMARTtrain’s development with Joe and Will, and some of our customers….