Logging trainer miles - using Bike Trainer section

tri42 - 2007-12-25 7:01 PM Just got a new trainer and while searching old threads about posting trainer time/miles I saw someone mentioned there's a section in the sports area where you can add bike trainer time. Haven't seen hardly anyone using it. I guess most people are just logging trainer time/miles under biking ? Just curious what the experienced people are doing..... want to be on the same playing field... I know, it doesn't really matter ......unless you're a competition junkie....

I log the miles in the biking section.  But I made a request of  the BT Guru's to maybe figure out a way to put a checkbox in the bike section so that you will have two bike tally's...one of trainer miles/time and one of outside miles time.  I think that would be AWESOME.  Because if you log it as a sport you would have to go back to every one of those days and add up the miles if you wanted to compare your outdoor/indoor stats.

Anyway, you probably didn't care about most of that.  I log it in the bike section. 

I log the training rides under the bike and track the time, distance and avg mph.  I also make a note that it was on the trainer.  This time of year most of my bike time is on the trainer due to lack of daylight and weather.  Although the avg. mph and the distance traveled may not correlate to actual road riding I can compare them to similar trainer workouts to judge improvements or lack there of. 

But, like most of the tools on this site, these are for you to use how you think they will help you the most, so you need to decide how to use them.

same here--log in bike but note as trainer.  I'm also a rebel--I put my spin class time in as well. I figure a 90 min class with an avg hr of 150 has got to be as benefical if not more than social rides at 15-17 mph on an easy course.

Trainer is just logged as time.  My equipment isn't special enough to tell otherwise.