Beer Drinker Appreciation Society (BDAS) - Open (Page 89)

What I have in my signature: "A body in motion tends to stay in motion."

When training for my local triathlon for the first time (a few years ago) I would run the long hill at least once a week. For the day of the race someone had chalked "I think I can" on the sidewalk a few times up the hill. Each time I saw it I would think "I KNOW I can" due to my prior runs up the hill. Even without seeing the message I still think it sometimes when going up a big hill.

After reading some of your mantras, I think I might need some new ones. 

Mine typically consist of angry-drill-sergeant-style verbal assaults like, "Keep pedalling, you piece of " and "Don't you f$cking dare quit now, you pathetic a$$hole."

OK...so many TR questions! 

I THINK you can get an ANT+ radio dongle for the iPad, don't 100% quote me on that but I read somewhere you could.  Maybe the dcrainmaker site would provide some detail on that.  I've always used ANT+ for everything so I don't have much experience with Bluetooth.

As for the power differences you saw in your TR vs. watch, that's interesting.  Could the TR interface be using virtual power?  That would certainly show some discrepancy.  The watch can only read what your PM is broadcasting, though you can have your TR software broadcast the virtual power back out to the watch if you don't have a real PM (like me).

I always use my laptop for TR as they don't have an Android version (yet..it's coming this fall, I think).  Android tablet have built-in ANT+ radios so I'm good there.

Keep bugging Nate and the guys at TR - they've always been great at getting back to me with questions or problems I've had.  Good luck and keep us posted!

Those are great numbers - enjoy your race!!!  Like Dave said, it's the icing and the reward for all of the hard work you've put in.

I believe Garmin owns (or invented?) the ANT+ protocol, so all of their devices use it. I'd be surprised if any of them use Bluetooth, as they have little incentive to support a competing method. 

A quick google search suggests that you can get an ANT+ dongle for the old 30 pin Apple devices, but not for the newer lightning connector. So if your tablet is newer, you would have to buy an ANT+ key and an Apple adapter. See this page: http://support.trainerroad.com/hc/en-us/articles/201618914-ANT-Connectivity

In my experience I wasn't able to connect the same Bluetooth sensors to two devices at the same time (I was trying to get my Wahoo RFLKT to connect to my iPad for TrainerRoad and my iPhone for music control - I can't recall why I wasn't running music from the iPad).

In the end I'm not sure what you should do. It's one of those things that ought to be easy, but somehow isn't. The convoluted setup I have to get all my data visible while I'm on the trainer, and stored in the same place whether I ride on the trainer or outside is just silly. But my gear is very mix-n-match due to cost. Someday I'd love to drop some cash and replace it all with one setup and be done with it.

Good luck with the race, Gretchen! Can't wait to read the race report.