Interestingā¦RLGL could play a role indeed and maybe could explain these unexpected behaviorsā¦so if your assumption would be correct then I could stumble my way out of a warning by adding even more volume/intensity the days before as long as these are followed by restā¦?!
Nevertheless if so then TR should confirm this behavior.
On the one hand it would indeed be kind of smart but on the other hand there might be better warnings texts for different scenarios like
overall volume or time seems too much for you based on training history
intensity/volume on weekend is not backed by enough volume during the week
Not enough rest between workouts etc.
At least the point that itās unclear if these scenarios with switching warnings (I pictured in my post above and others pointed out as well) is a bug or a feature shows that more transparency / explanation needed in the UI.
Could we auto-proceed to the next page in the āYour Custom Plan is Ready for Reviewā step? There is just the button āView my custom planā and no other option so why the need to manually click?
Problem is that the āsignalā is coming from a black box, so while itās possible to hypothesise as Iāve done, there likely isnāt a means of outputting a specific condition for exactly whatās triggered any given warning.
First of all, I had a very helpful chat with Eddie yesterday and we found a modification of the suggested custom training plan that made sense to me (1h hard intervals on Tue and Thu, 1.5h solo endurance ride on Sat, 2h endurance on Sun). However, I was playing around a little and came up with this:
Any word on timing of triathlon getting this feature parity? Iām pretty much at my wits end with TrainerRoad not having feature parity on running.
At a bare minimum, right now Iām training for cycling events, but still want some run volume. Can I use this new plan builder and add some run workouts to the calendar and have it adapt around those planned runs?
+1 on this. I donāt want to drop running altogether because starting back up from zero again SUCKS. I currently plan on just running and hoping the system will adjust my cycling workouts as needed from the intensity on my runs that import to the system.
I did some playing around with it and it will adapt to completed runs, but it doesnāt look like it adapts around planned runs. So its sort of working, but you also basically wonāt know what upcoming cycling workouts you have until youāve completed the runs. Its also going to be missing out on providing suggestions for running workouts in relation to your overall goals/schedule.
Hey, so you definitely ran into a bug. We had 8 people looking at your account for 2 hours yesterday . But we found the issue, fixed it, and itās in testing now.
It should be good later today.
The bug you had was that three different training approaches all gave the same plan, which shouldnāt happen.
Weāll let you know when itās up, then you can try again.
Similar to what others are seeing Iāve tried creating a few different plans and the volume is much lower than I expected. Itās good that the AI is taking into account recent training volume, but I would expect the volume to increase as the plan progresses. Instead, it looks like it just increases the intensity and keeps short durations of the workouts instead of increasing workout lengths on Z2 rides.
Are you clicking Apply at the bottom of the Plan Settings after you select a different number of workouts? The changes wonāt apply until you click that button. Itās currently working for me if I change the number of workouts and click Apply.
So you could use a Demanding approach and then go down to 4 workouts per week. As long as you donāt get a Warning, your plan should be good to go.
As for building a plan specifically around your time constraints, thatās on our roadmap!
Can I please ask a question about replacing existing plan workouts with my own custom workouts?
I have a number of vo2 custom workouts that I like to do. They are progressive and the PL for each increases as they go.
Can I replace the Tuesday vo2 orkout in my plan with one of my custom workouts? Would this cause any issues with the plan? Do I just add in my own custom workout to the respective day and then delete the existing planned workout?
Oh! Thank you - that was it. Somehow I must have had the browsers window clipped slightly below the lower screen edge and nothing indicated I was missing an or any elements on screen with so much white spaceā¦
. But we found the issue, fixed it, and itās in testing now.
. Iād really appreciate that. That way we can get you fixed up!
