Workout Creator TXT format specification?

TrainerRoad Software
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I noticed bestbikesplit has a TXT export for the TR workout creator. I’d like to create a custom workout, but the TXT file is a bit hard to really guess what the fields mean. I tried to see if I could find documentation on it, but I couldn’t. Is the file format documented somewhere? (I can’t create the workout in the creator as I have too many segments).

2

TCX format?

I thought you needed to use MRC format to input into WorkoutCreator:

3

No, txt. Here’s a subset:

[COURSE HEADER]
VERSION=2
UNITS = METRIC
DESCRIPTION =IM Santa Cruz 70.3
FILE NAME =IM Santa Cruz 70.3.txt
;MINUTES     WATTS
[END COURSE HEADER]
[COURSE DATA]
0.000	111
[END COURSE DATA]
[COURSE TEXT]
0	TXT	8	0	0	72	16777215	3

Oh wow, I’m feeling like an idiot now that I look at this again… I somehow totally missed the ; comment there.

Okay, this is actually a very straightforward layout if you don’t want the text.

Is the COURSE TEXT segment documented?

Thanks!

4

Its an Erg file. Trust me.

MRC file is better because you specify in watts.

If you want to see a complete example, I have some workouts in MRC format from GoldenCheetah.

5

Hah, the MRC is the txt file that BBS spits out. That’s exactly what I was looking for.

Thank you very very much!!!

6

Here is a 4x12-minute sweet spot with 3 minute rest between:

[COURSE HEADER]
VERSION = 2
UNITS = METRIC
DESCRIPTION = golden cheetah
FILE NAME = /Users/WindWarrior/Library/GoldenCheetah/Workouts/4x12-3 sweet spot.mrc
MINUTES PERCENTAGE
[END COURSE HEADER]
[COURSE DATA]
0 40
5 40
5 88
17 88
17 50
20 50
20 92
32 92
32 50
35 50
35 94
47 94
47 50
50 50
50 90
62 90
62 50
65 50
65 40
70 40
[END COURSE DATA]

And here is the breakdown, its pretty simple:

Warmup for 5 minutes at 40% FTP:

0 40
5 40

12 minutes at 88% FTP:

5 88
17 88

3 minutes rest at 50% FTP:

17 50
20 50

12 minutes at 92%

20 92
32 92

3 minutes at 50%

32 50
35 50

12 minutes at 94%

35 94
47 94

3 minutes at 50%

47 50
50 50

12 minutes at 90%

50 90
62 90

3 minutes at 50%

62 50
65 50

5 minute cooldown at 40%

65 40
70 40

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also if you want to search online, MRC = MultiRider Coaching