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Hit your stride with these five running log programs (continued)

TriHard
TriHard is another program that permits entering a schedule, but again it doesn't perform as I'd expected. Here, as Figure F shows, you can enter a schedule based on the time for each workout or the distance. You can't enter both, and if you change from time to distance, the program assumes your numbers stay the same. My 4.5 miles became 4.5 minutes, and the program made this change without asking me for approval.

FIGURE F


Entering a planned week in TriHard means deciding to track all workouts by either distance or time. Roll over picture for a larger image.

When you then go to enter a workout, the program autofills the duration or distance based on what's in your plan. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to bring over the type of workout. Figure G shows the data entry screen, with my planned one-hour run. The one-hour part came over, but the type of workout did not.

FIGURE G


TriHard's data entry screen is pretty much empty. Roll over picture for a larger image.

The biggest problem, though, is the crashes. I was testing the weight training tracking section, pressed the Log'button to record data and the program soft reset my Treo. I went back in and it seemed to be okay until I tried to get a list of workouts filtered just for running, and again it crashed.

TriHard appears to be a promising start but the repeated crashes are a serious problem. TriHard really needs to try harder.

OUR RATING: 2 of 5


Summary
Table A shows a summary of each of the programs.

Option MyRunningLog MySportsTraining Runner's Log RunPlan TriHard
Allows you to transfer your workouts to the DateBook? No No No Yes Yes
Editable sports? No Yes Yes Yes No
Equipment tracking? No No Yes Yes Yes
Rating 3 4 3 2 2

I cannot recommend TriHard because of the crashes.

RunPlan's tracking system is probably of value for a serious runner, but the planning system does not appear to be fully functional.

Runner's Log is basic yet customizable, and its ability to track multiple exercises puts it ahead of MyRunningLog, although MyRunningLog would be great for someone who exclusively runs. If you like graphs, MyRunningLog is a better choice.

MySportsTraining really does do it all. It's not quite as good at determining run-specific statistics as MyRunningLog is, but the ease of tracking all sports is impressive.

Product availability and resources
Learn more about MyRunningLog.

Learn more about MySportsTraining.

Learn more about Runner's Log.

Learn more about RunPlan.

Learn more about TriHard.

Dennis Crane is CRM Department Manager at UTrackSys.com, LLC at http://www.utracksys.com.


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