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Marianne Gets Power! A beginner's guide to power

mariannemarianne
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oh yeah. what is happening when a People Person gets a gadget?   and invades the Power forum?

I felt sick at the cost, but happy at the thought of getting faster on my bike.  I go this morning to pick up my bike, Lucky, with a powertap to work with my Garmin.  Kudos to hubby for "sponsoring" me.

1.  I email Rich to get WKO.

2.  I need windows for my mac.  ___________ where do I get Windows?  

3.  I have a century on Saturday so I need to do what?  I go to some link to pair up the Garmin with the powertap.

 

*currently don't know how to set Garmin from Run to bike let alone anything else! Hey I am not making this up.   I do well with you tube tutorials, or other pictures or hands on.  I don't do well with booklets.  I do really well if somebody shows me.    thanks a bunch.  m

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  • Coach RichCoach Rich

    Marianne,

    Congrats! Is there a Windows machine in your house that you can install WKO+ and use it exclusively for downloading and processing WKO+ vs purchasing/installing Windows on your Mac?

  • KitbooKitboo
    Congrats, M!
    Just posted this on the IMWI forum...There's a thread from the 3.0 EN forums about WKO+: http://www.endurancenation.us/en_forums/showthread.php?t=4605&highlight=trainingpeaks
    Halfway down the first page, Verna does a great tutorial of it. There's also a link to a Youtube vid of Patrick setting up his PMC chart on WKO+.
  • mariannemarianne
    Yes I miss Verna! Rich good idea will ask to see if we have a non mac computer. Thanks for link. gotta figure out how to get Garmin to talk to PT. m
  • TracyWoodTracyWood

     M-I'll be a couple weeks behind you. After LP camp this weekend, I will be just about ready to purchase. We will get through it together. I will also be doing with Garmin 310 XT..

  • Beth_SBeth_S
    Marianne -- for getting a version on a Mac, you will need some program, like Boot Camp or VMwareFusion to dual boot your Mac -- make it have a sekrit PC. Then, install a copy of windows and wko+
  • John StarkJohn Stark

    M:

    Congrats.  I am a pretty geeky guy and when I had Tom Glynn give me an in-person 1-on-1 tutorial about PT/WKO the first time my eyes glazed over.  So don't freak out when you start drilling down on things.  It can be overwhelming at times and you wouldn't be alone.  Just take little steps and slowly build your knowledge.  Maybe also find someone who knows about power at a local LBS or tri club to help you in-person?

    As for #3, looks like pairing is on page 39 of the 310XT manual.  Download for manual is here:  http://www8.garmin.com/manuals/Fore...Manual.pdf

    Congrats again.

    John

  • mariannemarianne
    good Tracy!!! okay the pairing was very simple!! helpful guys at www.competitivecyclist.com and they did it for me.!! I really am lucky to have good people taking care of me both here and y'all. so it is working!
    Mac expert. okay so no I don't know anybody local (YET).... but I have heard of the bootcamp.

    ??? so it takes 3 softwares. Bootcamp to make my Mac think like a PC, then WKO and also Windows. hmmm

    okay so for my Saturday century, I will just turn the thing on and see what it records... without all of the 3 above.

    m
  • LynneJLynneJ
    Garmin training center and Poweragent from Saris(power tap) work natively on the Mac and are a good starting point for uploading and looking at data. I actually prefer the newest version of Poweragent. It will read files from both the little yellow whip and the Garmins. It now calculates Normative Power and can display the Garmin elevation data. Have fun with your new toy/training toolimage

    Lynne
  • mariannemarianne

    will take a look at Poweragent! I have the Garmin training center. and have been uploading stuff into that.

    my brother is a mac guru (but lives in SC) and he suggests this: instead of Bootcamp to run Windows.

    http://store.apple.com/us/product/TY009LL/A?fnode=MTY1NDA1Mw&mco=MTM3NjgxMzU = $79



    *now about to figure out where to go to buy Windows? and cost of that? I went to amazon.com and there are all sorts of Windows?  (this is getting comical,but my brother pointed out this:  see bottom of page for combo package

    http://www.amazon.com/Parallels-Desktop-5-0-for-Mac/dp/B002QARRBM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1276263078&sr=8-1

     

    and then Rich for WKO? and cost?



    and then let me just ask what is the advantage of WKO over the Garmin training center software??

    For X amt of money what am I getting?... (I also need new bike shoes$)

    Does everybody have WKO in EN?

     

    *for Poweragent?  do you record your swim/run in there too or then use two ? one for biking and garmin for run/swims? m

  • t.mellingert.mellinger
    alright M!! uhoh, the women in 30-34 age group should be trembling now.. image
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