TIMEX Run Trainer to TrainingPeaks...simple

Some of you lucky ones out there have recently acquired the new TIMEX Run Trainer and have not downloaded it because you think it’s too hard…or simply put, you haven’t looked at it. So I thought I would give you a few screen shots to show you just how easy it really is.

To start, go to the TIMEX support page and download the right device agent for your computer (Mac or PC). It’s as easy as downloading any program. That site can be found HERE.

The page looks like this:

As soon as you load it on to your computer, you should see a shortcut, or, if not, go to applications folder on your computer and it should be there. It looks like this:

Use the download cable that came with your watch, and clip it on to the back and pug into a USB port.

Open the program, which will bring you to a screen that looks like this:

After your watch is connected, and you have the program open you should be ready to download. If the “Download” button is not active, you probably have not connected the your watch correctly. Double check that the pins and prongs are in the right spots. You are now pretty much set to take the data form your watch.

*While in this mode, you can also make any adjustments to your watch by selecting the “settings” button (top middle of the screen). That will allow you to adjust aspects to your watch like time, user information, zones, intervals, screen display/set up, and so much more.

To transfer data from your Run Trainer, click on the ‘Download’ button and your workouts should start downloading.

When they all have downloaded, your screen should look like this:

At the bottom of the screen, there is a button that says “save.” All the workouts that are checked, will be saved. Once they are saved, the desktop will look ‘empty,’ like it did when you first started:

Now you can login to TrainingPeaks by clicking on the “Login” button in the lower left of the screen.

This will now bring you to your Training Peaks account and all your workouts will be transferred on to the days.

If you do not have a TrainingPeaks account, you can activate a free one through this process. I believe it will ask you some questions to get it set up. With the free version, it will not allow you to build a week, meaning you cannot add notes or workouts to days beyond the current day. So it acts more like a diary than a training schedule. It is still a great place to story and analyze your data. But that is a whole different post.

Another thing to note is to make sure you have the latest Firmware update. That is a little different from downloading a program, but still pretty easy. I will show you a step by step of that too…shortly.

Let me know if you have any questions, or if I missed a step that would be helpful to add.

Dave Erickson did a video recently too, which he posted. You can find that video HERE.

Train on,

Roger