BUT I also don't think that was clear from either your or Mario's post. Just reading the "science" section on the GC website is an education. It's very well documented, and Mark goes to the trouble of making videos that demo most of the features. I think GC can probably help you better understand your own performance with just a heart rate monitor, but it will be an investment in time.
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Thanks for taking the time to explain it.
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So do I invest in a power meter or other tech to use Golden Cheetah (having looked at the software this seems to be my problem as I have a Garmin HR monitor and a very old Tack that shows calculated Watts/Pedal Revs but does not connect to anything). I would really like to improve my performances but have limited funds and time. I am certainly not decrying the effort to deliver the software. I think there is an assumption by many that everyone understands all the various systems, software terminology etc and some of us really don't and therefore whether they would help or not. The one thing that is very TTF about this thread is people being loudly and publicly unimpressed with the achievement of a 3rd party (that they could probably never achieve themselves.) I don't understand the "speaking in tongues" or "Steven King" thing, that's more oblique than the posts that proceed them. For example, Notio Konnect have built their product around it. He only makes GC because a bunch of people _do_ want/need it, and use it.
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I doubt he cares if Mario needs or wants it. IRL who would say to someone announcing the end of a round of hard work (that is appreciated by many) "why do I care?" Mark's not _selling_ it. What on earth are you both talking about? If Mario doesn't need/want GC, so what? i think it was a weird response to Mark's post.