GoldenCheetah For Mac

GoldenCheetah is designed for cyclists, runners, or triathletes, and provides support for both importing and visualizing the ride data, and analyzing the performance from different points of view.

The GoldenCheetah app can store data for multiple athletes, is able to connect directly to the recording devices to download the info, or can import files generated by the device, or extracted by other software solutions.

To start using the GoldenCheetah app, you must define at least one athlete profile by providing general details about the physical shape, name, age, and so on. the application can also associate a picture with each user.

The next step is to either connect to a device and download the ride data or use the import function to load the information to the GoldenCheetah library.

The utility can work with Garmin, SRM, PowerTap, or O_Synce devices, and can handle any file format generated by these devices via the manufacturer’s software or by using Training Peaks WKO+.

However, GoldenCheetah also provides support for manually inserting ride data to your diary.

Within the GoldenCheetah user interface you get to see the summary for each data entry including ride details and the associated metadata, but also graphs depicting the stress level, force, velocity, and so on.

GoldenCheetah offers you the possibility to monitor various parameters, such as your personal best, the times made by other athletes in the zone, the power peaks, the power distribution, and even compare different rides or athletes.

The information can be edited, corrected if the GPS data is not accurate, and filtered by different criteria. The result can be easily exported to numerous file formats, such as JSON, PWX, CSV, TCX, or KML.

To sum up GoldenCheetah offers you the possibility to centralize and analyze your ride data, regardless of the device you use to record the activity or the software used to extract the data files.

As a result, GoldenCheetah proves to be very useful if you need to closely monitor your progress and set up realistic goals.