Workout loads incorrect on Performance Potential charts

Hi,

I’ve had this a few times now, seems to have been since about the time you switched to the new server / DB.

The load of the workout on a day is showing as much higher than the actual load of the workout, when viewed on the Performance Potential screens. I worry this will have consequences with future workouts being reduced unnecessarily.

You can fix the issue by unpairing the workout for that day, and the load then shows up correctly. The following screenshots show the issue, Sat Nov 23, and Sun Nov 24:

Before, incorrect load (Sat should be 157, Sun 98):




After unpairing the workout on the calendar, the load corrects:

In the past, I’ve been able to repair the workouts again, and the load stays the same, but something funky is happening for these two days, and they will not pair.

I don’t know if this happens other times, I’ve especially noticed it on these longer workouts.

Cheers, Andre M

From looking at my Performance Potential charts I think it shows what was and is planned (it’s correct for the future but entirely different for the past where I deviated from the plan). So if an actual workout in the past had a different load than what was planned it still shows the load that was planned, not what you completed. However, I only have a week of data so far, so I can’t be certain about that assumption. Also for days with cross training check if both pages have the same selection of “Combined” or an individual sport.

I’ve always found that future loads on the chart are workout planned ones, and then they change to actual numbers afterwards.

I’m noticing that there are occasionally seems to be some halfway house of getting more than your actual load performed on the charts, and I assume, in the AI model for future workouts.

Cheers.

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I was going to post something about load confusion today, so I’m glad I found this in the search. I find that the load in the system is consistently below target
even when I’ve exceeded the HR and/or pace targets for the workout.

I just tested this ‘unpair’ and it does adjust the load to what I would expect given that I ran the workout as prescribed.

@Prof Is this normal behaviour?

Hi @MartinM… I went to look into your account however I can’t find an account associated with your email so can’t investigate for you.

Add “+athleticaai” before the @ symbol in my email.

Okay found you @MartinM. These are pretty minor differences between planned v actual, but nevertheless. Remember that at first glance Athletica uses the pace to calculate load. In today’s example you can see that the actual is below the planned which would explain the slightly lower load, actual v planned. Let me know if that makes sense or if I missed something. Note also that your threshold (critical speed) from your run pace chart, last six weeks, is slower than your threshold in your settings. That could have the effect of inflating your zones to being higher than they might actually be.