MyTraL - Your Personal Training Log for Deeper Insights and Smarter Progress

Core Capabilities

Everything You Need to Track Your Progress

No Silver Bullets

Track your activities day by day, week by week, month by month, year by year. There are no silver bullets and no shortcuts - just consistent effort over time.

Data Ownership

Privacy is your right, not a privilege. Every day, people lose access to accounts containing years of personal data - banned without explanation, locked out without recourse. Let your data live on your machine, under your control. Always accessible, always yours.

Holistic View

Training data alone tells only part of your story. Connect workouts, health metrics, personal insights, gear performance, and your goals into one complete picture. When everything is in one place, patterns emerge that isolated data would never reveal - turning fragmented information into actionable wisdom.

Lifetime Statistics

Get a concise overview of all your training activities over years. See your cumulative progress and celebrate every milestone.

Data Synchronization

Synchronize your training data from online and desktop applications to open formats.

Smart Insights

Stop guessing and start uncovering the "breakthroughs outliners" hidden within your athletic history by identifying the precise triggers and patterns that drive your peak performance. MyTraL lets you perform deep-dive root-cause analysis to reveal why certain phases felt effortless while others stalled, turning subtle anomalies into lessons.

Advanced Analytics

Analyze your training data to optimize your schedule. Get training suggestions and set yourself realistic goals.

Progress Comparisons

Compare weeks, months, and years to track your progress. See how far you've come and where you're heading.

Training Knowledge

Track your gear usage and costs, maintain favorite training locations, ... and much more. Collect and organize your training wisdom.

Origin Story

The Story of MyTraL

MyTraL was born from a simple need: to track my own training progress with more depth and insight than existing solutions offer.

The data from my sports diaries tells the story of my life as a formerly competitive, now recreational athlete.

In this project, I'm building and documenting the software chain to digitize and normalize 30+ years of diverse training logs I have used over the years - from paper (official performance sports center diaries and my personal notebooks) and MS Excel to third-party online and desktop tools, Concept2 ranking, all the way to Strava.

What will I learn from my the data? I can't wait! What about you?

My Training Log