This is a project I’ve been working on for a long time, knowing I wanted to share it with y’all but not really sure how. GUESS WHAT I FIGURED IT OUT SO SMART ANYBODY NEED A TECH EXPERT?
I’ve used a lot of workout-recording methods in the past, but this online spreadsheet has bar-none been the best overall tool. I use my BIA journal for the runs, races, and goals that need more than a tiny cell in a spreadsheet, but all the quantitative goes in this bad boy.
This has been a working document for the last 1.5 years – constantly being fiddled and tweaked, but I think I’ve finally gotten it to a place where it’s ready for the public. I never claimed to not have a bit of perfectionist blood in my veins.
There are instructions for how to use it (it’s stupidly simple, swear), and you non-runners can use it for all your other kinds of workouts, too. Oh, and there’s a Google Drive app now so you can carry all your Type A dreams with you everywhere you go. Magic.
So, without further ado…
The OUaL Training Log (template)
(redirects to google drive)
If you use it let me know – feedback is definitely welcome, I have dreams of a version 2.0 someday. Maybe I’ll quit my day job and make generic google-supported spreadsheets with simple tabular formulas and color coding for a living…
(jk, boss...)
Sarah OUaL
Sarah OUaL 
Looks like a great Templete. I defintely need something like that. I spent over an hour calulating all of my totals because i just write everything in a notebook! :)
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This. is. amazing. Muchas gracias
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So awesome! I was just revamping my training log from last year — but yours is much better. Thank you!
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Wow, awesome stuff! Thanks for making that public!
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oh, wonderful! thanks for sharing!!
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That looks so helpful, thanks!!
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Looks great! I want to try it!
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I am old school with a calendar and some stickers.
The Kidless Kronicles
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Thanks, I too spend time adding my weekly totals, as I am not good with excel and spreadsheets etc..
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This is great. I track mine in a similar (though much simpler and less formulaic) google doc. I might need to start using this guy for ultra training, but I will definitely change the week to start on Monday. I could never wrap my brain around the Sunday start, mostly because I’m not very type A and sometimes have to use Sunday to cram in more weekly miles ;)
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So cool, thanks for sharing.
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Gah!!! This is A-Maz-Ing! I can’t wait to rush home and start using it. Bravo Sarah. Bravo.
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Thank you so much! I’m going to try and figure it out. I will let you know if it’s good enough for you to quit your day job to create more.
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Thank you so much for sharing your training log. My Type A self is so happy!
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Wow, thank you so much for sharing! I’m such a lazy runner. Everything is tracked in Runkeeper for me and I figure if I want to check it out I can. Bad about my shoes too…I take an average miles week, divide it by 450, x by 2 because I rotate between two shoes and how ever many weeks that is mark it on the calendar and that’s how I “know” when to get new shoes. So scientific. Somehow I have managed to run for 2 years uninjured this way with about 2 races a month and a reasonable amount of PR’s thrown in. I wonder what I can do if I take control of what I’m doing?! I vow to use the spreadsheet this year and see what happens! I have some big running/race goals this year so this is perfect!
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This is awesome. I will have to change the start day to Monday, but minor. This seriously kicks ass. Gotta love some Type-A spreadsheet love.
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Looks great!! I will definitely give it a try!
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This is beyond AWESOME!!! I was just logging runs using iCal, which is sucky. Thank you Type A crazy running lady!
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Thanks for sharing! My combination lazy-Type A self (yes, that’s possible) now has no excuse to avoid tracking my runs and workouts. Love it!
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Oh this is awesome! My type-A is going to have so much fun with this! Thanks for sharing.
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You are an excel whiz! Great tool and I love your welcome note. Keeping track of shoe mileage has never been a strong point for me–I know I need to though!
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Exactly what I needed to step my game up. Thanks chica!! Very well done.
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I’ve been living my life thinking I am the most Type-A person out there…clearly I’m wrong.
What a great tool! Cheers to 2013 runs!
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Thanks for sharing your template! My husband just said that he wanted me train him for Bloomsday in May so I can work something up and use your template. :-)
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Thanks for sharing this! I might start using this to track my miles. Love that it includes the option to track shoes!
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Thank you! I really like that I can log core workouts, rest days and other cross training on the same spreadsheet. Also, the mileage counter is helpful as well.
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This looks pretty cool… I’ve been using a Moleskine weekly journal to log my runs, splits, and jot down notes on nutrition to keep up with my progress. Sure, things log into my Garmin, but it’s nice to pick up the notebook and flip through the pages to see how I’m coming along.
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love this! thank you!
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Love the training log!! Type A Fitness at it’s finest:)
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Thanks for letting me link to this. My training partner-in-crime and I are using something similar but simpler for our record-keeping. Gotta start small.
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Sweet. I’m a new mom, and it’s so awesome to be tracking something other than wet or soiled diapers. Thanks!
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