SportLog.ca is a tool for monitoring, communicating, and analyzing training information. SportLog was developed over 8 years ago by Mike Vieira (uOttawa Nordiq advisor and coach and Manager of Paralympic Performance with the Canadian Paralympic Committee) and Steffan Lloyd (engineer and former Nakkertok/XC Ottawa, Carleton Varsity Nordic athlete). Since then, SportLog has grown into one of the most popular athlete tracking system for Canadian nordic skiers, and athletes and coaches in other sports are also discovering the power of SportLog.
The origin story of SportLog is one of trying to find a program could handle monitoring the explosive growth of Nakkertok’s racing program about 8 years ago. Mike was interested in using an athlete-monitoring program at Nakkertok, but the available options were either too expensive or not flexible enough adapt to a large and diverse club. Steffan, a budding programmer, took it upon himself to design a web application to bridge the gap between the currently available athlete monitoring options. With Mike providing design guidance and Steffan doing the heavy lifting of programming SportLog was born.
Fast forward 8 years, and Mike and Steffan's experience has transformed SportLog to meet the growing demands of athletes and coaches. The newest version (released in May, 2017) is the largest update in its history includes these upgrades:
Updated for the modern browsers and hardware, SportLog functions seamlessly on any mobile, tablet or computer interface used to access the app.
SportLog is faster at loading and logging workouts.
A revamped backend database has over 300 workouts hardcoded to make it easy to classify and log training sessions.
New graphing and analysis functions make it easier to drill down into minutiae of an athlete’s training. If you want to know exactly how many minutes of zone 5 sprints on your stand up paddle board in August 2010, no problem.
Workouts can be easy downloaded in excel format if you are a real numbers person and want to run your own analysis outside of SportLog.
More features: Z-scores for daily values, more customizable training zones and day monitoring options (sleep feel, etc).
The basic plan for athletes on Sportlog is completely free and gives the users full access to log and analyze their training.
For those looking to use the program to communicate get feedback from coaches, the program charges ONLY 5.99$/month for athletes, and 8.99$/month for coaches. Check out SportLog.ca for details.
More clubs and teams using the program. It a great tool and easily handles large clubs and diverse training types.
A bunch of updates including coach program creator tool and integration with popular fitness apps such as Strava. Stay tuned!
Check out https://sportLog.ca and the SportLog YouTube channel to see all the new features and updates.
Also Follow SportLog on Twitter and Facebook for cool stories on sport lifestyle, technology and training (and maybe the occasional discount code).
If you have a club that wants an extend trial contact either mike@sportlog.ca or steffan@sportlog.ca.