Uploading a CSV Workout to TrainingPeaks using AI

I don’t discuss my enjoyment of cycling here much; however, it’s probably one of my favorite activities. My preference is mountain biking, but being on a bicycle of any kind creates a lot of joy for me. I have been doing training plans for about the last year, and I am using TrainingPeaks to purchase the plans and track them. However, it seems that there isn’t an easy way as an athlete user to be able to create plans and upload them. However, after having Claude take a strength routine that I wanted to incorporate, I discovered that there are several methods available that leverage some application APIs to enable you to upload a workout. The first step is to get the plan you want to create in a format that will allow it to be uploaded.

Here is a quick example of the format.

After I created my plan exactly how I wanted it, I started looking at the solutions to upload it. I decided to choose integrating this MCP server that I found for TrainingPeaks called trainingpeaks-mcp. A quick glance through the README and I was up and running in a matter of minutes. A quick restart of Claude Desktop and I was connected. I provided my CSV that I had created earlier to Claude, and it got to work using the MCP server to push the plan to my calendar. Since I had been looking at the TrainingDojo previously as an example, Claude decided to use their recommendation of uploading the first three workouts of the plan fo for me to inspect. A quick check in the TrainingPeaks App and I was good, so I told Claude to finish it up. AI in general has started making a lot of the mundane tasks much easier. I was able to make a plan, quickly convert it into a CSV, and then use existing tools to do the grueling tasks of creating it. Typically with TrainingPeaks, a lot of this has to happen manually in the UI.

Just a cool little story that I thought I would share.

Thanks for reading,

Jamie

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