COMPETITIVE RUNNING MANAGEMENT
First Claim
11. A remotely distributable management system for managing a plurality of participating athletes and distributing data pertaining to an athletic endeavor related to the athletes to a service area, and which is controllable by a manager, comprising:
- an administrative utility having at least one database disposed to receive entered identity data pertaining to the participating athletes and entered performance data pertaining to athletic events conducted by the participating athletes, and to display the entered identity data and the entered performance data for display throughout the service area;
a scheduling utility disposed to generate suggested workouts wherein each one of the workouts includes at least one workout event, for any selected one of the participating athletes; and
an analytic utility comprising an algorithm which is disposed to generate at least one workout event based on the entered performance data for each selected one of the participating athletes, and to display characteristics of each suggested workout throughout the service area.
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Abstract
A management system for managing a group of athletes from a remote location using, for example, the internet. A website is accessible to a manager such as a coach and the athletes. Data may be entered as to performance times of the athletes. An algorithm of the system uses performance times to generate suggested workouts, such as a five paced workout with two paces slower than a performed time and two paces faster than the performed time. Several events may be practiced at five paces. Entered times are automatically converted to graph form to accentuate areas of weakness and potential improvement. The system generates calendar scheduling of workouts and can display both practice and competitive results.
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23 Claims
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11. A remotely distributable management system for managing a plurality of participating athletes and distributing data pertaining to an athletic endeavor related to the athletes to a service area, and which is controllable by a manager, comprising:
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an administrative utility having at least one database disposed to receive entered identity data pertaining to the participating athletes and entered performance data pertaining to athletic events conducted by the participating athletes, and to display the entered identity data and the entered performance data for display throughout the service area; a scheduling utility disposed to generate suggested workouts wherein each one of the workouts includes at least one workout event, for any selected one of the participating athletes; and an analytic utility comprising an algorithm which is disposed to generate at least one workout event based on the entered performance data for each selected one of the participating athletes, and to display characteristics of each suggested workout throughout the service area. - View Dependent Claims (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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18-1. The management system of claim 17, wherein the range of potential workouts includes at least a first workout having a targeted completion pace slower than that of the initial time, at least a second workout having a targeted completion pace faster than that of the first workout but slower than that of the initial time, at least a third workout having a targeted completion pace faster than that of the initial time, and at least a fourth workout having a targeted completion pace faster than that of the third workout
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21. A remotely distributable management system for managing a plurality of participating athletes and distributing data pertaining to an athletic endeavor related to the athletes to a service area, and which is controllable by a manager, comprising:
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an administrative utility having at least one database disposed to receive entered identity data pertaining to the participating athletes and entered performance data pertaining to athletic events conducted by the participating athletes, and to display the entered identity data and the entered performance data for display throughout the service area, for each participating athlete, a menu which displays future calendar information, which can receive data pertaining to a suggested workouts mapped to a specific calendar date, and which can display throughout the service area data pertaining to plural suggested workouts mapped to plural specific calendar dates on a single screen upon command; and a scheduling utility disposed to generate suggested workouts wherein each one of the workouts includes at least one workout event, for any selected one of the participating athletes, wherein the analytic utility comprises an algorithm which is disposed to generate plural workout events based on the entered performance data for each selected one of the participating athletes, and to display characteristics of each suggested workout throughout the service area, and wherein the scheduling utility is functional to develop a method for improving a runner'"'"'s best performance time in at least one specific running event, the method comprising the steps of establishing an initial pace defined by an initial time actually accomplished by the runner at a specific initial distance, generating a range of potential workouts encompassing a plurality of running distances and paces based on said initial time at said specific initial distance; performing at least some of the generated potential workouts; and
,entering completion times into the database for each of the performed workouts, wherein the menu which displays future calendar information also displays a calendar schedule of the generated potential workouts, wherein each generated potential workout is mapped to a specific calendar day. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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