If you are having issues with TSS calculations, please check here first for some possible explanations:
- Bike TSS is incorrect or missing. Bike TSS requires power data. TrainingPeaks needs power data for at least 80% of your total workout time to calculate bike TSS. If you have attached a power file, but you are seeing hrTSS or tTSS or no TSS at all, this could be the issue. Avoid turning on your device for long periods before and/or after your ride. If you have an uploaded device file, you may need to "recalculate" (within the Quick View, click Files > Recalculate).
- No TSS or incorrect TSS for RACE workout-type. If you have designated your workout type as a RACE on your watch/device, you may not see the most accurate TSS type when it is uploaded to TrainingPeaks. For example, if your race is a bike race with power data attached, you will not see a bike TSS. This is because we don't know which type of race you are logging. In any case, to be sure that your races have the correct score, you can either record them instead as the sport type you are performing so it will upload to TrainingPeaks correctly, or, once it is uploaded to TrainingPeaks, update the workout type to the appropriate sport in the workout card. These practices will ensure the best score.
- Other types of scores are incorrect or are missing. Make sure you have gone to “Settings” > “Zones” and set up your thresholds for all workout types. If you use the backfill calculator, make sure to enter thresholds for all workout types you are backfilling. Make sure that at least the minimum amount of information required for the specific calculation is present (see below).
Different types of scores require different information. For each type of score calculation, you need, at a minimum:
TSS - Bike TSS requires power data in watts for 80% of your ride time and a power threshold set for bike sport-typerTSS - Run TSS requires elevation data and a speed/pace threshold set for run sport-type
sTSS - Swim TSS requires workout duration, distance, and a speed/pace threshold set for swim sport-type (in minutes per 100 meters or yards)
hrTSS - Heart Rate TSS requires HR data and a heart rate threshold set for the appropriate sport type
tTSS - Trimps TSS requires workout duration and average heart rate for that workout
*TSS - Manually entered TSS value