Sure, there's no shortage of fitness tracking apps out there. Strava, Garmin Connect, Nike Run Club—they all have their strengths. But owning your own spreadsheet offers something different: complete control. You can design your system to match your specific training needs. I also appreciate the intentionality that gets introduced when you have to design your own tracking system.
This is not the first spreadsheet I've shared with my Lifehacker community, but this might be my magnum opus: a running tracker that logs every workout, calculates weekly mileage automatically, visualizes training load over time, and helps me plan toward specific race goals. It's evolved over months of use, shaped by what actually matters when I lace up my shoes each morning.
What to track (and what to skip)
The key to a sustainable running spreadsheet is tracking what actually helps you without drowning in data entry. Here's what I've found worth logging:
The context: Route or location, weather conditions, and how you felt during the run. These qualitative details help you understand the story behind the numbers. That slower pace might make sense when you remember it was 95 degrees, or you were running hills, or you resolved to run slower now in order to run faster later.
What I don't track: Every single calorie burned (those estimates are notoriously unreliable anyway).
Consider organizing with separate tabs for different purposes. I keep one tab as my main running log where each row represents a workout, another tab for monthly summaries that automatically calculate totals and averages, and a third for goal tracking where I can see my progress toward specific races or mileage targets.
Making it visual
Numbers in rows tell one story, but charts and graphs reveal patterns you might otherwise miss. Create a simple line graph showing your weekly mileage over time and you'll instantly see when you're ramping up training, when you backed off for recovery, and whether your current volume is sustainable.
The bottom line
The point here isn't to use my exact system, but to recognize that you can build something better suited to your needs than any one-size-fits-all app. Your training is unique to you—your goals, your schedule, your body, your definition of progress. Why not track it in a way that reflects that? Keep what works, discard what doesn't, and enjoy this life upgrade.
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