Golden Cheetah – The Ultimate Guide

Here’s a breakdown of the Main Administrative Menu (A) items

Main Administrative Menu – Athlete

Athlete > Open Window > Athlete name or New athlete

Lets you to open an existing athlete file or create a new athlete. Selecting Open Window > New Athlete opens a popup with default options which can be edited.

You can open multiple windows, one per athlete, to show each athlete in their own window (as opposed to showing each on their own tab in a single window).

Athlete > Open Tab

Opens athlete tabs at the top of the view.

Also lets you to create and tab a new athlete as explained in Open Windows.

You can open multiple copies of the Golden Cheetah Program if you prefer.

Athlete > Backup Athlete Data

Backs up all data for the selected athlete, you need to create a Backup folder on your computer first and then browse to this folder when prompted by the file selector popup.

You can also set a default backup folder for each athlete. With the chosen athlete open in Golden Cheetah go to Tools > Option > Athlete > Backup and enter default folder. Once you have done this, the file selector popup defaults to this folder.

You can also choose to automatically backup when you exit the athletes file, simply enter how often you want to backup by number of times the athlete is closed eg: Backup after every 5 closes. Leave at default 0 to disable automatic backup.