Running visualizer

A "small" project for visualizing workouts / runs, using a game-like interface.

Usage

Run a (e.g. local) server at root directory and view in a browser.

Quick and dirty:

python -m SimpleHTTPServer

Modifications

I drew the character based on my own appearance. The repository already includes a plain template, that can easily be modified to draw the character you like (or perhaps add an array of characters and turn this into a running game or marathon simulator? whoa).

The template is by Chumbucket; I found it many years ago when I started fiddling around in GameMaker. (See male_movement_source.png)

Retrieve your own workouts

I used a python script to parse all my .tcx files from workouts (tracked with a Garmin Forerunner 410 and downloaded using ant-downloader).

I found the files to contain erronous tag / formatting, which explains the pre-processing. See getWorkoutData.py.

getWorkoutData.py (a python 3.4 script, mind) accepts a single argument: the path to an XML-file (see expected format below) or a directory containing such files. Output is a json file containing total time and distance for each workout.

Expected format

My workout files have the following format (.tcx container):

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<TrainingCenterDatabase xmlns:ext="http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/ActivityExtension/v2" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/TrainingCenterDatabase/v2">
  <Activities>
    <Activity Sport="Running">
      <Id>2015-10-11T11:56:16Z</Id>
      <Lap StartTime="2015-10-11T11:56:16Z">
        <TotalTimeSeconds>4144.29</TotalTimeSeconds>
        <DistanceMeters>15150.4990234</DistanceMeters>
        ...
      </Lap>
      <Lap...></Lap>
      ...
      <Lap...></Lap>
      <Creator xsi:type="Device_t">
        <Name>Forerunner 410 Software Version 2.30</Name>
        <UnitId>3858869739</UnitId>
        <ProductID>1250</ProductID>
        <Version>
          <VersionMajor>2</VersionMajor>
          <VersionMinor>30</VersionMinor>
          <BuildMajor>0</BuildMajor>
          <BuildMinor>0</BuildMinor>
        </Version>
      </Creator>
    </Activity>
  </Activities>
</TrainingCenterDatabase>

The xmlns:ext="..." parts are stripped in preprocessing (mentioned earlier).

Dependencies

The following dependencies are also included in this repository.