{"id":461,"date":"2018-05-11T23:02:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-12T03:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mbeckler.org\/blog\/?p=461"},"modified":"2018-05-11T23:02:08","modified_gmt":"2018-05-12T03:02:08","slug":"tool-to-convert-a-running-training-plan-into-an-ics-file-to-import-into-your-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbeckler.org\/blog\/?p=461","title":{"rendered":"Tool to convert a running training plan into an ICS file to import into your calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"

I decided to train for a marathon this fall, so I looked online for some training plans. Once I found a plan to use, I wanted an easy way to import the training plan into my calendar. I thought it might be cool to write a little tool to let me copy\/paste from the training plan website and generate an ICS file to import into the calendar.<\/p>\n

I wrote such a tool in python, posted here: https:\/\/github.com\/matthewbeckler\/training_plan_to_ics<\/a><\/p>\n

You should customize the script by editing five things in the python file:<\/p>\n

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  1. Set a start_date<\/code> or end_date<\/code> below (but not both).<\/li>\n
  2. Copy\/paste the tab-split training plan table into the raw_data<\/code> string.<\/li>\n
  3. Then add day_of_week_details<\/code> entries for each day of the week (if you want).<\/li>\n
  4. If you want an URL added to the end of the details, add one to the url<\/code> variable below.<\/li>\n
  5. The output ICS file will be written to the file output_filename<\/code>, change this filename if you like.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Once the script is run, you can import the ICS file into your calendar system.<\/p>\n

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