I don’t need more data. I need less noise.

I’m not short on data. I have power zones, pace charts, HRV trends, training load scores, recovery time estimates, sleep scores — all from just one session. And most of the time, I have no idea what to do with any of it.

That’s not a failure of tracking. It’s a failure of interpretation.

As athletes, we’ve been conditioned to think that more data means more insight. But in my experience — both as someone training for triathlon and building a performance app — the opposite is often true. Too much data becomes noise. And noise is distracting.

What I really want is signal.

I want to finish a session, glance at my watch or phone, and know: Was that session productive? Am I trending in the right direction? Is my recovery keeping up?

I don’t need ten charts to tell me that. I need one insight that sticks.

That’s why I’m building Athlin — not to add more dashboards or duplicate what Garmin already gives me, but to distill it. To take all that raw data and surface what actually matters in the moment. Like a coach would. Like your training partner might after a ride: “You went too hard on that last climb. Back off a bit tomorrow.”

Athlin isn’t a planner. It’s not your calendar. It’s not trying to take over your training. It’s a second brain — a quiet voice that reads what you did and gives you the clarity you didn’t know you needed.

Some days, that means reinforcing a good session: “Solid work. You’re adapting well.”

Other days, it’s a gentle nudge: “Your HRV dipped and sleep was low. Consider an easier day.”

And on most days, it’s just… less. Less scrolling. Less overthinking. Less second-guessing.

The best tools aren’t the ones that throw more at you. They’re the ones that remove friction. That take something complicated and make it calm.

I still use Garmin. I still love tracking. But I’ve learned that I don’t need more data. I need less noise.

And if you’ve ever felt that same fatigue — the kind that comes not from training but from trying to interpret what it all means — I think you’ll get what I’m building with Athlin.

It’s not another app. It’s a way to train smarter by thinking less.