The purpose of this study was to develop a webbased
training management system which assists citizen
runners to establish the Plan-Do-See Cycle (PDSC) for their
training. The developed system, having three major functions
namely, training diary function, personal coaching function,
and message board function, is available for one hundred
concurrent users. Usability, privacy, and security were
considered in the system in its development stage. For the
system evaluations, this system was utilized by the members of
a community sports club which promotes marathon training
among citizens for three months. As a result, the number of
members using the web-based training diary was more than
double compared with the number of the members using
paper-based training diary. Moreover, each satisfaction level
with the three major functions of the system, was three or
more out of a five on average score. In conclusion, we
succeeded in developing a web-based training management
system which can assist more citizen runners to establish the
PDSC for their training.