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Montebello Software has released an update to Ascent. 1.6.0 Improvements and Bug Fixes:

• New Feature: added speed, pace, gradient, and cadence zone support; ranges are settable in a new preference pane
• New Feature: paths in the Detailed Map View can now be color-coded by zone
• New Feature: laps can be highlighted in the Detailed Map View
• New Feature: new zone types can be displayed in the Activity View
• New Feature: zone type can be selected in the Activity View Statistics HUD
• Added preference to set "below zone" color for heart rate coloring
• Fixed problem with "last sync time" set incorrectly when tracks synced in an un-registered version of Ascent
• Added "Are you sure?" dialog to "Clear Map Cache..." menu choice
• Fixed bug that caused wrong max heart rate values to be shown in the browser for laps when units were set to metric
• Fixed bug that was causing errors in "Active Time" displays for laps and tracks in the browser
• Fixed problem where browser would show wrong values for certain fields if activity started at a non-zero distance
• Fixed problem where selected activity after sync was not displayed in browser map or stat mini-views

A reader (yes, a reader of at least one of these blog posts...hard to believe it, eh?) pointed out in a comment today that Montebello Software makes an interesting app called Ascent which seems to fill in many of the gaps Garmin left with it's new OS X Training Center, and provides some extra functionality to boot.

Alas, you'll have to wait for a review since I won't be able to play with Ascent until tonight or tomorrow. It's nice to have options, tho, and it's great to see another GPS-enabled OS X app out there.