Born on a Run
Not a Boardroom
It started on an autopilot run. I wanted a real challenge—a workout that pushed me—but the frustration of planning the workout instantly killed the excitement. Fueled by frustration, I started rethinking workouts.
If anything were possible,
what would workouts look like?
Training would adapt to my life, not force my life to adapt to the training.
Workouts would help me get better whether I train once a month or once a day.
Clear pace targets. None of this Zone 3, Tempo, and Goal pace nonsense. I want paces like 8:35 - 9:05 min/mile
Workouts would stay up-to-date with my performance, using only my run data. No extra test runs, race times, or VO2 Max estimates required.
The hills along my routes would be built into the workout design, not just an afterthought.
Workout intervals would align with things I know, like the school or the left onto Park St., so I can focus on the run, not my watch.
There would be workout options to choose from to suit my mood.
This is the future of training! Was it actually possible?
Could I build it?
As a lifelong runner and engineer, I decided to use my background in mathematics, machine learning, and data science to build the solution myself...
How hard could it be?
Really hard
It required thousands of hours of work and research, thousands of lines of code, developing a new way to continuously analyze running data, prototype after prototype, and remembering that failure is always part of innovation.
But not Impossible
Today, we have something we are truly excited about. We are able to offer runners workouts that continually adapt to their performance and provide that achievably challenging feel—the kind that makes you better without breaking you. Workouts that are not only specific to each runner but also to the exact route they plan on running.