How do we personalize your training plan

Four things will matter at the outset:

- what is your current fitness level?

- what are the capabilities required for the race you want to participate in?

- how many weeks until your race (for optimal form optimisation we recommend app 22 weeks)

- how much time do you have available for training (how many hours per week)

Therefore, at onboarding we ask you a number of questions that help us to assess your recent training history and your athlete profile.

Before we generate the training plan, we will also analyze your entire Strava history
So, combining your input and data-analysis from training history we get a good view of how much you ran, how fast you ran and at what heart rate.

In order for us to prepare the best training plan we also look into the specifics of your race requirements.  Our training plan will seek to optimize your form for your A-race and its key characteristics (distance, elevation). See also our separate articles about A-races and B-races and season planning in this respect.

It’s how we can give you the best plan for where you are right now and what you aim.to achieve.

In a race readiness report you can follow along how we plan hourly volume and preparation for elevation.

And if we have important warnings with respect to required hourly volume or elevation training you will see those appear there also.