Five reasons to follow a program
Programs use phases, scheduled sessions and checkpoints to connect your starting point with an objective. Dedicated Programs currently focus on running.
- Start Running: build toward a comfortable continuous run.
- Complete a Distance: prepare to complete a selected running distance.
- Improve Race Performance: work toward a realistic time at a distance you already run.
- Build Endurance: develop sustainable running volume and stamina.
- General Running Fitness: establish regular running without a race objective.
Start from your current training
Program setup includes a start date, length, level and weekly running frequency. The program model uses at least three runs per week and adjusts its limits to the program and runner. A current long run and recent volume help establish a viable starting point.
Programs emphasize easy running, phased progression, recovery periods and checkpoints. A requested race time is an objective to assess, not a promised result. The app may constrain an unrealistic request.
Review sessions as well as the finish line
Use scheduled-session completion alongside workout history and sport progress. Checkpoints provide a moment to review the objective and the next phase. Race performance and friendly Challenges are separate: one organizes training; the other measures a fixed-period objective.
Structured running Programs are available with Plus. Version 2.0 introduces Programs; check your platform and installed version for access.
Questions
Is this only for racing?
No. Start Running, Build Endurance and General Running Fitness cover objectives that do not require a race.
Does Yural guarantee a faster race time?
No. Improve Race Performance uses current performance, time available and training frequency to constrain the objective. Results are not guaranteed.