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Understand the plan.
Then go for your run.
The same explanations, methods, and research that appear in Coach.
Guide topics
Built around you
Your history, goal, and available days shape the starting plan.
Manageable increases
Limits on individual runs and weekly mileage keep increases in check.
Mostly easy running
Most planned running time stays easy, with space between harder sessions.
Recovery and rest days
Sleep, rest, and optional activities support recovery between runs.
Strength
See when strength suggestions appear and open your routine.
Returning after a break
Your return depends on how long you were away and whether you kept running.
A week that fits
Fixed sessions stay on their day, with no more than one planned run per day.
Fitness, Fatigue & Focus
Three views of your training answer different questions.
Your data
Your plan uses your Apple Health data on your phone.
How Coach compares with published plans
The main difference between Coach and each training approach.
Heart rate drift
How much more heart rate the same pace cost later in a long run.
Key runs
The runs that matter most in your week.
Race pacing
How Coach sets your race pace, splits and warm-up.
Run types
What each type of run is for, and how to run it.
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