Quick Start (5 minutes)
Create a Plan
Click + New Plan on your dashboard. Choose "Start from scratch" or load a race from the community library.
Set Up Your Race
Enter your flat pace, body weight, and race details on the Race Setup tab. The app calculates everything else.
Build Your Strategy
Work through the tabs: stages, nutrition, gear, carb loading, and checklists. Export a PDF when you're ready.
Tab-by-Tab Walkthrough
This is your foundation. The values you enter here drive all the automatic calculations throughout the plan.
Flat Pace
Your comfortable flat-ground pace. Use an actual flat pace, or a flat-equivalent Strava GAP / TrainingPeaks NGP. The planner applies elevation and heat adjustments automatically.
Body Weight
Used to calculate carb loading targets, breakfast recommendations, and pack weight ratios.
Fluid & Sodium Targets
Your hourly fluid intake and sodium concentration. The app calculates per-stage fluid needs based on estimated time.
Carb Target (g/hr)
Your target carbohydrate intake per hour during racing. Shown as a progress indicator on the Nutrition tab.
Tip: You can switch between metric and imperial units using the toggle in Race Setup.
Using pace from Strava or TrainingPeaks
Do not paste the average pace from a hilly run into Flat Pace: its climb and descent already made the actual pace slower or faster, and the planner would then apply the new course’s elevation effects again. Use flat actual pace, or use Strava Grade Adjusted Pace (GAP) / TrainingPeaks Normalized Graded Pace (NGP) as a flat-equivalent baseline.
The per-stage pace overrides are deliberately locked values. They bypass automatic grade, terrain, heat, and fatigue adjustments, so use them only for a final pace you intend to hold on that specific course. Use Enter Elapsed Time when you already have a trusted total time.
Stages / CourseDefine each stage (for multi-day races) or your single course (for nonstop ultras). For each stage, enter:
- Distance and elevation gain/loss — enter them manually or upload a GPX route to apply its derived values
- Temperature — applies heat adjustment to your pace
- Cutoff time — shows your buffer (how much time you have in hand)
- Stage time entry mode — choose the automatic NGP projection, a locked pace override (no automatic penalties), or manual elapsed time
- Terrain cost — optionally add a transparent pace adjustment for surfaces and technicality that stage elevation alone cannot capture
Nonstop Races
Add checkpoints/aid stations to any racing stage for GPX section pacing. For nonstop ultras, they also enable nutrition planning per segment on the Nutrition tab.
Plan exactly what you'll eat for each stage/day. The tab is divided into meal categories:
Breakfast
Pre-stage meal. Includes hydration recommendations and timing guidance.
Race Fuel
What you carry and consume during the stage. Shows carbs/hr and sodium/hr progress against your targets.
Dinner
Post-stage recovery meal (stage races only).
Snacks
Additional items between meals or in camp.
Adding food: Use the search bar to find items from the community food database (900+ products from brands like Maurten, GU, SiS, Tailwind, Spring Energy, and more). You can also add custom products.
Copy Day: Use the copy button to duplicate your nutrition plan from one stage to another — saves time for stage races with similar distances.
Crew Notes: Add instructions for your crew at the bottom of each day's plan (e.g., "Have cold Coke ready at CP3").
Track every item you're carrying, organized into three sections:
- On the Person — shoes, clothing, watch, etc.
- In the Backpack — food, water, emergency gear
- Other — drop bags, crew items, travel gear
Items can be marked as required (mandatory kit) and packed (checkbox). The app shows your total race weight including food from the Nutrition tab, and calculates progressive pack weight as food is consumed across stages.
Gear Database: Search from a database of common ultrarunning gear, or add your own items with custom weights.
Mandatory Gear
When you load a race from the library (e.g., Gobi March, Atacama Crossing), mandatory gear items are auto-populated based on the official race requirements.
A science-based guide to your pre-race carb loading protocol. Includes:
- 3-day loading plan with daily carb targets in g/kg of body weight, based on published research
- Pre-race breakfast calculator — enter how many minutes before your start, get a personalized carb and hydration target
- Night-before dinner suggestions (high-carb, low-fibre options)
- Foods to avoid reference section
- Meal examples for each carb target range
A read-only overview of your entire race plan at a glance. Shows:
- Stage-by-stage breakdown with distance, elevation, pace, time, and cutoff buffer
- Pacing Projection — optional terrain, downhill, heat, progressive-fatigue, and aid-station-stop adjustments; upload GPX routes and add checkpoints for section-by-section pace cards
- Total race distance, elevation, and estimated finish time
- Export PDF button — generates a printable document with all your race data, nutrition plan, gear list, notes, and checklists
The PDF respects your unit preference (metric or imperial) and includes all crew instructions.
Customizable checklists organized by category: pre-race, race day, post-race, and travel. Features include:
- Templates — load pre-built checklists as a starting point
- Drag & drop — reorder items within each category
- Inline editing — click any item to edit its text
- Reset — uncheck all items to reuse for your next race
- Collapse — hide completed categories to focus on what's left
Race Types
Multi-day races with distinct stages (e.g., Marathon des Sables, Gobi March, Atacama Crossing).
- Multiple stages with individual distances and cutoffs
- Per-day nutrition planning (breakfast, race fuel, dinner)
- Progressive pack weight across stages
- Self-supported or semi-supported options
Single continuous efforts (e.g., UTMB, Western States, Badwater 135).
- One course with optional checkpoints/aid stations
- Per-segment fuel planning between checkpoints
- Full support or self-supported options
- Simplified interface (no multi-day complexity)
Coach & Athlete Sharing
Athletes can share their race plans with a coach for review and collaboration.
For Athletes
Toggle "Share with Coach" on the Race Setup tab. Your plan will appear in your coach's dashboard where they can view and suggest edits.
For Coaches
Access the Coach Dashboard from your user menu. See all shared athlete plans, review their nutrition strategy, pacing, and gear choices.
Tips & Best Practices
Start with your flat pace
Be honest about your current fitness. The NGP calculations add time for elevation and heat — if your base pace is too optimistic, all estimates will be off.
Test your nutrition in training
Use this tool to plan, but validate everything on long training runs. What works on paper doesn't always work at hour 20.
Weigh everything
Use a kitchen scale to weigh your actual gear. The default weights in the database are estimates — your specific items may differ significantly.
Plan for the worst, hope for the best
Set your temperature estimate to the hottest expected conditions. Add extra food beyond your minimum targets. Build in buffer time for bad patches.
Export and print your PDF
Print your race plan and laminate key pages (pace card, nutrition summary). Digital devices fail in extreme conditions — always have a paper backup.
Saving & Exporting
Auto-save: Every change you make is automatically saved after a 1.5-second pause. No need to manually save.
PDF Export: Click "Export PDF" on the Summary tab to download a complete printable document with your race plan, nutrition, gear, notes, and checklists.
Duplicate: Use the duplicate button on your dashboard to copy an existing plan as a starting point for a new race.
Units: The PDF export respects your unit preference — if you're using imperial, the PDF shows miles, feet, oz, and lb.