Running Genie: AI Run Coach

- New weekly recap notifications now include more actionable training insights. - Added free trial support with improved premium/paywall experience and branding updates. - Training plans are smarter and more consistent, including better race-week and recovery handling. - Improved app stability and performance with key fixes (onboarding scroll, share flow crash, duplicate coin rewards, fewer duplicate Strava calls).

Your AI Coach just got smarter! • Coach can now modify your training plan directly from chat • Proactive nudges and reminders via notifications • Smarter, more personalized post-run insights • New Running DNA onboarding experience • Redesigned share cards with route maps • Improved weekly training reports • Fixes to Strava sync, treadmill detection, and overall stability

Your running coach just got a serious upgrade. You can now listen to your post-run insights. Pro runners can tap Listen after a run and hear Running Genie talk through the coach’s take, with a mini-player that keeps playing while you check the rest of the app or cool down. Weekly and Monthly Reports are now much more powerful. Get clear training summaries, consistency trends, standout runs, progress signals, plan compliance, goal-race context, and AI coaching analysis built from your actual running. Performance Insights are here too: see your estimated VO2 max, understand which run powered the estimate, track recent fitness trends, and get race predictions from your latest qualifying efforts. Training plans are smarter and more flexible. You can start a plan mid-week, race week is now included correctly, weekly volume is better controlled, and if a week does not feel right, you can jump straight into coach guidance to adjust it. Activity Insights understand your runs better. Running Genie now detects easy runs, long runs, tempo work, intervals, races, recovery runs, and trail efforts using pace, heart rate, splits, laps, distance, and activity context. And for runners who train in miles: miles support now works across the app, including stats, training plans, workouts, reports, coach prompts, challenges, and share cards. This update is all about making Running Genie feel less like a tracker and more like a coach that understands your training.

• Apple Health is here, no Strava required. Sync runs, sleep, resting heart rate, and HRV. Same coaching insights and progress tracking, no third-party account needed. • Recovery-aware AI. Your last week of sleep, RHR, and HRV now shapes your AI Coach replies and monthly recaps, so feedback reflects how you are actually feeling. • Talk to your coach. Voice input is now available in AI Coach. • Listen to your insight. Audio narration is available on every per-activity coaching note. • Regenerate with notes and tone. Tell the coach what felt off, pick a tone, and get a fresh take. • Rate any insight as Good, Okay, or Bad. Free users included. • Walking gets its own card in Stats. Running stats no longer get mixed with weekend hikes. • Smoother sign-in.

## What’s New in The Running Genie • New: Manual activity uploads now support screenshots, .fit files, and .gpx files • Added richer training context and more natural plan customization — requests like “Add yoga to Tuesdays” now just work • Full imperial unit support across the app — miles, feet, and °F now work across stats, insights, and coach • Ask the AI Coach to switch units in chat — “switch to miles” just works • Ask the AI Coach to set your goal race directly in chat • Recovery notes are now included in Today’s view • Apple Health bug fixes • Fixed a crash caused by the weekly recap notification • Improved reliability for longer training plan generation requests Thanks for all the bug reports and feedback. Keep them coming.

This update is all about your races — and getting your runs in your way. RACE-READY TRAINING Add your goal race plus any tune-up races, and watch them land right on your calendar. Your AI coach now plans around them — building toward race day, easing off when you need to be fresh, and reshaping the weeks as your real training unfolds. No more wondering whether your plan and your race are on the same page. CONNECT YOUR WATCH — NO STRAVA REQUIRED Sign in with Polar or Suunto and connect your watch directly — no extra apps, no workarounds. Prefer Apple Health or Garmin? Those flow straight in too. Strava still works great, but it's no longer the only way in. A SMARTER COACH • Insights now respect your units — kilometers or miles, the way you actually think about your runs. • A cleaner, clearer chat with your coach. • Faster plan updates, so changes show up when you expect them. RICHER RUNS Better route, pace, and cadence detail from Apple Health and Garmin, so every run looks and reads the way it actually felt. UNDER THE HOOD Smoother imports, plus a round of stability and security fixes to keep everything running cleanly. Thanks for running with us. If the app is helping you train, a quick rating helps other runners find their coach — and we read every piece of feedback that comes our way.

The biggest Running Genie update yet STRENGTH TRAINING IN YOUR PLAN (Pro) Your training plan now includes structured strength sessions — curated exercises with sets, reps, and rest, scheduled intelligently around your runs. Choose how many days a week and which days suit you; the Genie handles the rest, easing off in race week. Available in English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Japanese and more. EVENING COACH CHECK-IN Got a run tomorrow? Your coach now checks in the evening before with a short, personal note to help you rest up and feel ready. SMARTER TRAINING PLANS • Ask the coach to fit a tune-up race into your week — the plan adjusts around it • Cleaner workout targets: rounded durations and distances • Better race-week handling and rest-day protection FIXES & POLISH • Sharing run cards is now reliable on all devices • Stats tiles no longer occasionally load blank • The keyboard no longer hides what you're typing • Garmin: faster activity details and smoother re-linking • Polar & Suunto: runs now always land on the correct day Happy running!

Big update for runners who train with a plan. NEW • Garmin training plan sync (Pro): Send planned workouts straight to your Garmin calendar and watch. They stay in sync when your plan changes. • Morning readiness check: Your coach reviews your recovery each morning and offers to adjust the day's workout when you need it. • Post-run debrief: Get a notification right after a run with an instant AI take on how it went. • Race notes: Add context about your goal and tune-up races, and your coach factors it into your plan and insights. • Workout intent chips: Tag what a session was meant to be with one tap, for sharper insights. IMPROVED • Smarter insights: Plan-aware and recovery-aware coaching, with a recovery-context toggle in Settings. • Leaderboard country flags, plus a manual country picker in Settings. • VO2 Max trend indicator on your stats. • Weekly recap now runs Monday to Sunday and splits runs and walks. • Notifications: Accurate race countdown, fewer duplicates, and easy opt-out for post-run pushes. FIXED • Reliability fixes for Polar sync and sign-in, plus security updates. Thanks for running with us. Keep the feedback coming.

Smarter plans, built from your real running • Weekly volume now starts from the distance you actually run, with an honest flag when your ramp looks less certain. • Plans repair themselves instead of falling back to a generic template, and jumps in mileage and long runs stay sensible from week to week. • Tell your coach how the plan is landing with the new week 2 check-in. New Running DNA in Reflect • Your running becomes a signature field, an archetype and a rarity that belong only to you. More in the free plan • Week 1 of any plan, your choice of strength days, mid-plan adjustments, and weekly and monthly reports. Garmin that stays connected • Fewer surprise sign-outs, with a clear prompt when reconnecting is genuinely needed. • Coach edits sync back to your watch, and unchanged workouts are no longer pushed again. Also in this release • Reflect orders its sections by what matters to you right now. • Fixes for joining and completing challenges. • Settings now shows your subscription status correctly after it lapses. • Accessibility and reliability improvements throughout.

YOUR RACE, ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Race Countdown Widget is here. Add it to your home screen and watch the days tick down to your big race, with your goal time front and center. The Running Genie lives on the widget too, cheering as race day gets closer. No training plan needed, just a race to chase. ALSO IN THIS UPDATE • Pace Zones you can edit: fine-tune your easy, tempo and interval paces, and the AI coach trains you by them • Smarter training plans: better mileage build-up, race-week tapers and strength day placement • Weekly and Monthly Reports now show up more reliably in Reflect • Small fixes and polish throughout Training for something? Add the widget, set your goal time, and let the countdown keep you honest.