trail and ultra race planner
Predict your finish time for any course
Build your race splits
Build your race nutrition plan
Based on your fitness and automatically adjusted for terrain difficulty
Accurate race splits based on your fitness and the actual course terrain
The Story Behind the App
I have been a trail and ultra runner for over 20 years and a coach for 6 years. With a professional background in data science and analytics, I have always enjoyed the analytical side of the sport.
In my running and coaching, I have found it is challenging and overwhelming for athletes to build a race plan:
How long will the race take? How can you accurately estimate a finish time based on your fitness and specific race terrain?
What are reasonable splits for each aid station, drop bag location, or crew meet-up? How much will you slow down throughout the race? How much time will you realistically take at each aid station, and how does that factor into the plan?
What is the right nutrition plan for the race? How do you ensure you have enough calories, carbs, fluids, and electrolytes for each section without overpacking?
Over many years I built metrics, algorithms, and frameworks to address these challenges, but it was manual and time-consuming to do even just for my own races. It wasn’t scalable even to the athletes I coach.
The Trail & Ultra Race Planner was built to answer these questions and build accurate, realistic, and helpful race plans. The goal: help trail, mountain, and ultra runners better prepare better for their races.
Load your own course or use our growing database of races. All courses have terrain mapped and analyzed in detail using the 335 billion data points in the Trail & Ultra Planner app.
What does the app do?
Syncs with your Strava to load one year of activity history and all of your previous races. Automatically sync all runs going forward.
Analyzes each run, mapping it to 335+ billion geospatial data points powered by satellite imagery, LiDAR, and trail surface mapping
Assesses your fitness and previous race performances based on the specific terrain
Analyzes your past races to determine how much you typically slow down during a race and how long you take in aid stations, adjusted for race duration
For any future race, use all of this data and analysis to predict your finish time and accurate race splits, including stoppage time
Build your race nutrition plan for each segment of the race, ensuring you right nutrition metrics for each race split
Export your race plan to Excel and share with your crew, pacer, coach, and friends.
Using the app’s accurate race splits, quickly and easily build your nutrition plan for each section of the race.
How to Get Started
Getting started takes less than two minutes.
1. Create an Account: Sign up at app.willtorun.com
2. Connect Your Strava Profile:
Link your Strava account with one click. WillToRun uses read-only access and never modifies your Strava data.
3. Connect to Stripe:
Stripe is the secure portal to manage your subscription and payment. You can cancel your subscription and remove your data at any time. Subscribe for $4.99 / month and use code W2RLAUNCH to try it free for a month.
FAQ
Do I need a Strava account?
Yes, the app is powered by data on your activities from Strava. You can use the free version of Strava, and your activities can be private. You can turn off the Strava integration at any time.
What is Stripe?
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Is Stripe secure?
We use Stripe to process payments because of its strong security and privacy standards. Stripe is certified as a PCI Level 1 Service Provider, the highest level of certification in the payments industry, and undergoes regular independent security audits. Payment information is fully encrypted.
Can I cancel my subscription?
You can cancel anytime. You can cancel your subscription yourself at stripe.com or you can e-mail support@willtorun.com to cancel your subscription?