RunWise: Don’t Crash and Burn

The RunWise app creates a personalized running goal pace and finishing time in heat stress conditions. Specifically, it creates a new goal pace and goal time that accurately reflects the WGBT (wet globe bulb temperature) temperature at the race location in real-time. The athlete is no longer left guessing as to how much the heat, humidity, sunlight, and wind speed will impact their performance. The app requires inputs for miles/kilometers, race distance (currently 5k, half-marathon, and marathon), and goal pace or goal time. Once the “Get adjusted Pace” bar is pushed, a new, normalized pace/time is created based on the input information and the current weather conditions within one second (the whole process takes less than 15 seconds). The runner now can proceed with confidence knowing the specific effects of the weather.

The app can be found for free at the App Store for Apple phones and Google Play for Android phones. (Click the title photo for direct link to AppStore). All standard race distances up to 50k (road) plus training formulas have been created. They will be coded as the demand arises.