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Everything we have learned about running with an Apple Watch, written down — navigation, racing, training. New posts land here first; the newest is at the top.
How to import a GPX route to your Apple Watch — and follow it offline
GPX on Apple Watch in two minutes: import the file on your iPhone, it syncs to the Watch, and you follow the route offline without your phone. What Apple's Workout app can't do, and what a GPX route on the wrist looks like.
Read →Negative split calculator: plan your race splits — and run them on your Apple Watch
Free negative split calculator: goal time and distance in, kilometre-by-kilometre split times out — negative, even or positive. Plus when each strategy wins and how the plan runs on Apple Watch.
Read →Run without your phone: Apple Watch route navigation that works with no signal
How to leave the iPhone at home and still follow a route on your Apple Watch: what the Watch needs before you go, how offline navigation works, what you get on the wrist, and the limits.
Read →Marathon and half marathon pacing on Apple Watch: how to actually hold your goal time
Turn a marathon or half marathon goal time into splits your Apple Watch holds you to: the plan, the pace band on the wrist, fuelling cues, hills, and what to do when the plan slips.
Read →Custom interval workouts on Apple Watch — with pace and heart-rate targets that actually guide you
How to build interval, tempo and threshold workouts on Apple Watch with pace bands, heart-rate zones, repeats and fuel cues; how the Watch coaches each step; and how it compares with Apple's own custom workouts.
Read →Configure your Apple Watch running screens: which metrics belong where
How to set up Apple Watch running data screens so the number you need is where your eyes land: pages, metrics, big-number and map screens, and three layouts for easy runs, intervals and races.
Read →Why Strava ignores Apple Health workouts — and how your runs get there anyway
Strava only imports workouts recorded by Apple's own Workout app — third-party Apple Health workouts never sync. Here's the technical reason, and the fix.
Read →Offline maps on your Apple Watch: run where reception doesn't
How to get real offline map navigation for trail and mountain runs on Apple Watch — tiles prefetched along your route, no iPhone needed.
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