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Structure Your Training - Stack Your Main Goals & Subgoals

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One of our most commonly requested features is here! REN now lets you train toward more than one goal at a time and structure everything underneath it.

  • Main Goal = a race you're training for. Plan more than one at a time - a marathon and a half marathon in the same season and plan your training calendar into the future.
  • Subgoal = a milestone on the way to a main goal - a race (tune-up, time trial) or a session (intervals, easy run), tracked on its own but in the context of the bigger goal.

 

Is it a 'main goal' or a 'subgoal'?

There's no strict rule - it depends on how much importance you place on it. Specifically training for it → main goal. Something on the way there → subgoal, whatever the distance.

A good example: a half marathon one month out from your target marathon. You haven't trained specifically for the half - your plan is still built around the marathon - but you'll likely run it well anyway, off the back of your marathon prep. That's what a high-priority subgoal is for: it lets your plan flex around race day (replacing a workout, adding a short taper) without changing what your training is actually building toward. A 5K subgoal during marathon prep won't add extra VO2max sessions of its own.

 

Main Goals - how to stack them and set one up

  1. Go to REN > Settings > Training goal.
  2. Under your existing goals, tap Plan next goal.
  3. Choose a distance and a date.

Good to know: No limit on how many goals you can stack. You can rename any goal to keep things organised.

 

Subgoals - how to set one up

  1. Go to REN > Settings > Training goal.
  2. Under an existing goal, tap + Add subgoal.
  3. Choose the effort type - race, intervals, or easy.
  4. Set the distance, date, and focus - from "This is a priority" to "I want a good result" to "it's just on the calendar."

Good to know: No limit on subgoals per main goal. Subgoals can exist without a parent main goal.

 

Questions

We hope you enjoy using one of our most commonly requested features! If anything seems off, or you have feedback, please reach out to our team at support@runwithren.com

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