The main issue I've seen (and have worked on to improve) is running form (heel striking, upper torso movement, etc). How can this app help on this? My form now is pretty good so my next goal is increasing speed + distance, which requires a training schedule (e.g. speed drills). Is this something that the app will (does) have? Thanks!
Offering feedback on running form has been one of the biggest requests that we've gotten, as well as training schedules catered to your specific needs.
All of our daily classes follow a week-long progression to make sure that you are getting in a proper training cycle and avoiding overtraining. An example is if you were to join the 6AM classes each day during the week, you might have speed drills on Monday followed by a base run Tuesday, followed by a light interval run on Wednesday for recovery, etc...
Fun Fact! Olympian Jeff Galloway is starting speed work in Charge the week of March 14th. He will be taking over some of our track attack classes for speed work.
To address running form, we recently launched private coaching, where runners can work directly with one of our certified coaches to develop a specific training program catered to their current experience level and training goals. This includes an in-depth running form analysis video where we receive a video of them running, and provide a video back thats broken down piece-by-piece to give direct feedback on how to improve running form for injury prevention and overall efficiency.
Great! Will definitely try it out. Is there an option to get the benefit of the app w/o the "social" part? Running for me has always been a solo sport, closer to meditation.
Excited you're going to try it out, and we would love the feedback! At the current time, we don't have any option for omitting the social aspect. We've been laser-focused on creating an addictingly social experience that drives users back into the app in order to push them harder and further than they would alone.
With that said, we do know that some runners enjoy solo running more, so we are working on future features to track your solo runs so you can still earn upgradeable medals for weekly/monthly/overall mileage tracked in the app.
We do offer an On-Demand option if you'd like to see what it's like on your own!
If you're someone who prefers running by themselves, this may be the best of both worlds. You can see what a live run would be like, without needing to think about the live aspect.
