We’ve improved sharing on Smashrun! Now you can choose between three different images to share on Facebook or Twitter, and highlight the information that matters most for that run. Runs with GPS Take advantage of the Smashrun Pro map and share a more detailed visualization of your running route. Choose to display your pace graph,… Read more »
Author: jacklyn
Mobile updates for social
This week, we released some changes to Social making it easier for you to interact with your friends and followers, view your notifications, and add or invite your friends on mobile! We decided to disable the Explore view on mobile for now, but we are working on releasing a modified mobile-friendly version. Additionally, if you… Read more »
Using social to find similar runners
Smashrun’s social features are designed to enable you to find similar runners. Whether you’re looking for runners within your demographic or runners who follow a similar training pattern, there are several ways you can compare your training to other runners on Smashrun. This is useful for a couple reasons: You can follow runners who are… Read more »
Connect with your friends and learn from other runners
One of things we’ve always liked about Smashrun is that it’s a personal dashboard for your running. Your stats are a testament to your training, and every run you’ve ever logged on Smashrun is displayed within the context of how you’ve evolved as a runner since the day you registered. Some of your hard runs… Read more »
Preparing for your next race
An important part of successful race preparation is understanding what worked in the past, what didn’t, and what can be improved. A great way to do that is to use the Analyze Run View to learn from specific races, in combination with your stats dashboard. Experienced runners generally require between 12-16 weeks of preparation before… Read more »
Runner bio, friends, and rank update
To become better at running, sometimes we need to learn from the experiences of others. To do that, you need to be able to discover other runners and, eventually – if you wanted to, interact with them as well. There is currently no way to do this on Smashrun, but that’s about to change. In… Read more »
HealthFit integration
If you run with an Apple Watch, you’ll be happy to know that you can now use HealthFit to send your runs directly to Smashrun in FIT format. To set it up, launch HealthFit and give the app permission to read data from the Health app. This will enable HealthFit to import your activities. The… Read more »
RunPlan Integration
Running a couple of races this year? Need a little help staying on top of your training plan? Check out RunPlan! It’s a user-developed web app built on top of the Smashrun API. It’s sleek, extremely functional, and easy to use. Paul designed RunPlan to make custom training plans more manageable. It’s quite common for… Read more »
Garmin Auto-Sync is live
After 4 weeks of testing, we’re happy to announce that the Garmin Auto-Sync is ready! We could not have done this without your help. We’d like to thank all of our users who helped out through our Garmin fund drive, and to everyone who put up with failed imports, weird data, and writing detailed bug… Read more »
TomTom Integration
A few weeks ago, TomTom approached us about becoming an early adopter of their new API Program. We’re happy to say that the process was pretty smooth and the integration is now live! The original TomTom Runner and the newer TomTom Spark are rock solid GPS watches. You can pick up the original Runner for well under $100 on Amazon…. Read more »