Author: jacklyn

3 Tips for Using Smashrun’s Pro Map

Before we designed the Pro Map, we asked ourselves: what sort of information is best conveyed while viewing the route of your run? There’s the obvious metrics including your fastest split, the ability to see elevation changes and, a pace graph that you can interact with. All of these are helpful in the sense that… Read more »

Nike Importer

It appears Nike+ has also made a few recent changes this week, which is now affecting Smashrun’s Nike importer. Unfortunately, if you’re a Nike+ user, this means you won’t be able to sync your data until we can release a patch but, we’re working as quickly as possible to resolve the issue.

Hide data, HRR, Garmin import, SSL

Early this morning, we released a patch and a couple of new additions that apply to both Smashrun and Smashrun Pro users. Let’s start with the new stuff! Hide data before a certain date. If you’ve ever taken an extended break from running or if you’ve ever used an app/device for a period of time… Read more »

Introducing goal-setting version 1.0

Goal-setting is what bridges the gap between running casually and running purposefully. Whether you’re competing with your own personal best or toeing the line with other runners in an upcoming race, the first step to being ready is setting a goal. For many runners, the most common type of goal is based on mileage. Some… Read more »

Build Better Training Habits

With Smashrun, our goal has always been to help people become better runners, but “better” is different for everyone. Sometimes, it’s as straightforward as adding a recovery day or balancing hard runs with easy ones. Other times, it’s not so obvious, like getting enough sleep or keeping track of what you eat. Recently I’ve started using… Read more »

Run Annotations

Users with GPS data can now annotate their runs within route maps! Annotations allow you to identify events or points of interest within a specific run. It’s got some pretty awesome use cases including, but not limited to: Tagging water stops on a race route Noting the distance marker(s) where you paused because of a… Read more »

Garmin integration and GPX, TCX, HRM support

After nearly 1,000 hours of coding, testing, retesting and a lot of feedback from our Garmin beta testers, Smashrun has finally released Garmin integration with added support for GPX, TCX, and HRM files! Garmin users can import their runs by linking their Smashrun account to Garmin Connect under settings > Synced Devices. Just remember to… Read more »

More fixes and an improved map

Update as of 2:45PM EST > site outage was delayed to 2:40PM EST, we expect to be back up before 5PM EST. Just released another patch this morning that sorts out the remaining Nike import errors and missing run charts. If you had any trouble with: Missing “Change in speed over route” charts for Nike+… Read more »

Mid-March Update

Hi everyone, Last night, at 11:03PM EST, we released our second patch for the February Release. Any issues associated with delays in importing Nike+ GPS data or problems with loading maps have been resolved. Please let us know if you find any other problems and we’ll make sure it goes out in our final patch!… Read more »

February 2013 Release Notes

We are super excited to share with you our very first release for 2013! We’ve got running streaks on the Overview pages, and route maps are finally here! You can view your longest streak on a yearly or monthly basis and we threw in a couple of easter eggs (like my sad Wylie Coyote) to… Read more »