There’s a lot packed into that little calendar on the bottom of your overview page. The calendar heatmap with its 3 distinct views for all time, yearly, and monthly stats is kind of a sleeper. When you first start using Smashrun you might think “oh that looks kind of cool” but not give it too… Read more »
Author: chris
Tracking the coronavirus
The pandemic is at once a global and a local phenomenon. For the first time since the Second World War, nearly the entire population of the world is living through a shared experience of fear, grief and hope. We are all learning how to operate in a new reality, we are experiencing isolation, and we… Read more »
Running in a pandemic
For some, running is a solitary experience, a chance to be by yourself, to collect your thoughts alone and be lost in nature. But for many of us, it’s something very different – running through city streets and crowded thoroughfares, passing through throngs of people. And so now, we each have a choice to make…. Read more »
Better streak tracking
We’ve adjusted the streak tracker to make it a bit easier to keep track of your current streak. Now, if you’re running a streak but it’s not your longest streak, we display your current streak alongside your longest streak. Like this… And likewise if you’re taking a break from running, but it’s not the longest… Read more »
Earn badges again
Update Jan 3, 2020. If you decide to reset your badges, but you’re also going for the 366 days in a year badge, then you’ll run into an issue, because your badges will start counting from the day you reset it. Email us at hi@smashrun.com and we’ll manually adjust the reset date to Jan 1…. Read more »
The Leap Year Sweep
It’s a new year, a new decade, and a chance to put your running front and center. 2020 is also a leap year, and that means that it’s a chance to pick up one of the most rare and coveted badge on Smashrun – the Leap Year Sweep. To get it you’ll need to run… Read more »
Plan your goals
You can now setup your goals for months in future. It’s simple. Just select the date, and add your goal. 🙂 * Note that the dates will be greyed out because there’s no data yet. Virtual RunsWe’ve also added another small improvement. If you run on a a treadmill that does virtual runs (like a… Read more »
New integrations are live
You can now import from 5 new sources: Polar, Suunto, Strava, Fitbit and MapMyRun! This means that Smashrun now supports every single app and watch with an open API. There’s still a lot of closed ecosystems out there (we’re looking at you Nike), but this should still give you a lot of flexibility to run… Read more »
Revising your Run Report
Do you ever get your Weekly Run Report on Monday, and then immediately get a sinking feeling because you forgot to upload your long run on Sunday, but now it’s too late? Starting this Monday, there’s a solution for that. If you add old runs after the run report goes out we’ll automatically send you… Read more »
New ways to highlight your best runs
When a friend asks you, “How was your run?” there’s usually a lot more to share than just how far and how fast you ran. Maybe it was a slog along a muddy trail by a river, or maybe it was hilly race on country roads in the rain. Now you can share those details… Read more »