V.O2: Running Coach

The app is great. Don’t get me wrong. But there are a few serious issues that almost make me consider deleting the app entirely. CURRENT ISSUES 1) Garmin runs always sync to the most recent workout on the VO2 app. This means Garmin runs will sync to the wrong workouts and there’s no way of un-syncing them or syncing them to another workout. 2) There’s no way to duplicate workouts. This is incredibly tedious and time consuming. Particularly when you consider a long run from Garmin will wrongly sync to a speed/tempo track workout on VO2 (every single time) if you don’t have another workout listed before it. 3) There’s no way to create preset workouts. I like to have a level of flexibility in my workouts depending on how I feel and what my schedule will allot for. With no preset workouts, I’ll generally create a bunch of speed/tempo workouts and put them at advance dates so I can move them to where I need them as I see fit. The major problem here is Garmin wrongly syncs to these workouts if they’re up next. SOLUTIONS 1) Allow users to un-sync wrongly synced Garmin runs and if applicable sync them to the correct workout. 2) Allow users to duplicate workouts they’ve designed instead of having to re-input all the reps and so forth every single time. 3) Allow users to create preset workouts that they can input at any point. This and the previous solution would save so much time! If you fix these issues, this will be the best run planning workout app on the market. Thank you, David

The app is fantastic for establishing workout plans no matter what your fitness level. It’s somewhat adaptive in that you can add a race to the calendar and the program will adapt to prepare you for it. Syncs perfectly with Garmin and Coros watches to guide you on workouts. The only thing I’d like to see is an even more adaptive update that would actually increase speeds & mileage automatically based on past performance. Currently, you have to manually tell the app you’re ready to level up. Trainer Road does this very well as a cycling app, and I’d love to see V.O2 do the same. If you have a coach, the app will allow your coach to upload workouts and make changes based on your performance, which makes this app sort of a one-stop-shop for your running career. One thing I don’t really understand is why I have to mark workouts completed in the app when the app already syncs with my watch and has all the data from the workout I just completed. It already knows the workout is completed! Why isn’t this step automatic? Overall, great app, simple and easy to use.

I’ve had this app for a couple of weeks as I’ve been training and I just have 3 problems with it. First, that I can’t edit a workout after it’s been added and synced, So I can’t say “no this is the activity that I want targeted!”, it picks first and doesn’t let you change it, more freedom to edit would be wonderful. Second, you have to act like your own coach planning workouts, I can’t just say “workout tomorrow” it has to be a set amount of reps and distance, but I can’t say that because I have no idea until I’m about to do it! Third, I can’t add an easy run after I already ran it, they won’t connect and it won’t add to my training log, instead if I push “completed easy run” it doubles my distance for that run. Overall great app and so smart, I’m learning a lot from it and it’s good for organizing my training and keeping track, but more freedom is necessary for this app to work right. Or you have to strenuously plan, add, keep track, and try to keep up, but if you would free it up for editing on runs and workouts, it would become the greatest organization, training, coaching app out there. Good luck