How to Swap Activities Between Weeks
Once you've downloaded our app, configured your plan and set out on your first couple of runs, you might want to start planning ahead! Due to the length of some of our plans, it's natural for our Community to want to swap entire weeks (or individual workouts) to later on in their plan.
As it stands, our Users have the freedom to move workouts around within their current week. Simply head to the Activities Tab > Press and hold on the workout that you'd like to move, and drag it to another day! Although possible, moving an activity to another week does require a bit of manual work...
Managing Training When You're On Holiday
Let's imagine you're about to go on holiday and want to adjust your training schedule. Maybe you're off to Ibiza and keen to squeeze in a few runs around the island while you're there.
We know flexibility around exciting life plans is fundamental to an effective running plan, that's why we created Holiday Mode so you can have complete control over how you train over your holiday—even that means you want to put your feet up entirely. Head to the Manage Plan section of your app to add a holiday.
Swapping a Long Run In One Week For Another
Sometimes, the last thing we want to do on a Sunday is a long run. Whilst we always want our Community to push themselves to reach their goals, we understand that sometimes 'life happens'! if you need to swap a long-run in your plan for another week, the advice is very similar to what we have mentioned above.
Identify the run you want to move to another week, and make a mental note of it (you could even make a note of this within the app, underneath the workout). Manually mark that run as complete in your plan by checking the tick box on the right hand side, so you can move forward to the next week in your plan.
Decide which run you wish to swap this run with and let that be your shorter, more manageable Sunday run. On the following Sunday please remember that you swapped these out! Progress is progress and it's important to stick to your plan as closely as possible.
Context of your Running Plan is Important!
Whilst we're happy to help you shift your runs around to different weeks in your plan, you need to think about where you are in your training block and running journey, and whether moving things around is a good idea or not.
For example, we wouldn't recommend swapping out a 32km long run in your Marathon Plan in the final four weeks if that then eats into your taper. This is a super important part of your plan, where we'll be helping you get your body ready for Race Day! Only giving yourself 1 week to rest before a Marathon isn't recommended, so we'll also push you to keep this part of your plan consistent 💪.
On the flip side! If you're starting a brand new 10k plan and you've managed to complete up to Week 2 in training, it would be a lot more manageable to swap your Sunday long run from week 2 to week 3. As long as you remember to complete both runs! Why is this the case? If you're at the beginning of your plan, your weekly milage is much more manageable and therefore allows for a degree of flexibility in moving things around.
If you're unsure of what to do, please reach out to our Customer Experience Team who will give some more specific advice to you ❤️. We're working towards a new feature that will make adjusting workouts between different weeks easier for you. Keep an eye out for updates!