pre-launch!
Light speed for trail runners
"Build your trail running speed"
A training plan by: ??????
In this 8 week training program, our new *Mystery Athlete* trains you to explore how fast you can run: as he says, on any surface, any distance.
How does this work?
1. Sign up for this *New Athlete’s* plan NOW for special pricing ($10 off with the code PRELAUNCH).
2. On September 7th, we’ll reveal the New Athlete + your plan begins.
3. Start training!
8-week program
Receive a daily training plan that auto-adapts to your needs–hand-designed by this *Mystery Athlete*, and specifically made to make you faster on any surface and any distance.
Plus, you’ll receive weekly feedback from your Vert.run coach in your training dashboard.
Exclusive pro-designed workouts
Train with daily workouts designed by this ultra-fast pro. Train your mind and body to become faster and more efficient–and get guidance from Vert.run throughout your training process, including training plan adjustments.
Sign up before September 7 for pre-launch pricing: $10 off! [code: PRELAUNCH]
Normal price: $25/month for access to all our training programs, including this new athlete's plan
Sign up before September 7 for pre-launch pricing: $10 off! [code: PRELAUNCH]
Normal price: $25/month for access to all our training programs, including this Mystery Athlete.
8-week plan
Receive a daily training plan that auto-adapts to your needs–hand-designed by this Mystery Athlete and specifically made to make you faster on any surface and any distance.
Plus, you’ll receive weekly feedback from your Vert.run coach on your training dashboard.
Exclusive pro-designed workouts
Train with daily workouts designed by this ultra-fast pro. Train your mind and body to become faster and more efficient–and get guidance from Vert.run throughout your training process, including training plan adjustments.
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TRAINING PLAN OVERVIEW
Weekly training hours
Including your core + strength + cross training sessions
Long run progression
High intensity Vo2max workouts, tempo runs, fartleks and more.
TRAINING PLAN OVERVIEW
Weekly training hours
Including your core + Strength + cross training sessions
Long run progression
High intensity Vo2max workouts, tempo runs, fartleks and more.
Training dashboard
Weekly feedback and training review from your Vert.run coach
Workout sample
Each workout hand-designed by this Mystery Athlete
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Frequently Asked Questions
Most frequent questions and answers
Once you’ve received your training plan, you’ll be able to review your first week in detail. This will help you understand the general structure that we’ll follow in your training plan. Every week has the same structure (for example, all your long runs will be scheduled on Saturdays.) If the training structure doesn’t fit your schedule, no worries. Send us an email to explore@vert.run with a detailed description of the changes that you would like to make. Our coaches will review and implement those changes for you. Remember that this is a “one per month option” (meaning that you can request any number of changes at once, but you can only do so once a month) so be thoughtful about the changes you decide to make.
Sure you can. Just be sure that you still have the energy and motivation to complete your trail running workouts, too. A good rule of thumb is: add extra workouts when you find yourself having both extra time and energy. And remember to always focus on quality over quantity, no matter what type of workout you’re doing.
If you’re a monthly subscriber, yes! You can switch between training plans however you’d like. Just go to your dashboard and choose the “change or restart plan” option. This will take you to your training plan menu. Of course, we do recommend that you finish a training plan once you’ve started it (unless you find it to be way to difficult or easy), since they’re designed to build your fitness over weeks. When you leave a training plan in the middle, you’ll miss key workouts; and when you start a new plan, you’ll start it from the beginning. This is to make sure that you train safely and responsibly, and that the skills you develop are built to last. We encourage you to stick out each plan, challenge yourself in a race or other personal challenge, and then to start a new plan with fresh legs.
When you first pay for your subscription, you’ll receive an invoice to the email address that you provided during the sign-up process. At the bottom of that email, there’s a message that says: “view payments, update payments or manage your account in your customer portal. Log into your account now.” So just click there, and cancel your subscription. If it’s confusing or if you’d prefer we take care of it manually, please write us directly to team@vert.run and we’ll do it for you.
We always recommend that you stick pretty closely to the time, intensity and details of your training plan’s workouts. We strongly believe that “more does not equal better,” and that quality is definitely more important than quantity when it comes to trying to progress as a trail runner.
It’s important to create consistency in your everyday training. It’s way better to go for consistent, short runs over consecutive days than to have one big, long day and be tired the rest of the week. In any case, feel free to add some additional easy jogs throughout your weeks if you’d like to. If you do extend the duration of your runs, don’t go over 20% extra…and always make sure that you’re doing so for the right reasons, and not just to “do more.”
If you’re on our desktop site, you can find all your routines to the bottom right of your training plan (or in the top menu of your dashboard.) If you’re viewing from your phone, your routines are in the top right menu. Plus, here are the three routines just to make things a little easier: Core for trail running , Strength for trail running, Jumps for trail running.
We really want to hear from you, and are here to answer any questions you have. So feel free to write us to explore@vert.run, and one of our coaches will get back to you within 48 hours or fewer.
Your training plan has been designed by a team of coaches and professional trail runners with nearly a decade of experience competing in trail and ultra races. It’s important to be clear that not all of our coaches are certified as coaches or nutritionists, and that a big part of our knowledge comes from our own extensive experience as professional runners and workouts that we ourselves have tested and found useful.
We really want to hear from you, and are here to answer any questions you have. So feel free to write us to explore@vert.run, and one of our coaches will get back to you within 48 hours or fewer.
First of all, if this is the case, we’re so sorry to hear that you’re injured! We’ve been there too, and it’s not the most fun. Unfortunately, injury is a possibility due to the albeit small risk associated with trail running. The first step is to shoot us a message and let us know what your injury is so that we can: 1. make sure you’re seeing a professional if you’re able to, and 2. adjust your training plan accordingly. We can pause your training plan for up to one month in order to give you time to recover correctly. Then, when you’re ready to start training again, we’ll first assign you a “back to running” training block of four weeks. This block is designed to avoid overexerting yourself after an injury and to help make sure that it doesn’t return. Then, you’ll be ready to get back at it with a strong base.
