Training for a trail or ultra race requires structured progression, terrain-specific workouts, and recovery management. Vert adapts your training based on your race distance, elevation, and schedule.

Yes — when the training adapts to you. Vert athletes have a 92% race finish rate thanks to personalized, adaptive training built for real-life constraints.

Vert is designed to support trail and ultra runners preparing for major races, including UTMB World Series events, by adapting training to terrain, distance, and timeline. Vert was the official coaching partner for 2023 and 2024 of the UTMB World Series. 

No. Vert works as a smart training app on its own, with the option to add expert coaching if you want additional guidance.

Yes! You really get a real, human coach with your Vert.run Pro subscription! Vert.run was built for trail runners, by trail runners, and we worked hard and applied our knowledge as professional trail runners ourselves to develop technology that lightens the manual workload for your coach.

That means that your plan itself is smart, and is auto-adapted to your needs–and then, your personal Vert.run coach checks your plan, guides and encourages you along the way, and makes any other changes that you need.

It’s free to access our free training plans, content, community and more.

Or, if you want weekly guidance from a personal Vert.run coach, you can subscribe to Vert.run Pro Starting at  $9.90 USD / month. 

Yes, we do! Our mission is to make trail running accessible to everybody, everywhere–and a huge part of that is by offering you free, high-quality trail running training plans for beginners that adapt to your schedule, skill level and more.

Check out our training plan menu here to browse our free plans. (Tip: use the filter at the top to “see only free plans.”)

Absolutely not! Vert.run is home to people of ALL running experience levels.

We have athletes who have started with our “Couch to 5k” training plan, and have worked their way up to running their first 50k Ultramarathon…and we even have professional athletes who train with us, too, having huge results on the international stage.

Vert.run is home to every trail runner or person who wants to be a part of the trail running lifestyle. 

Great question! You can get inspired by the awesome Vert.run athletes in our community here. 

YES we absolutely can! In fact, that’s one of the questions we get asked the most.

We’ve helped hundreds of runners around the world cross the finish line of their first 50k ultramarathon.

The most popular Vert.run training plan for running your first ultramarathon? This one: “50k: Become an Ultrarunner.” 

The Vert.run app is available in English, French and Spanish, including all of our training plans. We also offer coaching in English, French and Spanish.

The best way to be sure that you’ve chosen the perfect plan is actually to let a Vert.run coach match you with a plan!

How? Choose any plan for now, and then sign up for Vert.run Pro–then, your personal Vert.run coach will chat with you to figure out what the perfect plan is for you.

Or, you can scroll down to our “plan matcher” on this page.