Athletes can now update their upcoming and recent races directly from their profile page online or by navigating to their profile page on the mobile apps (see screenshot above). You can also add PRs using the + icon to make it easy to add your best races historically. For added convenience you can click-through each [...]
Athletes on VDOT O2 can now access and view all of their current VDOT paces and equivalent performances in one view. Click Paces in the bottom nav then swipe left to view and scroll down to view all of your VDOT Equivalents.
Times have changed but our competitive fire and desire to self-improve remains. Coming soon we'll introduce a new way to race your community. With VDOT we're all in the same race regardless of distance. To help create a real race experience during this time of social distancing our first race sponsor, Brooklyn Running Co, will [...]
You can now customize your notification preferences. Instructions (Web): Click the notification bell icon (top right) Click the settings dial/icon (highlighted above) Select when and how you'd like to be notified (push, email or feed in-app) Instructions (Android and iOS): Click the notification bell icon (top right) Click the three dots icon Select Notification preferences [...]
You can now sync VDOT workouts to your personal calendars (E.g. Google Cal, iCal or Outlook) if you have the Garmin Connect sync enabled. You'll need to create a Garmin account and sync your VDOT Calendar. To set up, follow the instructions below: Enable VDOT O2 sync to Garmin Connect: Instructions Log in to Garmin [...]
To move a workout on our mobile app follow the steps below: Click your workoutClick the three dots pictured aboveClick Change DateSelect the date on the calendar you'd like to move the workout toClick Ok and review confirmation message of date change Change Date On The Web Previously, on the desktop version of the app [...]
We're excited to release the Beta version of our Notifications feed (in-app on vdoto2.com). Our goal with this new feature is to increase interaction and make it easier/faster, not only for coaches to respond to their athletes, but for athletes to quickly track changes as well. Attentiveness is great from a user-experience standpoint, but also [...]
VDOT O2 now syncs running workouts to Garmin Connect so you never leave home without your training paces. It's now easier than ever to train properly. Log in to VDOT O2, assess your current fitness, calculate and sync personalized training paces to your watch for real-time workout guidance and motivation. If you have a watch [...]
After further research and testing by Dr. Daniels we've updated VDOT training paces for anyone who is training at a score less than 39 (anyone training at 39 or above will not see any changes). Essentially, the adjusted calculation is representing a more accurate cost of running at these speeds. A race performance will still [...]
We're excited to announce age-graded VDOT levels on the app. We haven't updated anyone's score (they're still achieved by your race performances) but the level you achieve is now graded by age and gender. This update was designed by Dr. Jack Daniels and inspired by his physical education experience, which motivated him to improve fitness [...]