Help & FAQ

A free running plan that fits your week. You tell Runbriel your goal and the days you can run, and it builds a week-by-week plan that grows gradually. When life gets in the way, you move, ease or postpone workouts. You can also write your own plan from scratch.

Yes, while Runbriel is being tested, and there are no ads. Later there will be a subscription with a free trial – you'll always see the price before anything costs money.

They share the same account. Everything happens in the app: your plan, today's workout, the check-in and recording your runs with voice guidance. The website explains Runbriel and has the help, the legal pages and account deletion.

Runners aged 18 and over, from complete beginners to people training for a 5K, 10K, half marathon or marathon. If you have never run, the 0 to 5K plan starts with short run and walk intervals.

No. Runbriel tells you what to run. You can mark a workout as done, write down what you did by hand, or record the run with the app on your phone.

Kilometres or miles: change it any time in My account → Units & pace. Runbriel is in English, Greek, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Dutch. In the app, go to My account → Language; on the website, use the language menu at the top.

1. 1Tap “Create account” (or “Continue with Google”).
2. 2With email: enter your name, email, a password (at least 8 characters with a capital letter, a small letter, a number and a symbol), your date of birth and km or miles. Accept the Terms of Use.
3. 3Open the email we send you and click the link to confirm your address. Nothing after a few minutes? Check your spam folder.
4. 4Log in and pick your first plan.

With your email and password, or with Google. It's the same account in the app and on the website.

Runbriel is for people aged 18 and over, and your age is one of the things that shapes your plan: from 50, weekly distance grows a little more slowly, and from 55 there's a lighter week more often.

0 to 5K (for beginners, run/walk to your first 5 km), 5K, 10K and Half marathon, Marathon and Build Endurance (more distance without a race). Welcome back to running is a gentle plan after a long break, an illness, an injury or a pregnancy. Or Build your own plan, where you write every workout yourself.

You answer one question – what you can comfortably do at the moment – and start at a step that fits. Every step has three runs. After each run you tell Runbriel how it felt (Easy, OK or Too hard) and whether anything hurt.

After three manageable runs, Runbriel suggests the next step. If a run felt too hard, it suggests repeating the step – that's normal, not a failure. If something hurt, you get advice straight away; your pain answer is never saved. You can stay on a step at any time with Repeat this step on the 0 to 5K card. Nothing changes until you tap Apply or Repeat, and you can always keep your plan as it is.

The steps go from short run/walk intervals to 20 and then 30 minutes of running, and then build the distance to 5 km. Walk breaks are always allowed, and there is no pace target: run at a pace where you can still talk.

A few days off: just carry on with your step. After 7 to 13 days without running, Runbriel suggests going back one step; after 14 days or more, two steps. These are suggestions, not rules – you choose whether to apply them, and your completed runs stay in your history. Don't squeeze missed runs together.

When you finish the last run of 0 to 5K with at least 4.9 km recorded. GPS often measures a little short on bends or near trees and buildings, so we allow a small margin. If it's shorter, Runbriel suggests trying the last step again – take all the time you need. Afterwards you can choose Keep it up (four more weeks of three easy runs) or Work toward 10K. Nothing starts until you choose.

Yes, in the app. Open a completed workout and tap Repeat this session. It starts the same workout again, with the same steps and voice, and saves it as an extra run in your log. Your plan stays as it is.

In the app, open My account → Races / Events and add a race: name, date, and if you like the place, distance (5K, 10K, half marathon, marathon or your own) and a target time. With a distance and a target time, Runbriel works out your target pace and updates it when you change either one; without a time you can set a pace instead. You see a countdown to each race.

On race day, open the race and tap Start race run. If live pace prompts are on, the voice tells you when you're clearly faster or slower than your target. It waits a few minutes for the GPS to settle, uses your pace over the last minute, and speaks at most every 90 seconds. GPS pace is never perfect – under trees or between tall buildings it can be off. Your plan never changes because of a race unless you change it in Manage plan.

In the app, open My account → My shoes and add a pair. If you already run in them, enter roughly how far they have gone – that is the starting distance. From then on, every run you link to the pair adds its distance. Set one pair as the default: runs you record get it automatically, and on the run summary you can pick other shoes or none for that run.

The total is always worked out from your runs, so a run counts only once: edit its distance or change its shoes and both totals update; delete the run and its distance goes too. Runs from before you added the shoes are never added by themselves – you can add them on purpose with Add earlier runs (don't pick runs already included in the starting distance). Deleting a pair keeps your runs; retiring it just moves it to Retired.

The distance goal is a general rule of thumb, not a fixed lifespan: many shoes are replaced between 500 and 800 km, but it varies a lot by model and runner.

A plan for coming back after a long break, an illness, an injury or a pregnancy. You start with short run/walk sets (for example 1 minute running, 1 minute walking) and build up step by step to 30 minutes of running, then a bit more. It has at most 3 runs a week and no fast running. Strength sessions are optional. If anything hurts, or your doctor hasn't cleared you to run yet, wait before you start.

1. 1Pick a goal. Ready-made plans come first; “Make it yours” is for building your own.
2. 2Style: choose how fast your weekly distance grows (Gradual, Steady or Progressive) and how hard the sessions are (Comfortable, Balanced or Challenging).
3. 3Your running: how much you run per week now, your longest recent run, and optionally a recent race time.
4. 4Schedule: your level, start date, the days you can run (2 to 6), your long-run day, strength sessions if you like, a race date and target time (5K, 10K, half and marathon) and the plan length.
5. 5Review everything (for a half or full marathon, also confirm you are healthy enough for the training), then tap “Create my plan”. You'll see how your plan was built and a summary with what it can do for you.

It starts from what you run now, places workouts on your run days with the long run on your chosen day, and grows your weekly distance step by step. Every few weeks there's a lighter week so your body can catch up, and before a race the distance comes down so you start fresh. Harder sessions never land on back-to-back days or right before race day.

Runbriel follows fixed training rules. It doesn't use AI.

At most 6% a week with Gradual, 8% with Steady and 10% with Progressive. Your age and injury history can only make it slower: if you're often injured the limit is 6%, and if you're sometimes injured or 50 or older it's 8%. You can see your exact limit on the “How we built your plan” list.

A week with less running so your body can recover and adapt. It comes every 4 weeks (every 3 with Gradual, if you're often injured or if you're 55 or older). On the plan and in the overview chart it's marked “Lighter week”.

If you currently run less than about 6 km a week, or your longest run is under 3 km, Runbriel starts you with 0 to 5K first. It's the safest way to build up: short run/walk steps, then running non-stop, then the distance to 5 km. Its steps follow your feedback, so the style choices don't apply yet.

If your plan starts in the middle of a week, the days before the structured plan begins are filled with easy runs. That first part is called the lead-in.

5K plans are 6 to 12 weeks, 10K plans 8 to 16 weeks, half marathon plans 10 to 16 weeks, marathon plans 14 to 20 weeks and Build Endurance 6 to 12 weeks. Runbriel recommends a length and you can pick another one from the list. 0 to 5K has no fixed length: the plan shows about one step a week, but you move on only when a step felt manageable, so it can take longer. With a race date, the plan is fitted to end on race day.

From the recent race time you enter when creating the plan (any distance from the last 6 months). Runbriel works out your easy, long, tempo and interval paces from it. Without a race time, workouts are guided by effort instead. You can also choose effort (1 to 10) instead of pace in My account → Preferences.

Easy runs only have a limit: don't go faster than this pace. Slower is always fine – on hills, in heat or on a tired day. Long runs show a pace window to aim for, and never faster than its fast end. Tempo, intervals, race pace and hills show a range to stay inside.

No, it's optional for 5K, 10K, half marathon and marathon plans. With a race date, the plan ends on race day, the last weeks get easier (the taper), and race day is fixed so it can't be moved by accident.

It's optional (5K, 10K, half marathon and marathon plans). Runbriel compares it with what you can realistically run after the plan and tells you if it's realistic, ambitious or a big jump, and suggests a safer target if needed. Your training paces always stay based on your current fitness, never on the target, so you don't train too fast too soon.

Your recent race time is converted to your goal distance with a standard runners' formula (that's “today”). Then Runbriel adds a typical improvement for your level and the plan length. It's an estimate, not a promise: real progress depends on how your training goes, sleep, health and more.

Open the Plan tab and tap “Overview”. It shows the estimate, the weeks at a glance, your first week and how the plan was built.

Optional short bodyweight sessions that can lower your risk of injury. They're off unless you turn them on: when creating your plan, or at any time in Manage plan → Strength sessions (turning them off removes them from today on). They never land on the same day as a hard run, and they get a little harder as the plan goes on. Each session lists its exercises on the workout page.

Easy run: relaxed, you could chat. Long run: your longest run of the week, slow and steady. Tempo: comfortably hard, a few words but no chatting. Intervals: fast repeats with easy jogging or walking in between. Easy run with strides: an easy run with a few short speed-ups at the end (see “What are strides?”). Run/walk: alternate running and brisk walking. Long run with goal pace: easy long run, with the last part at your race pace. Race: your race day.

Short, smooth speed-ups at the end of an easy run. They make your legs quicker and your running smoother, without tiring you, so they're good for beginners too.

1. 1Finish the easy part of your run.
2. 2Start at jogging speed and build up smoothly over a few seconds until you're running fast but relaxed (about 90% of your top speed, never a flat-out sprint).
3. 3Hold it briefly. The whole stride takes about 20 seconds. Stay tall, with light, quick steps.
4. 4Ease off, then walk for about a minute until you feel fully recovered.
5. 5Repeat as many times as the workout says (usually 6).

Yes, if you already run enough to train for it safely. For a half marathon you should run at least 15 km a week, with a longest run of 8 km or more, on at least 3 days a week. For a marathon at least 25 km a week and a longest run of 12 km or more, on 4 or more days a week – 3 days only for experienced runners who already run at least 32 km a week with a recent longest run of 16 km. If you're not there yet, Runbriel suggests a 10K or Build Endurance plan first. Before you create the plan, you confirm that you're healthy enough for the training.

The long run carries more of the week and grows slowly, usually up to about 16–20 km for a half and 30–32 km for a marathon, depending on your level, and never longer than about 3 hours. From halfway through, intermediate and advanced runners finish every other long run with a few kilometres at goal race pace; beginners get a short, steady finish on a few long runs. The marathon plan is mostly steady tempo work, and the last 3 weeks get lighter (2 weeks for the half) so you start the race fresh.

Runbriel looks at what you actually did and follows a few fixed rules. If you haven't run for a week or more, it suggests easing back in with shorter, easy runs; after two weeks it suggests postponing or changing your plan. If you chose the easier version or logged very hard efforts twice in a week, it suggests making the next hard workout easier. If you missed a long run, the next one isn't made longer to make up for it. Missed hard workouts are never added to another day. Your plan only changes if you tap “Apply the change”, and every change is listed under Manage plan.

In the last week before your race, the plan gets lighter: 2 or 3 short easy runs (the first with a few strides), a very short shakeout the day before if it's one of your run days, and at most one light strength session no later than 3 days before. From 7 days before your race date, a checklist also appears on Today and in your plan: what to do this week, the day before, on race morning, during the race and after. Tick things off as you go; your ticks stay on your device.

Plans without a race date end with a 5K run at a hard but steady effort, so you can see how much faster you've become. Log your time: it updates your paces for the next plan. If you'd rather not, run it easy or skip it.

On long runs from 15 km, practise drinking and eating on the run (for example a gel or a few sips every 30–45 minutes) with what you plan to use on race day. That way your stomach is used to it. This is general guidance, not a nutrition plan: if you have a health condition that affects eating or drinking, ask a professional.

A short timeline of your day: anything you've already done, your check-in (folded as “Ready to go” until you open it), today's workout (or a rest day) and what's next. Tap “Read more” on the workout for the briefing: how to run it and, for today and tomorrow, the weather. You can also start “Run something else” if you fancy a different workout.

1. 1On Today, tap how you feel: “Ready to go”, “A bit tired” or “Not today”.
2. 2Not sure? Tap “Answer 3 quick questions” instead: sleep, legs and energy, and pain (1 to 5).
3. 3You get green, yellow or red advice for today. Tap “Change” if you want to answer again.

Green: go for it, do the workout as planned. Yellow: take it a bit easier with the easier version. Red: today is better as a rest day; skip the workout or move it.

With the 3 questions, a total of 12 to 15 is green, 8 to 11 is yellow and 7 or less is red. Any real pain (1 or 2) is always red.

About three quarters of the distance, and harder sessions (tempo, intervals, strides, hills) become an easy run. When you log it as “I did the easier version”, your plan remembers that.

Yes. The advice is a suggestion. You can always do the workout as planned. Only you know how you really feel.

Don't run through pain. If it's sharp or doesn't get better within a few days, see a doctor or physiotherapist. You can postpone your plan for 1 to 4 weeks (see “How do I take a break?”).

No. Your answers stay on your device and are not sent to Runbriel. Only what you log (done, easier version or skipped) is saved.

1. 1Open the workout (any day, also one in the future).
2. 2Tap “I did it as planned”, “I did the easier version” or “Skip this workout”.
3. 3Optionally write down distance, duration, pace, how hard it felt (1 to 10) and notes. Fill in any two of distance, duration and pace and Runbriel works out the third.
4. 4Tapped the wrong one? Use Undo.

Yes. Open any workout, past or future, check in and start it, or mark it done. It's saved on the day it was planned, so the rest of your plan doesn't change. If you want it on another day in your plan and calendar, move it.

A list of extra workouts at your plan's paces (for example an easy run or strides) for when you want to run something different. It's recorded with voice steps and saved to your log as an extra run. Your plan stays as it is.

1. 1Open the Plan tab.
2. 2Hold a workout for a moment, then drag it to another day.
3. 3Or open the workout, tap “Move”, pick a day and confirm.
4. 4It's saved straight away. Changed your mind? Tap Undo.

Any day from today until the end of your plan (with a race, until the day before race day). Race day itself can't be moved, and neither can a workout you've already logged as done or skipped.

You choose: keep both on that day, swap the two workouts, or push the workouts in the way one day later.

Runbriel checks the move against your plan's safety rules, for example two hard workouts on back-to-back days, a hard workout close to race day, or a day that isn't one of your usual run days. It tells you, but it's your call: you can still go ahead.

1. 1Open Manage plan.
2. 2Under “Postpone”, choose a break of 1 to 4 weeks.
3. 3Check the change Runbriel shows you: workouts from today until the break ends are taken out, and the rest of your plan moves back.
4. 4Tap Accept (or Reject to keep things as they are).

Runbriel doesn't save the reason for the break. If your plan has a race day, it moves back too, so check that it still matches your real race.

1. 1Open Manage plan.
2. 2Tap “Change answers”.
3. 3Go through the steps again and create the plan.

Your current plan is replaced by the new one. Everything you've already logged stays in your progress.

End plan: your plan stops, and everything you logged stays in your progress.

Delete plan: the plan and everything you logged in it are removed for good. This can't be undone.

My account → Past plans. Every plan you ended or replaced is there, with how much of it you did. Tap one to see it week by week. Plans with nothing done are tucked away and can be deleted in one go. “Delete this plan” removes a plan completely, with everything logged in it; extra activities stay in your calendar.

Starting a new plan ends the current one. It's kept in the background, and the runs you logged in it stay in your progress and calendar.

Pull down on the Plan tab to refresh, or close and reopen the app. Both use the same plan.

Your own training, the way you'd write it on paper. You choose every workout, every day, for as long as you like: a few weeks, until a date, or open-ended. Nothing is generated for you.

1. 1Choose “Make it yours” (the blue card) when picking a plan.
2. 2Optionally give it a name, a start date and how long it lasts (open-ended, until a date, or a number of weeks).
3. 3Tap “Start building” and add your workouts.

1. 1Open the editor and tap “+ Add” on a day.
2. 2Pick the type (easy, long, tempo, intervals, hills, strides, run/walk, race, strength or other).
3. 3Optionally add a name, distance, duration, pace and notes.
4. 4Save it. Repeat for as many days as you like.

Open the Plan tab and tap “Edit plan”. Tap a workout to change or delete it, or hold and drag it to another day.

No. The app saves by itself a moment after each change and when you leave the editor. You'll see “Saving…” and then “✓ Saved”.

No. Your own plan is completely yours, so Runbriel doesn't check it. Increase your distance gradually and listen to your body.

Planned workouts are for today or later. To record something you already ran, log it as an extra run in the calendar instead.

Workouts you've already logged as done or skipped are locked, so your history stays correct.

Open Manage plan (also from the editor), change the name or the end date and save.

Tap the calendar icon at the top right, next to your photo, or go to My account → Calendar.

Every day in one list, from the month of your first activity to a year after your last one: your plan's workouts (done, skipped or not logged yet) and your extra runs. Switch between Week, Month, Quarter and Year to see your kilometres done and planned for each.

1. 1Open the calendar and tap “Log a run”, or “+” on any day up to today.
2. 2Pick the type of workout.
3. 3Optionally add a name, distance, duration, pace and notes. Fill in any two of distance, duration and pace and Runbriel works out the third.
4. 4Save. It shows in your calendar marked “Extra” and counts in your progress.

Tap it in the calendar, change what you need and save, or tap “Delete workout”.

About 3 years.

Yes. GPS recording is still being tested and fine-tuned against a sports watch, so distance and pace can still be a little off. We keep improving it with each update.

1. 1Open the workout (today's, or any other) and read what to expect: what you'll do, why it helps and how to run it.
2. 2Do the quick check-in, then tap Start.
3. 3Allow location when Android asks.
4. 4Tap Start: a 5-second countdown gives you time to put the phone away (or tap Skip). The voice then tells you each step (warm-up, the repeats, cool-down…).
5. 5Use Pause / Resume, or “Skip step” to jump to the next part.
6. 6Tap Finish. The run is saved and marked done in your plan.

Open a workout from Today or the Plan tab. At the top: the GPS signal (today's workout) and Outside | Treadmill. Then the workout with its distance, time and pace, the buttons Move, Mark as done and Skip, the daily check-in (folded on “Ready to go”), the steps, and the full briefing – why it helps and how to run it. Start stays at the bottom.

Yes. On the session screen, tap Treadmill. Each step tells you the speed to set in km/h and mph, there's no GPS, and at the end you type in the treadmill's distance. Treadmill runs don't need location: if it's allowed, the recording keeps going with the screen off; if not, the screen stays on during the run.

Your phone's Location switch is off. Tap “Turn on location” (or Turn on next to the GPS line) and confirm Android's question – or switch Location on in quick settings. Runbriel notices within a few seconds.

Yes, as long as your phone lets it. Some phones (especially Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO) stop apps in the background very eagerly. Do the steps in My account → Phone setup once before your first run.

1. 1Open My account → Phone setup and tap “Open Runbriel's app settings”.
2. 2Battery saver → choose “No restrictions”.
3. 3Autostart → turn it on.
4. 4Location: “Allow only while using the app” is enough. Notifications: allow them, so you can see the run is recording.
5. 5Optional: in the recent apps view, long-press Runbriel and tap the lock icon.

Moving time: the time you were actually moving. Stops – at a traffic light, a crossing, tying a shoe – are left out, as on Strava. That's the time on your share pictures, in Analytics and in your plan. The run summary shows both: moving time and pace, and elapsed time (Start to Finish) and pace. Race runs use the elapsed time, because the race clock doesn't stop either. Runs from Health Connect and runs entered by hand keep the time they came with.

The run is kept on your phone and shown as “Waiting for internet”. Runbriel sends it to your plan once you're back online.

In the Runs tab. Tap a run to see its summary: your time, distance and pace for every part of the workout (warm-up, each repeat, cool-down) and for every kilometre. You can also share the route as a GPX file (for example to upload it to Strava yourself).

After you tap Start, the app counts down from 5 out loud, so you have time to put your phone away. Tap “Skip – start now” to start at once, or switch the countdown off in My account → Phone recording.

1. 1In your watch's app, turn on sharing with Health Connect (Garmin Connect: More → Settings → Connected apps → Health Connect).
2. 2In Runbriel: your photo (top right) → Watches & connected apps → Health Connect → Connect, and allow access.
3. 3From then on, your watch runs and walks come in by themselves when you open Today: you'll see “Synced from Garmin Connect” and the activity appears as an extra in your calendar, on the plan and on Today.
4. 4Was it your plan session? Tap the 🔗 button in its corner and pick the session. The session is marked done with your watch's distance and time; the activity is shown on the session while linked, so nothing counts twice.

Yes. On Android, most watch apps can share their workouts through Health Connect, and Runbriel picks them up.

Because you decide. Maybe it was an extra run, maybe you swapped days. One tap on 🔗 does it. Until then it counts as running everywhere (Analytics, streak, plan check), just not as that plan session. If many days pile up, Runbriel reminds you once – you can say “Not now”.

Yes. Tap the 🔗 button in the corner of the run (on Today or the Plan tab) and pick the session. It's marked done with the run's distance and time.

Tap the 🔗 button in the corner of the run (on Today, the Plan tab or in the calendar) and pick tomorrow's session. The list shows the open sessions from two weeks before the run to the end of your plan. The session is marked done with your run's numbers and stays on its own day in the plan, so nothing else moves.

Tap the filled 🔗 button on the session. You can unlink it (the session is open again and the activity goes back to your extras), link a different activity, or open the linked one.

Yes. While you record a walk or run, the phone's step sensor counts your steps; you see them during the activity and in its results, with your cadence (steps per minute). Today's total steps are under Watches & connected apps once you're connected.

Yes. My account → Watches & connected apps → Strava → Connect with Strava. With “Send runs automatically” on, every run you record with Runbriel goes to Strava when you finish; with it off, tap Send to Strava on the run. Runbriel only adds your runs and doesn't read anything from Strava.

No. Only runs you record with Runbriel on your phone are sent. Runs that came in from a watch are never passed on – let your watch's app upload them to Strava itself.

Yes: your photo (top right) → Phone recording. Switch the voice for start and finish, workout steps and kilometre splits on or off, and turn the 5-second countdown on or off.

The Analytics tab has two parts, and at the top you choose runs, walks or everything. Performance: pick a year and month (or Last month / This month) – the top box shows that period and has a share button, and the chart shows its days or months (clear the filters for the last 12 weeks or months); below are your plan done in the last 4 weeks, your streak, this year, your all-time totals and your best times. Sessions: every activity month by month, with the same filters; tap one to open it.

In Analytics → Sessions, pick the year and month with the filters at the top. Each month shows how many activities you did, the distance and the total time, then every activity with its distance, time and pace.

In Analytics you choose: runs only, walks only, or everything. A walk is an extra activity of type “Other” with a walking name (like the walks you record in the app). Walks are never counted as running distance in your plan.

Every run you logged as done and every extra run. If you didn't write down a distance for a plan workout, the planned distance counts (or the easier version's, if that's what you did). Strength and “other” activities don't count as running distance.

The share of your plan's workouts from the last 4 weeks (up to today) that you logged as done.

It counts the weeks in a row with at least one run. This week counts as soon as you've run once.

1. 1In Analytics → Sessions, tap the share button next to a month.
2. 2Choose runs, walks or everything; the Runbriel colours, a photo, a selfie or “See-through”; and story or post size.
3. 3A single walk or run: open it in the calendar (or tap it on Today) and tap “Share as a picture or sticker”.
4. 4Tap Share and pick Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, your gallery or any other app. Your photo stays on your phone.

Calories depend a lot on your body weight, and Runbriel doesn't ask for it. Rather than show a made-up number, we leave calories out. An optional weight setting for a calorie estimate may come later.

Yes, in the app: Analytics → Performance → Runs → Best times shows your fastest 1K, mile, 3K, 5K, 10K, 15K, half marathon, 30K and marathon, on total time (pauses included, like a race clock). They come from runs you record with Runbriel and runs from a connected watch (the fastest stretch anywhere inside a run), runs from Health Connect that are exactly that distance or up to 3% longer, and the times you add yourself. Tap a distance to see all your efforts, ranked. After a run, a “New best” message shows up on the summary.

Tap your photo (or your initial) at the top right to open My account. Everything is in one menu: personal details, email, personal bests, calendar, plan, preferences and more.

1. 1Open My account.
2. 2Tap your photo (the camera badge).
3. 3Choose a photo and crop it to a square. To remove your photo, tap your photo and choose “Remove photo”.

My account → Personal details. Change it and save.

My account → Email & login. Enter the new address. We send a confirmation link to it, and your email changes once you click it. If you log in with Google, your email is managed by Google.

Tap “Forgot password?” on the log-in screen and enter your email. We send you a link (it works for 1 hour); open it, choose a new password on runbriel.com, then log in with it in the app. If you signed up with Google, you have no Runbriel password – just use the Google button.

My account → Units & pace. Everything switches at once.

Yes. My account → Preferences → Workout targets → Effort (1 to 10). Workouts then show how hard they should feel instead of a pace.

My account → Personal bests: 5K, 10K, half marathon and marathon. Leave a distance empty if you don't have a time.

It's optional. If you're often or sometimes injured, your plan builds up more gently. Because it's health information, we only store it if you tick the box allowing it, and you can remove it at any time in Personal details.

My account → Log out (at the bottom).

Yes. My account → Appearance: Same as the phone, Light or Dark. The app restarts briefly to switch.

Yes. My account → scroll down to “Download my data” for one file with your account, plans and everything you logged, or “All my runs (GPX)” for your recorded runs with their routes, which you can open in most other running apps.

1. 1Open My account.
2. 2Scroll to the bottom and tap “Delete account”.
3. 3Confirm. Your account, profile, plans, logged runs and photo are deleted for good. This can't be undone.

No. Runbriel gives general training guidance. If you have a health condition, an injury or pain, talk to a doctor before you start, and stop if you feel unwell.

Your account details, your plan and what you log. Your daily check-in answers stay on your device. Injury history is stored only if you allow it. You can download all of it at any time (see “Can I download my data?”). Details are in the Privacy policy.

No. Location is only used while you record a run.

Two things you can choose to send, in My account → Help improve Runbriel; both are off until you turn them on. Crash reports: when the app crashes or hits an error, the error, where in the code, the app version, phone model and Android version – no name, email, workouts or location. GPS summaries: after each run, a short summary of how well GPS worked – never your route or where you ran.

Use the contact form at runbriel.com/contact.

Wait a few minutes and check your spam or junk folder. Make sure the email address was typed correctly. Still nothing? Contact us.

Check your email and password, and that you've clicked the confirmation link in the email we sent. If you signed up with Google, use “Continue with Google”.

You changed your plan on another device or tab at the same time. Reload, and make your change again.

Workouts can't move into the past, past race day, outside your plan, or into the weeks of a break. Race day and workouts you've already logged can't be moved. The message tells you which rule applies.

Your phone stopped Runbriel in the background. Do the steps in My account → Phone setup, especially Battery saver → “No restrictions” and Autostart.

Runbriel updates itself. Close the app completely and open it again (sometimes twice) to load the newest version.