Running coach by text
A running coach. In your texts.
Most running tools hand you a plan and hope you stick to it. Runsense is a coach: it learns your training, builds a real plan for your goal, and adapts as your life changes.
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How it works
Set up once. Then it comes to you.
You set up once in the iOS app and connect Apple Health, then tell your coach your goal. From then on, coaching arrives the way a real coach checks in: a text with how the week's shaping up, what today's session is, and what to keep an eye on.
Reply any time (can we move my long run to Sunday? / knee's sore, still run?) and get a straight answer that fits your plan. No feed, no dashboard to live in.
Adapts to your life
It adapts to your life, not just your mileage.
A plan in an app adjusts to your training. Runsense adjusts to your life. With your permission it reads sleep, resting heart rate, and HRV from Apple Health and reworks what's next, so the guidance fits the week you're actually having, not the one the plan assumed.
A conversation
Two-way, not one-way.
An app tells; you tap. A coach has a conversation. Ask Runsense a question and get judgment back. It's the part of coaching that matters most when you're tired, traveling, or off-plan.
Pricing & trial
A coach for the price of an app.
14 days free, no credit card. Cancel anytime.
Founding members: first 50 only. Lock $8.99/mo or $89.99/yr for as long as you’re a member.
A great human coach runs $150–$300/mo, usually split across 20–30 athletes. Runsense gives you a coach who actually knows and has time for you, at a fraction of the cost.
Getting started
What you need to start.
An iPhone to set up your account (signup is iPhone-only today) and Apple Health connected so your coach can see your runs. After that, the coaching happens over text. No daily app to open.
Questions
A running coach by text: common questions.
Is this really just coaching by text?
Mostly, yes. You set up in the iOS app, and the app's there as a GUI whenever you want it (your plan, history, settings). But unlike other training platforms you're not required to live in it. Day to day the coaching comes to you: a text with what today's run is, how it fits the bigger plan, and what to keep an eye on. Reply with a question or a change any time and you get a real answer back. No dashboard you have to open.
How is this different from a training-plan app?
A plan in an app adapts to your training; Runsense adapts to your life. With your permission it reads how training and recovery are actually going (sleep, resting heart rate, and HRV from Apple Health) and reworks what's next. And it's two-way: ask can I move my long run to Sunday? and get a straight answer that fits your plan, not a fixed schedule you tap through.
Do I need a watch?
No. Runsense reads whatever runs you already record (an Apple Watch, Garmin, COROS, even the Strava app) once they're sharing to Apple Health. A watch sharpens the picture (sleep, heart rate, HRV), but it isn't required to get coached.
What does it cost?
$14.99/month or $119.99/year, with 14 days free and no credit card to start. Founding members lock in $8.99/mo or $89.99/yr for life while the offer lasts. A great human coach runs $150–$300 a month, usually split across 20–30 athletes; Runsense gives you a coach who actually knows and has time for you, at a fraction of the cost.
Meet a coach that texts you.
Apply for the Runsense beta. We'll review your application and be in touch.
Apply for the beta14 days free · no credit card · cancel anytime
Pricing as of June 2026: $14.99/month or $119.99/year, 14 days free, no credit card. Founding-member pricing ($8.99/month or $89.99/year, locked for life) is a limited-time offer. Figures change, so check the app for current terms.