Is your race goal realistic?

A target time does not tell the whole story. This is a free check for one narrow question: does the race time you're chasing fit your current fitness, your mileage, and your timeline. It works for 5K to marathon goals and reads your current fitness from a recent race time at any distance from 5K to the marathon. Two minutes, and you see the result on the page before deciding whether to send me anything.

It looks at four things: your current fitness from a recent race, the gap to your goal, your late-race risk, and the first thing I'd change. If your question is bigger than one target time, apply for coaching instead.

Run the goal check.

Enter the basics. Nothing is sent until you choose to.

Where you are now

Enter any recent race. The check anchors to whichever distance is closest to your goal, so a 5K or 10K is enough on its own.

Where you want to go

Question bigger than one target time?

If the whole training picture is what's unclear, that's what coaching is for. Two-minute application, no payment to start.

Apply for coaching See the coaching overview →