How to compare your training sessions

See what changed between similar sessions. Use the numbers alongside the route, weather and how you felt.

Step by step

1. Open All Activities and tap Compare.
2. Tap sessions to tick them. You can pick up to six.
3. Tap the sparkly button.
4. Picked just one? Smart Compare finds your most similar past sessions for you.
5. The graphs line the sessions up so you can see exactly where one was faster. Tap a name in the legend to dim that line. Tap ✕ on a card to remove it.
6. Add context in the clue box, such as sleep, weather or route. Or use its Grill me, which asks you about them.
7. Tap Get AI comparison. Your coach explains what actually changed.
8. Tap What's next? to ask what to do about it.
9. Tap the bookmark to save the comparison. Find it later under Saved.

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Where it goes wrong

• Comparing very different sessions. A sprint against a long run tells you nothing. Compare similar sessions.
• Only looking at pace. A lower heart rate at the same pace is the clearest sign of fitness there is. Look at both lines together.
• Forgetting conditions. Heat, wind and sleep explain most “mystery” bad days. Put them in the clue box.
• Plan limits. Full side-by-side for two or more sessions is a Pro feature. Smart Compare with one session works for everyone.

Check it worked

• The sessions you're comparing are a fair match.
• You've looked at heart rate as well as pace.