Introducing Stryd Assistant: Run Smarter. Every Day.

Training is more than the run itself. It is everything that happens around it — the planning, the questions after a hard session, the small decisions when life gets in the way, and the constant work of keeping your plan aligned with your goals.

Today, we're introducing Stryd Assistant, a new layer of daily intelligence built into the Stryd app that helps you make better decisions at every step of your training.

Stryd Assistant introduces the following new features:

• Stryd Recap — A plain-language summary of how your structured workout actually went, waiting for you the moment you finish
• Race Management — Add, edit, or remove goal races while maintaining your training plan rhythm
• RSB Accuracy — Know when your Running Stress Balance is reliable, and when it isn't
• Critical Power Calibration — Keep your training targets sharp as your fitness changes
• Phase Transition Previews — See what's coming two to three days before each new training phase begins
• Plan Adjustments — Move or delete planned workouts and watch your plan intelligently reshape around them
• Pause & Resume — Step away from training when life requires it, and return with a structured comeback plan
• Body Status Tracking — Train with injury, illness, and menstrual cycle context

Together, these features turn the Stryd app from a workout viewer into a daily training companion. It watches your data, understands your plan, and helps you make the right call every day.

Stryd Assistant is available now for Stryd Membership subscribers with an active Adaptive Training plan.

Stryd Recap: Daily Intelligence After Every Run

After you finish a structured workout, Stryd Recap is waiting for you in the post-run view. No extra taps and no settings to configure. It's a short, plain-language summary of how your run actually went, generated from your effort, pacing, and power data.

What you'll see:

Compliance at a glance

Recap includes a simple compliance indicator so you always know how you did:

Want more detail? Tap "View deep dive analysis" beneath your Recap for a longer breakdown of everything that happened during your workout. It takes a few extra minutes to load. The more thorough the picture, the more it's worth the wait!

Stryd Recap tells you what mattered about your run, what you did well, and what to adjust next time. That kind of feedback used to require a coach reviewing your file. Now you get it automatically, after every paired workout.

A few things to know:

• Recap is generated for structured workouts only. Free runs and unstructured activities don't receive a Recap
• Recap is on by default. Ensure it is toggled on: Settings → Analysis Settings → Show Stryd's Recap

Race Management: Train Around What Matters

Goals change. Calendars shift. A new race opens up, or one you'd planned gets canceled.

Stryd Assistant lets you add, edit, or remove races directly from your plan. When your A-Event (your primary goal race) changes, the Assistant rebuilds your entire Adaptive Training cycle around the new goal. Including adjusted taper timing and fallback options if needed. When a B-Event (a secondary race) is added, updated, or removed, the Assistant updates the relevant workouts and shows you exactly what's changing before anything is applied.

Your training stays connected to the races that motivate you, even when the season takes unexpected turns.

RSB Accuracy: Know When to Trust Your Stress Balance

Running Stress Balance (RSB) tells you whether you're carrying fatigue, ready to push, or right in the sweet spot for a hard session. But RSB is only as good as the data behind it.

Stryd Assistant fixes that.

It continuously evaluates the data feeding your RSB and tells you whether you can trust the number you're seeing. Long stretches without a run, missing data, or unusually inconsistent training history can all reduce confidence in your RSB — and when that happens, Stryd Assistant will say so.

You'll know things like:

• Whether your RSB reflects a complete training picture
• When recent gaps have made the number less reliable
• Whether you have enough history for an accurate reading
• When your RSB is reliable and ready to guide your next decision

A trusted RSB tells you when to push and when to pull back. Stryd Assistant helps ensure your RSB is valuable at every stage of training. 

Critical Power Calibration: Always Training at the Right Intensity

Critical Power (CP) is the core fitness metric Stryd uses to set your training zones, workout targets, and race predictions. If CP drifts out of sync with your actual fitness, every target drifts with it.

Stryd Assistant watches for signs that your Critical Power needs an update. You receive a recommendation for a calibration workout to ensure you are always training at your best.

You stay in control. Your training stays accurate.

Phase Transition Previews: Know What's Coming

Your training plan moves through phases, base, build, peak, taper. Each one comes with a different rhythm and a different kind of work.

A few days before a phase change, Stryd Assistant gives you a preview of what's ahead:

• The shape of your upcoming week (long run, easy runs, workout days)
• Recommended scheduling that fits how the new phase is structured

You walk into each new phase prepared, not surprised. And if the suggested pattern doesn't quite fit your week, you can adjust before the phase begins.

Plan Adjustments: Your Schedule, Your Plan

Real training rarely follows the calendar perfectly. Stryd Assistant is built for that.

Need to move a workout to a different day? Drag it. Your week reshapes around the change.

Have to delete a workout entirely? No problem. Your plan adapts forward so you don't lose the thread of your training.

Every adjustment ripples through your plan intelligently.

Pause & Resume: Built for Real Life

Sometimes you need to step away. Travel, work, family, life will always find a reason.

When you pause your Adaptive Training, Stryd Assistant walks you through the process and shows you a clear summary of what will change before anything is applied. When you're ready to return, it proactively suggests resuming your plan, presents the recommended schedule, and lets you follow the recommendation or choose your own path.

You don't have to wonder whether to restart, skip ahead, or scale back. Stryd Assistant makes intelligent recommendations, but the decision is always yours.

Body Status Tracking: Train With What's Actually Going On

Your body sends signals every day about what it needs. Stryd Assistant gives you a way to log three types of body status: injury, illness, and menstrual cycle. This means that your plan can respond to what's actually going on, not just what the calendar says.

Injury or illness: When you flag a setback, your training adapts around it. Your plan eases off where it needs to, recovery and rest days are scheduled, and your return is structured rather than rushed.

Menstrual cycle: When you log your cycle, Stryd Assistant uses that context to help adjust your training cycle. You receive sensible recommendations to modify your plan.The smartest training is the kind that works with your body, not against it.

How to Access Stryd Assistant

Stryd Assistant is available exclusively with a Stryd Membership. To get started, make sure you have updated to the latest version of the Stryd mobile app and are following an Adaptive Training Plan.

Stryd Assistant appears when it can provide timely guidance or help you make important training decisions. As you interact with your Adaptive Training Plan, Stryd Assistant will surface relevant information, recommendations, and questions based on your actions.

For example, Stryd Assistant may appear when you:

• Add a race or event to your calendar
• Update your training availability
• Make changes to your goals or schedule
• Encounter a training decision that could impact your plan

Watch Stryd Assistant In Action

Get Started with Stryd Assistant Today

Stryd Assistant is available now in the Stryd mobile app for Stryd Membership subscribers with an active Adaptive Training plan.

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