RACE STRATEGY FOR IPHONE + APPLE WATCH

YOUR RACE DAY SECOND, THAT PUTS YOU FIRST.

PACA reads your training from Apple Health and Strava, studies every metre of the course and builds your race plan: the pace for every kilometre, with your nutrition timed in. Then it runs it with you on your Apple Watch, one hill and one gel at a time.

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ROUTE 02 / 03
ROUTE OVERVIEW ATHENS MARATHON THE AUTHENTIC · 42.2 KM · +315 M · MARATHON TO ATHENS
APPLE MAPS IN APP
YOUR FINISH TIME 3:30:00
AVERAGE PACE 4:59/KM
Matches the PACA estimate. PACA ESTIMATE 3:30:00 · LIKELY 3:22 TO 3:39 · MEDIUM CONFIDENCE
ELEVATION VS PACE■ ELEVATION— PACE
0 10 20 30 42KM
SPLIT STRATEGY
Even effort. The long climb from 10 to 31 km costs time, then the run down to the stadium gives it back. PACA's pick for this course.
CONFIRM ROUTE
HILL IN 200 M AUTOPILOT

EASE OFF

NOW 4:36 KM 3 TARGET 5:50/KM
+4.5% FOR 1 KM. HOLD EFFORT, NOT PACE.
BACK TO YOUR RUN7 S
HOW IT WORKS

THREE STEPS TO A PLAN YOU CAN ACTUALLY RUN.

PULL TO REFRESH · UPDATED 2 MIN AGO
PACA ATHLETE · CAPE TOWN
RACE READINESS · ATHENS MARATHON
86 READINESS: HIGH
VOLUME, LONG RUNS, RESTING HR AND YOUR LAST RACE.
RECENT TRAINING · LAST 8 WEEKS
WEEKLY AVG 58.4KM APPLE HEALTH
LONG RUNS 425 KM+ APPLE HEALTH
LONGEST 32.1KM STRAVA
RESTING HR 48BPM APPLE HEALTH
VO2 MAX 54 APPLE ESTIMATE
RUNS 31 BOTH, NO DUPES
Facts from your data, not a health check.
WHAT YOU'VE SHOWN
HALF MARATHON CONFIRMED RACE · 5 WEEKS AGO 1:28:40
CONNECTED APPS
H APPLE HEALTH SYNCED 2 MIN AGO
S STRAVA TAP TO CONNECT
G GARMIN COMING SOON
NUTRITION
RACE GEL · 32GI EVERY 45 MIN, FROM 45 MIN
ELECTROLYTE EVERY 5 KM, FROM 5 KM
CAFFEINE GEL ONCE, AT 30 KM
01 / CONNECT

KNOW WHERE YOU STAND

Connect Apple Health and Strava. PACA reads your volume, long runs, resting heart rate and your last race, and gives you one readiness score. Nothing to type in.

ROUTE 01 / 03

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ROUTE

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02 / PLAN

EVERY HILL, PRICED IN

Pick a race or load any GPX. PACA estimates your finish from real evidence, sets a pace for every kilometre so the climbs cost what they should, and times every gel and drink into the plan.

NUTRITION

FUEL, SORTED. STOP DOING MATHS AT 30 KM.

Pacing is half the race. The other half is fuel. Add your gels, drinks, chews and tablets once, say how often you take them, and PACA times every one into your race. On the day, your watch does the remembering.

WHAT HAVE I TAKEN? Tap TAKEN on your watch and PACA keeps count: gel 2 of 4, ticked off. No more counting wrappers.
WHEN IS THE NEXT ONE? A countdown on your wrist to the next gel or drink, by time or by kilometre, and a buzz when it is due.
DID I MISS ONE? Snooze it and it comes back in 5 minutes. Nothing slips through, even when your head is somewhere else.
HAVE I PACKED ENOUGH? Your plan lists every gel and drink, at its time and kilometre, so you pack exactly what the race needs.
CANCEL ADD NUTRITION SAVE
TYPE
ICON
SELECTED: SACHET
HOW OFTEN
EVERY 45
START
Timing counts from the start line.
Every 45 min, first one at 45 min. That is 4 times in your 3:12 plan.
SAVE NUTRITION
T2C
0:45 · KM 9.6

RACE GEL

32GI · 1 OF 4
ON YOUR APPLE WATCH

A RACE DAY SECOND, ON YOUR WRIST.

Hill ahead? PACA tells you 200 m out, shows the climb and gives you the pace to hold. Downhill? It tells you to let it flow. Choose Autopilot, which steps aside after ten seconds, or Tap to Continue. Feel unwell? Hold any screen and every alert goes quiet.

HILL IN 200 M AUTOPILOT

EASE OFF

NOW 4:36 KM 3 TARGET 5:50/KM
+4.5% FOR 1 KM. HOLD EFFORT, NOT PACE.
BACK TO YOUR RUN7 S
HILL AHEAD
ROUTE COMPLETE 3:11:48 42.2 KM · AVG 4:33 /KM 12 S INSIDE YOUR PLAN
END RUN KEEP IT OPEN
FINISH LINE
1:02:14 GPS
PACE 4:36/KM
DISTANCE 12.4KM
LIVE MAP
18.6KM ELAPSED 1:25:34
PACE NOW 4:41/KM TARGET 4:38
AVG PACE 4:36/KM ON TRACK 3:14
AVG HR 152BPM MAX 168
NEXT GEL 12:40 AT KM 21
HR NOW 161 BPMZONE 4
YOUR NUMBERS

BUILT ON YOUR DATA, NOT A GUESS.

ESTIMATE A FINISH TIME YOU CAN TRUST From your recent races and training, with a likely range and an honest confidence level. It even shows what it was based on.
TERRAIN HILLS AND DOWNHILLS Every gradient is costed, so you ease into climbs and let the descents flow, without blowing up at 30 km.
ROUTES ANY ROUTE, ANY RACE Pick a race from the list or load any GPX file: a marathon abroad, a trail ultra or your Sunday long run.
BREAKDOWN YOUR PLAN, YOUR WAY Read it every kilometre, every 5 or 10, or just where the pace changes. Effort bars show where it gets hard.
READINESS ONE HONEST SCORE Volume, long runs, consistency, recovery and race evidence, rolled into one number that tells you where you stand.
PRIVACY YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Your runs stay on your phone and are only ever shown to you. Never sold, never used to train anything.
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SEE YOU AT THE START LINE.

PACA starts where it all began: the Athens Marathon, The Authentic. The road Pheidippides ran from Marathon to Athens, finishing in the marble Panathenaic Stadium. More races are added one by one, and any route works today: load the GPX and go.

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