Routes

A route that fits today’s workout.

Your plan says 3×8 minutes of tempo. The question is where. On an outdoor day, Routes hands you a loop sized to the ride, with room for the work, ready on your bike computer.

  • Sized to your speed
  • Climbing checked
  • Busy roads capped

Route matching, sending and GPX downloads come with the trial and the paid plan.

Saturday · Endurance

Outdoor

1h 5m Endurance · 3×8′ tempo

Sized to your speed

Routes for Saturday

Your rides that fit Saturday

1h 5m at your usual 17.5 mph is about 19 mi.

3×8 min: a 2.4 mi stretch with no sharp turns fits each rep.

Distance

19.6 mi

Est. time

1h 10m

Climbing

1,001 ft
Ridden 6× · last 9 days agoNorth county loop
Send toWahoo
One tap to your head unit

Also sends toKarooandGarmin,or downloads as GPX.

New loops

Your roads, or new ones
  • New roads18.4 mi · 1h 7m · 1,119 ft

    92% paved8% not mapped24% busy roads

  • Mixed19.1 mi · 1h 9m · 1,073 ft

    96% paved4% not mapped29% busy roads

An example Saturday: a 1h 5m endurance ride with three tempo reps.

What you get

On an outdoor day, the route comes with the workout.

  • Sized to the planned time

    Each loop fits today’s planned ride time at your own speed, measured from your rides for that kind of workout and corrected for climbing.

  • Climbing checked

    It looks for straight stretches long enough for your reps and, for hill work, a steady 3 to 8% climb near the start. It follows your hill preference.

  • Busy roads capped

    Every loop shows its share of busy road. A loop where busy roads pass the cap is dropped before you see it.

  • Your roads, or new ones

    Loops you already ride come first. Find new routes builds loops on roads you have not ridden, from OpenStreetMap data.

How it picks

It picks the road for the workout, not the workout for the road.

  1. 01 · Start from the workout

    It reads today’s session: how long it is and what kind of work it holds. Your speed for that kind of ride sets the distance.

  2. 02 · Find loops that fit

    It checks your past rides that start near you, then builds new loops on nearby roads. Each one has to land close to the planned time.

  3. 03 · Keep the ones where the work fits

    It keeps loops with the stretch or the climb the session needs, and drops loops with too much busy road.

On the bike

One tap to your Wahoo, Karoo or Garmin.

Send the loop to a Wahoo ELEMNT, a Hammerhead Karoo or your Garmin Connect courses, and it shows up on the unit as a course. Any other bike computer takes a GPX or FIT download. Each route opens on a map with its elevation, so you see the climbs before you leave.

Questions

Routes FAQ

Why does it not use my Strava rides?

Strava’s API terms do not allow it, and Garmin’s terms are the same. Your own loops come from rides you upload as files and from Wahoo and Karoo rides that start within 2 km of your start point. New loops on roads you have not ridden fill in the rest.

Can I send a route to my Garmin?

Yes. A route goes to your Garmin Connect courses and syncs to your Edge from there. If your Garmin connection does not yet allow course import, the first send asks for it. Wahoo ELEMNT and Hammerhead Karoo take it in one tap too, and any other computer takes a GPX or FIT download.

Does it place each interval on a road section?

No. It picks a loop where the work fits: a straight stretch long enough for your reps, or a steady climb near the start for hill work. Where each rep starts is still your call on the road.

Does it keep me off busy roads?

It keeps them under a cap, and each loop shows its busy-road share so you can see it before you ride. It does not promise a road with no traffic.

Can I draw my own route?

Yes. The route builder lets you draw a loop on the map with its elevation, and you can rename and star the routes you like.

Is it free?

Route suggestions, Find new routes, sending and downloads come with the 14-day trial and with Coach. The free tier keeps the routes page and the route builder.

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