The running app that will keep you training on pace with music

Instead of constantly checking your GPS watch for pace, one mobile application developer brought it upon himself to create a solution that would make it easier to target goals.

PowerRunner, designed by former runner Adrian Lopez, is a free mobile application for those who bring their phones on runs and listen to music.

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Simply put, if you’re running faster or equal to your targeted pace, you get to listen to music. If your pace drops below your target, the music will shut off.

At this point the application can only sync with music on your iTunes library, is only compatible with a iOS and is not yet available on Android.

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The app, available on iOS, is described as the following on the Apple Store:

Once you start running your pace will control your music, you will know if you are running at your targeted pace if your music is playing. If your music is paused then you are running slower than your targeted pace and in order to get the music playing again you will have to run faster to reach your goal of running at the pace you selected before you began the run. This way you will always know if you are running on pace if your music is playing.

The popular music application, Spotify, has a similar feature named Spotify Running where songs are matched to users’ taste and tempo.

Still, this seems like some solid motivation to keep ensure your hitting your specific goals on training runs or if you have difficulty gauging your pace at any given time.

H/t: Adrlanl via Reddit.