Your steps are getting shorter on easy runs.
Often an early fatigue sign — worth an easy day, not a diagnosis.
Warning · performance signal−4% over 6 weeks vs your usual
Stride length at the same easy pace
Readiness and load intelligence for runners
Your watch already saw it. Plover tells you what changed.
The two or three signals that moved this week — each with its evidence and how much to trust it.
A week in Plover
Specific findings. Honest gaps. See the full week →
The notes behind it.
- Tue
10 km easy · usual route
Nothing moved. Stride and heart rate sat right on your usual.
- Wed
6 × 400 m intervals
Not compared — too few interval days on record to judge one fairly.
- Thu
8 km easy · same pace
Steps a touch shorter again — third easy run in a row. This is where the week’s finding comes from.
One note per run · quiet when nothing changed
Run. Stop. Scan.
A short feed, not another dashboard.
Plover surfaces only the changes that earn attention.
Notice
What changed this week
Grade
Evidence, not instinct
Trust
Know every limit
Evidence, graded
Confidence is part of the finding.
Plover gives each signal the weight its evidence earns.
1 Load signal
Training load
Strong evidence
Example findingSerious · load signal
Your weekly mileage ramped up faster than your body is used to.
+34% vs your 4-week average
2 Performance signal
Mechanics + performance
Good evidence
Example findingWarning · performance signal
You are spending longer on the ground each step at the same easy pace.
+6% over 3 weeks vs your usual
3 Recovery signal
Recovery physiology
Supporting evidence only
Example findingWatching · recovery signal
Your overnight heart-rate variability dropped below its usual band.
Watching — needs a performance signal to confirm
A recovery signal never turns red without performance confirmation. Read how each signal is graded →
What we won’t tell you
No. We don’t predict injuries.
We show change, not individual injury forecasts.
Missing data stays missing; every signal is tested against real training histories.
An observant record
Attention where it’s earned. Silence where it isn’t.
Read the signal, its evidence and its limits.
See the sample