Science-Based Training
RUN FASTER.
RECOVER SMARTER.
Norwegian Method training plans built around your heart rate. Heart-rate zones, threshold protocols, and VO2max training — built on the research behind Olympic champions.
Norwegian Method training plans built around your heart rate. Heart-rate zones, threshold protocols, and VO2max training — built on the research behind Olympic champions.
Whether you're training solo or leading a team, StartLane gives you the same science-backed system.
Get a personalized training plan based on your heart rate zones, current fitness, and goals.
Manage your team's training, monitor recovery, and build season plans — all in one place.
StartLane replaces the spreadsheets, group texts, and guesswork. Set up your team in minutes — athletes join with an invite code and start training on science-backed plans you control.
Set Up My Team — Free Trial
Create your team, get an invite code, share it with your athletes. They sign up and appear on your roster automatically. Sort by squad and track each athlete's status.
Generate Norwegian Method plans for your athletes and assign them from your roster. Every workout has heart-rate targets.
Build your season calendar with A/B/C meet priorities, so everyone knows which races matter most.
Athletes log readiness, sleep, soreness, HRV, and hydration every morning. You see each athlete's recovery history, and the Team Hub flags who needs attention.
Need to modify a workout for an athlete? Swap, reduce, or add rest days with a reason and coach note. The athlete sees your adjustment immediately.
Get flagged when an athlete's readiness drops, HRV trends down, or they miss check-ins. Catch overtraining before it becomes an injury.
StartLane is designed for high school and college cross-country coaches. 14-day free trial, no per-athlete fees during beta.
StartLane is built on the Norwegian Method — the training system used by Jakob Ingebrigtsen's team and backed by peer-reviewed sports science.
“The most undervalued thing in endurance training is consistency. Small gains, compounded.”
Every workout has a specific heart rate target. No guessing, no gray zone. Your zones are calculated from your age or tested max HR.
Calculate My ZonesAge, current pace, heart rate. 2 minutes. We calculate your 5 training zones.
An 8-week Norwegian block or a 5K/10K race plan, with heart-rate or pace targets for every session.
Log workouts, sync Strava, and record daily recovery so you can see how training is landing.
Week 8 ends with a time trial, so you can measure yourself against where you started.
Pace at the same heart rate is the number that matters. When it drops, your aerobic engine is getting stronger.
Illustrative example, not real athlete data.
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Free for 7 days for runners, 14 days for coaches. Generate your first plan in 2 minutes.