23/05/2026
60-70% of recreational runners get injured every year. And most of the time, it’s training load.
We kept seeing the same pattern; runners using apps that logged everything but told them nothing useful. Distance, pace, splits. Great data. Zero context about whether their body was actually ready for what they were asking it to do.
So we worked with physiotherapists to understand why runners kept breaking down. The answer was consistent across the research: it wasn’t the running. It was the load mismanagement. Runners who got injured had commonly increased their weekly mileage by 30-50% in the weeks before it happened. Sessions just 10% above what your body is used to are linked to a 64% higher injury hazard.
Pro athletes have had access to load monitoring for years. Their coaches track it. Their physios flag it and their training adjusts around it.
Recreational runners, the ones who run 3 times a week, train for their first half marathon, and have never had a coach, had nothing.
That’s the gap LODE was built to close💪
Your Garmin is already collecting the data. LODE reads it, tracks how hard your body has actually been working, and builds a training plan that adjusts to you. Not just a one-size-fits-all template.
📚(Kluitenberg et al., 2022, Journal of Athletic Training / Nielsen et al., 2025, Garmin RUNSAFE cohort)