How lope works
No black boxes. Each of these explains exactly how a piece of lope works — the formulas, the thresholds, the trade-offs — so you can trust the numbers and the coach.
How lope calculates heart rate zones
Race-based LTHR, observed max HR with spike detection, and the Tanaka fallback. The full tiered method.
How lope classifies your runs
The cascade that decides Easy / Long / Threshold / VO2max / Race / Recovery / Strides — including how strides get smart-attached to easy runs.
The gray zone — what it is and why lope flags it
Why moderate-intensity easy runs stall progress. Definition, detection, and what changes when you fix it.
What lope sees in a single run
Route shape, terrain-adjusted cardiac drift, fade detection, per-second zone distribution, elevation by half — the full per-activity intelligence.
What your training scores mean
Foundation, Durability, Threshold Readiness, Speed Maintenance — and why the composite weights flip based on your goal race.
How the lope coach is built
The four coaching methodologies, the knowledge bases, and the per-conversation context block that turns a generic AI into a coach that knows your training.
How lope handles your Strava data
What lope reads, what it doesn't, where the data lives, how sync works, and how to delete everything if you want out. Plain language, not legalese.