Elite running teams just made their training secret available to amateur athletes
Topics: Technology
Danielle Fowler
Featured Image Credit: Huawei
Topics: Technology
Ever wondered why some runners sail through mile 20 while you're bargaining with your legs to keep moving?
The answer isn't talent. It's data.
The new Huawei Watch GT Runner 2 was built with input from Eliud Kipchoge, who is the only person alive to run a marathon in under two hours, and the difference shows the moment you start training with it.
Unlike most running watches that dump useless stats on you, GT Runner 2 actually tells you what to do with the information.
The Intelligent Marathon Mode, creates a training plan based on your actual race, from smart training plans and pre-race guidance to refuel reminders, and continues to coach you through each session.
Before race day, you get pre-race guidance tailored to conditions. During the run, real-time pacing alerts stop you from torching all your energy in the first 5k. After you cross the line, achievement sharing lets you show off
Huawei worked with the dsm-firmenich running team to develop a running power metric that measures effort intensity — think heart rate monitoring, but for how hard you're actually working. Game-changer for pacing strategy.
There's also wheelchair mode with Paralympic-level tracking: pushing motions, distance, push count, frequency.
At 48.5g, GT Runner 2 is the lightest titanium running watch available. 14-day battery life means no mid-training-block panic charging, 32 hours of continuous GPS covers ultra-marathons and your mate who insists on "exploring" mid-run.
Beyond running, 100+ sports modes mean the watch adapts whether you're trail running, skiing, or playing golf.
Most watches track but the GT Runner 2 coaches.
Smart training programs adjust to your experience level, like interval runs, tempo sessions, long slow distance work, without requiring a sports science degree to understand.
Refuel reminders hit at the exact moment your glycogen stores are tanking, not 10k too late when you're already bonking.
And because Kipchoge's team refined the metrics, you're training with insight from someone who's literally rewritten what humans can do over 26.2 miles.
The new Huawei Watch GT Runner 2 is now available on the official website here.
There are three colorways available: dawn orange, midnight black, and dusk blue.
Built with expert insight from Eliud Kipchoge, who has a sub-two hour marathon record, the Huawei Watch GT Runner 2 is designed to help seasoned and amateur runners.
It will provide personalised training plans based on the race you're working towards with pacing guidance and post-race achievement sharing on offer.
For those of you not quite ready to get behind the starting line, the watch also boasts smart training programs, which can be tailored depending on your level of experience.
For instance, these include interval runs, long, slow distance, and tempo runs.
The watch can be worn for other sports, too. There are over 100 sports modes available, from golf and skiing to trail runs.