Frequently Asked Questions

Run Briefing is a weekly email that summarizes your running activity, progress, and trends. It helps you understand your training at a glance — without opening an app or exporting data.

Unlike generic fitness newsletters, Run Briefing is based entirely on your real activity data. It connects to your Garmin Connect account to create a fully personalized summary.

You’ll receive one briefing at the end of your training week. You can adjust that day in your account settings.

With every report, we compare the last training week with the previous one to show you the changes in your training. We also include insights about your average pace, distance, heart rate, and power.

You can currently connect your Garmin account to sync activities automatically. Support for Coros, Suunto and Polar is in development. Due to API license restrictions, Strava is not supported.

If recent runs are missing, your Garmin connection may have expired or delayed syncing. Try reconnecting your Garmin account or wait a few minutes — data usually updates automatically.

Manual uploads aren’t supported. All insights are generated from connected data sources to ensure accuracy and consistency.

Yes, we include all types of workouts, but focus foremost on running metrics.

Run Briefing processes the FIT files from your connected account and extracts summary metrics from each activity. It then aggregates these over time to reveal long-term performance trends and training patterns.

Weekly trends show how your recent training compares to previous weeks. They help you spot improvements, recovery periods, or changes in consistency.

Sign in to your Run Briefing account and follow the Delete Account instructions in your settings. This removes your profile, all synced data, and any third-party connections such as Garmin Connect.

Customization is currently limited to choosing your preferred start of the training week and distance unit (km / mi). More personalization options are planned for future releases.

Metrics like pace, distance, and heart rate are computed from your individual activity summaries. Run Briefing uses these values to produce consistent averages and changes over time.

Run Briefing is sent once per week, based on your chosen delivery day. You can adjust this weekday in your account settings.

First, check your spam or promotions folder. If it’s not there, verify that your Garmin data is up to date and your connection is active. You can also trigger a resend from your dashboard.

No. We do not store previous briefings. Future versions may include a way to resend past briefings to.

Run Briefing only accesses the Garmin Connect API to fetch the activity in form of FIT files. Therefore, only data included in the FIT files are used to generate your briefings — such as distance, duration, pace, and heart rate.

Unsubscribing from the newsletter stops future briefings but may not affect essential account-related messages. If you wish to stop all communication, you can delete your account.

All user data is stored securely on EU-based servers with encrypted connections and access controls. We never store your third-party login credentials. The access to Run Briefing is protected by a magic link authentication that avoids the use of passwords.

Yes. You can permanently delete your account from your settings. This removes all stored data, third-party connections, and activity records from our servers.

No. Your data is never sold or shared with third parties. External connections (like Garmin) are used only for authorized data syncing.

Yes, Run Briefing is free and includes weekly summaries and core insights.

No, you can only use the free plan.

All subscription management will take place in your Run Briefing account settings. If there is more than one plan available, you’ll be able to upgrade, downgrade, or cancel anytime.

Make sure your latest runs have synced to Garmin Connect. If they still don’t appear, reconnect your Garmin account in Settings → Connections and wait a few minutes.

Briefing summaries rely on the data provided by your connected service. If an activity was edited or synced late, its values may update automatically in your next briefing.

You can update your email and preferences anytime in your account settings page after signing in.