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Recording runs

GPS distance is a Property you can add to any Collection — its cards show your routes, pace, splits, and elevation, and live recording is coming to the mobile apps.

Kaizendex treats runs like everything else you track. There's no separate app screen or special collection you're handed — running is a Property kind, GPS distance, that you add to any Collection of your own. The moment you add it, that Collection's Entry cards gain a Start button, and run pages show routes, splits, and elevation. Live GPS recording itself is coming to the Kaizendex mobile apps — more on that below.

Add the property

Open (or create) a Collection, go to + Add a property, and pick GPS distance from the Running section — alongside Pace and the heart-rate properties. Call the Collection whatever you like: "Running", "Cycling", "Hikes", "Walks" — there's no built-in "Running" collection any more, you build your own by adding the property.

When you add GPS distance, Kaizendex offers a set of companion properties — pre-checked and ready to add alongside it:

Companion propertyWhat it captures
Distance (km)Kilometres covered
DurationMoving time — pauses don't count. Stored as a finished Stopwatch, using your actual pause/resume segments from the run.
PaceAverage minutes per kilometre, e.g. 5'32"
Avg / Max Heart RateIf you're wearing a heart-rate source
Active CaloriesEstimated burn for the run
Elevation GainClimb over the route

Add as many or as few as you want — the tracker fills in whichever of these you've added, and leaves the rest alone. In the properties editor, a bound companion shows an "Auto-filled by GPS tracker" badge, but the value stays yours to edit afterwards like any other Property.

Recording a run

Any Entry in a Collection with a GPS distance Property shows a Start button on its card — in the chat log, the feed, or on the Entry's own page — as long as that Entry's route is still empty.

Live GPS recording is coming to the Kaizendex mobile apps. Tap Start today and instead of recording, Kaizendex points you at the upcoming App Store and Google Play apps — both are in the works.

Until the apps arrive, run with your usual tracker (your watch, your phone's fitness app) and log the run in Kaizendex afterwards — tell the chat ("ran 4 km in 29 minutes") or fill in the Entry by hand. Your companion properties (distance, duration, pace) work exactly the same; only the drawn route needs the recorder.

Your run, on the entry

Open a run and it reads like an activity page:

  • The route up top — your GPS trace, coloured to match your theme, with your key stats (distance, moving time, average pace) right under it. Choose a clean stylised trace or a real street map — see Customizing the card.
  • Splits — your pace for each kilometre as a bar chart, so you can see where you sped up and where you faded.
  • Elevation — a profile of the climbs and descents along the way.

What about watch data?

Connecting Fitbit or Google Health brings in your sleep, heart rate, and workouts automatically — including heart-rate zones for anything your watch recorded as a workout. It doesn't draw a route on the map yet, though: GPS traces for those synced workouts are planned for later.

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