[mjac]

I built Running Level https://runninglevel.com/ recently along the same lines as my other site Strength Level https://strengthlevel.com/ but have only done a soft launch. Gyms are closed here in the UK so a lot of us are out running instead.

Running Level has running standards for your age/gender over many distances like 10k/marathon/mile. The calculator on the homepage helps you rate your running performance against other people your age/gender, predicts race performance and recommends some training times.

I was hoping to do a Show HN or Product Hunt but marketing has never been my strong suit. Hope someone likes it!

[jschulenklopper]

Very nice; I like the simplicity of Running Level (with less options than Strength Level). Where do you get the reference level data from (for running)?

[mjac]

Thank you for the encouragement! Did you find any areas to improve?

The seed standards reference data is mainly from publicly available race data in CSV form and common running formulas used in the industry (e.g. Effective VO2 Max / VDOT). There are plenty of online calculators and literature (mostly based on Jack Daniels' Formula). However this is just a baseline and it'll be based on its own data set in the future (e.g. survey input).

Some links: Brian Mac - https://www.brianmac.co.uk/vo2max.htm Age grade tables - https://github.com/AlanLyttonJones/Age-Grade-Tables Jack Daniels' Running Formula - https://runsmartproject.com/calculator/ (and related book)

[dmje]

Like it, nice and simple and useful too :-)