Distance Property

The Distance property allows coaches and athletes to prescribe, record, and analyze the distance covered during an exercise, conditioning session, rehabilitation activity, or sport-specific drill.

Distance is one of the most versatile exercise properties in CoachMePlus and can be used for running, sprinting, cycling, swimming, rowing, sled work, loaded carries, field-based conditioning, and many other movement-based activities.

What Does the Distance Property Record?

The Distance property captures how far an athlete travels during an activity or exercise.

Examples include:

• Running distance
• Sprint distance
• Swimming distance
• Cycling distance
• Rowing distance
• Sled push distance
• Farmer carry distance
• Shuttle run distance
• Sport-specific movement drills

Units of Measurement

The Distance property supports both imperial and metric units.

Common options include:

• Meters (m)
• Kilometers (km)
• Feet (ft)
• Yards (yd)
• Miles (mi)

The displayed unit is automatically adjusted based on the athlete's unit preferences and the exercise configuration.

How Athletes Enter Distance

Athletes can manually enter the distance completed during an exercise.

Example

These values are then stored for reporting, dashboards, and workload calculations.

How Coaches Prescribe Distance

Distance can be programmed directly within an exercise.

Fixed Distance

Sprint

• 10 Repetitions
• 40 Yards

Conditioning Session

Run

• Distance: 3 Miles

Swimming Session

Freestyle Swim

• Distance: 2,000 Meters

Loaded Carry

Farmer Carry

• Distance: 50 Meters

Distance and Training Volume

Distance is often used as a measure of training volume.

Examples include:

Running Programs

Weekly mileage accumulation

Team Sports

Total running volume during conditioning sessions

Rehabilitation

Progressive return-to-running programs

Tactical Performance

Loaded movement distances and ruck march volumes

How Distance is Used in Reporting

The Distance property can be aggregated and analyzed throughout CoachMePlus.

Common reporting options include:

Total Distance

Sum of all recorded distances.

Example:

Total Distance:

10 Miles

Average Distance

Average distance completed during a specified period.

Maximum Distance

Longest distance recorded during a selected timeframe.

Distance Trends

Track how training volume changes over time.

Compliance Tracking

Monitor whether athletes completed prescribed distances.

Common Use Cases

Running Programs

Track:

• Daily mileage
• Weekly mileage
• Long runs
• Interval sessions

Sprint Training

Track:

• Sprint distances
• Repeated sprint work
• Speed development sessions

Swimming

Track:

• Total session distance
• Weekly swim volume
• Event-specific training distances

Cycling

Track:

• Ride distances
• Weekly cycling volume
• Endurance progression

Rowing

Track:

• Ergometer distances
• On-water rowing volume
• Team training workloads

Tactical and Military Training

Track:

• Ruck march distances
• Loaded carries
• Tactical movement drills
• Endurance events

Rehabilitation

Monitor progressive increases in running or walking distance during return-to-play programs.

Distance and Other Exercise Properties

The Distance property is frequently combined with other exercise properties to provide additional context.

Example

A coach prescribes:

Tempo Run

• Distance: 5 Miles

The athlete completes:

• Distance: 5.2 Miles

CoachMePlus stores the completed distance and makes it available for dashboards, reports, workload calculations, compliance tracking, and long-term performance analysis.

Distance can also be aggregated across days, weeks, months, seasons, or careers to monitor training volume and progression over time.