Article 21 · Your settings

Race date, goal time.

When you have a specific race coming up, telling the program about it makes it peak around the date instead of running on a generic schedule. On the marathon, half marathon, and hyrox streams these live in the Program tab → Race goal.

What each field does

Race date — anchors the peak. The engine counts back from this date to place the threshold and race-prep phases.
Goal time — your target finish time. Used as the pace anchor for race-pace work in the final third of the block.
Hyrox division (hyrox only) — Pro vs Open lives on the same Race goal row and sets the prescribed station weights. See Hyrox division.

Block length (how many weeks until the race) is set separately in the Program tab → Training structure. Hybrid users can also set an optional goal event from Training structure — the balance slider still drives strength-vs-cardio bias, but the program times the peak around the event. Changes apply to next week’s plan.

Block lengthHow many weeks the program spends building toward your peak. Different streams allow different ranges. Changing block length re-shapes phasing on the next rebuild.Hyrox levers (division, race date, block length)The Hyrox program is built around the singles race standard. The levers you turn are your division, your race date, and your block length — division and race date on the Race goal row, block length on Training structure.Logging time trials (and how VDOT updates)Open the Program tab → Your benchmarks → Run benchmarks. Log distance + time + date; VDOT recomputes from the fastest equivalent effort and feeds next week’s pace prescriptions.