You build a smart training block, hand it over, and then hope. Between your weekly check-ins the easy runs get skipped, the strength work quietly disappears, and by race week the gap between the plan and what actually happened is on you. A runner who ghosts their program is a runner who doesn't renew.
- Athletes commit on Monday and drift off the plan by Thursday, with no consequence for a missed run.
- Cross-training and mobility work — the parts that prevent injury — get skipped the moment they leave your sight.
- You can't tell who actually did the session and who just marked it done in a log.
- Motivation runs high right after a race and collapses in the long, unglamorous base-building weeks.
How Cadoo solves it
Put real money behind the training plan
Your runners stake their own cash on hitting the week's targets — the daily steps, the strength circuits, the consistency work. When skipping a session costs money, the plan you wrote stops being optional and becomes something they actually protect.
Proof the work happened, not just a checked box
Cadoo counts and form-scores strength and mobility movements — pushups, squats, situps, pullups, dips, and plank holds — straight from the phone camera, and reads daily steps from Apple Health or Google Health Connect. You get verified completion instead of an honor-system training log.
Turn base-building into a game they want to win
Runners bet with training partners, climb leagues and leaderboards, and walk away with shareable, skinned highlight clips of their wins. The grind between races gets a scoreboard, so the boring weeks build their own momentum.
Frequently asked questions
How does Cadoo help Running Coaches?
Cadoo turns your training plan into money-staked, verified challenges your athletes can't fake their way through. They bet on hitting daily steps and camera-verified strength and mobility work, so the sessions you program between check-ins actually get done — which keeps runners consistent, progressing, and renewing with you.
How does Cadoo verify a runner actually did the work?
Strength and mobility movements — pushups, squats, situps, pullups, dips, and plank holds — are counted and form-scored by AI from the phone camera, so half-reps and sloppy form don't count. Daily steps come straight from Apple Health or Google Health Connect. The camera handles reps only; steps always come from the health app.
How do I set this up for my athletes?
You can spin up a game in minutes through the Cadoo Upside Hub, or email Tim@cadoo.io and we'll help you build challenges that fit your coaching program.
Ready to launch a game for running coaches?
Set up a branded, camera-verified fitness game through the Cadoo Upside Hub, or talk to us and we’ll build it with you.