New features in my pace percentage calculator

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I just updated my pace percentage calculator with a couple of handy new features. The web app now supports decimal input and output, 200m splits, and between-session pace memory.

📱 Try out the updated pace percentage calculator here! 📱

These are small changes but make life a lot easier if you are planning Canova-style percentage-based workouts.

Read on for more info on these new features!

Decimal input and output

For track runners I often find it useful to use per-400m or per-200m splits as the basis for pacing—for example, starting with 1:00.0 (per 400m) for a 2:00 800m runner is much easier than trying to use 4:01/mi or 2:30/km. 

The calculator used to only support decimal output, and only for 400m splits. Now, you can toggle decimal input and output together using a simple button, just like on my race pace calculator. 

Conversion to and from 200m splits

During the indoor track season I was often providing workout splits for 200m tracks, and it was a little annoying to have to output a 400m split and divide by two in my head. Now you can directly convert to and from per-200m pace as well (which works great in tandem with the decimal feature).  

Between-session pace memory

The pace percentage calculator now remembers where you left off—if you’ve been calculating all your marathon workouts based on 6:52/mi pace (which is 3:00 for the marathon), that same input pace will still be there when you come back tomorrow. There’s also a new reset button at the bottom to restore the default settings.  

These are small changes but together they make a big difference! My pace percentage calculator is still the most popular app on my site, and for good reason: it makes Renato Canova-style percentage-based workouts super easy to do.  

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