Running · since version 1.1.0
You run on your own treadmill, and in the game you run the courses of Polish races, in one world with the cyclists. All you need is a Bluetooth treadmill, a sensor on the treadmill belt, a foot pod or a watch. On a computer, tablet or phone, with no subscription.
Getting started
After you log in, the game asks for your discipline, and BIEGANIE means running. You can change it later on the sensors screen, CZUJNIKI, under DYSCYPLINA › ZMIEŃ, which means discipline › change.
On the CZUJNIKI screen, on the treadmill card, BIEŻNIA, tap POŁĄCZ to connect and pick your device from the list. You do not need a trainer.
Connect a Bluetooth chest strap or armband on the heart rate card, PULSOMETR. You can run without a heart rate monitor too.
Tap BIEGNIJ TERAZ, the run now button, pick a course and go. Your runner moves with the belt and stops when you stop the belt.
Running equipment
One device that measures your pace is enough: a treadmill, a belt sensor, a foot pod or a watch. Everything connects over Bluetooth.
Garmin watch
In Virtual Run mode the watch measures your pace and steps and sends them to Liga Ride over Bluetooth. The order matters: the pace goes to the game only once you start the activity on the watch.
Press START and select Virtual Run, called Wirtualny bieg in the Polish menu. Not on the list? Add it to the activity list in the watch settings.
Choose BIEGANIE, running, then on the sensors screen, CZUJNIKI, tap POŁĄCZ on the BIEŻNIA card to connect and pick your watch from the list, e.g. Forerunner 255.
Press START to start the activity timer. Without it the watch is connected but sends 0 km/h and your runner stands still.
Tap BIEGNIJ TERAZ, run now, and start running on the treadmill. After the run, stop the timer on the watch with the STOP button.
First run
Calibration: the watch guesses your pace from your arm movement, so on your first run tap KALIBRUJ BIEŻNIĘ on the BIEŻNIA card to calibrate. It is three segments of 40 seconds: the first always at 6 km/h, and you choose the fastest from 8 to 16 km/h. You change the speed on the treadmill when the game asks you to. The calibration is saved for that watch and works the same way with a foot pod.
Heart rate: when the watch is connected as a running sensor, the game does not take heart rate from it yet. Put on a Bluetooth chest strap or armband and connect it on the PULSOMETR card.
Which Garmins have Virtual Run: according to Garmin, Forerunner 55, 165, 245, 255, 265, 745, 945, 955 and 965, fēnix 6 and 7, epix, MARQ, tactix 7 and quatix 7. Players with an epix and a fēnix 8 have already run in Liga Ride. With another model, check the activity list: if Virtual Run is on it, the watch should connect the same way.
A COROS watch with Virtual Run mode, e.g. PACE 2, PACE 3, PACE Pro, APEX 2, VERTIX 2 and NOMAD, connects the same way. We have tested Garmin watches live, and COROS broadcasts in the same standard.
During and after the run
On screen: pace in min/km, cadence and heart rate. Your runner stops by itself when you stop the belt.
Workouts: eight ready-made running workouts with pace targets, your own workouts from the workout builder and runs from your intervals.icu calendar. During the run the game prompts SZYBCIEJ or WOLNIEJ, faster or slower.
After the run: a report with a chart and pace zones. The run goes to your Liga Triathlonu account, and you can upload the .FIT file from PROFIL to your training platform as a virtual run.
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