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    November 11, 20264 min read

    The new workout execution score: how LeCoach judges your rides and runs

    LeCoach's workout execution score gets smarter: it now checks every rep of your main set, and rides and runs each get rules of their own.

    The new workout execution score: how LeCoach judges your rides and runs

    After every planned ride or run, LeCoach gives you a workout execution score out of 100 and one sentence that says how the session went. From V1.511 the workout execution score gets smarter. It now also looks at every rep of your main set, and rides and runs each get rules of their own.

    What's new in the workout execution score

    The score has always compared your session with the plan: time in zones, intensity, load and duration. All of that stays. What's new is a closer look at the hard work itself. LeCoach now checks each rep against its own target, so the score knows how much of the main set you got done, and runs get rules that fit how running pace behaves.

    A closer look at the hard work

    The main set is usually why a workout is in your plan. So the score now follows it rep by rep. A rep that's close to its target counts as done, so you don't lose points for a few watts or a slightly short rep. Short efforts like sprints or 30/15s count once you've done them.

    Missing a real part of the hard work shows in the score, in the number as well as the word. The more of the main set you skipped or couldn't hold, the lower the score can go, however well the warm-up and cool-down went.

    Going a bit over the plan counts less than falling short. An extra ten minutes on the way home, or a rep a little above target, matters less than cutting the session short.

    A quick example

    Say your plan has five 5-minute VO2max reps. Four of them hit the target and the last one fades a little. You did most of the hard work, so the session can still read Good. Now say you stop after three reps. A big part of the hard work is missing, and the score shows that, even if the rest of the ride went exactly to plan.

    Excellent is saved for sessions that went close to plan all round, the hard work and the rest of the ride.

    Rules of their own for runs

    Runs are scored on pace, and running pace behaves differently from power.

    • Each rep is compared with its own target pace, with a little more room on a treadmill, because a watch reads treadmill pace less exactly.

    • Outdoors, LeCoach uses your grade-adjusted pace when you have it in Intervals.icu, so a hilly route doesn't count against you.

    • On easy runs your heart rate counts too. If it stayed easy, your run counts as on plan, even when hills, trails or a treadmill make your pace look all over the place.

    • Reps run much faster than planned count as done, but the run won't reach the top of the scale. Running your threshold reps at 5k pace is a different session, and the sentence tells you so.

    • No threshold pace in Intervals.icu? LeCoach uses the one you set in LeCoach, or your heart rate zones, and says in the sentence that it couldn't check your pace. Set your threshold pace to get the full score.

    Good is good

    Don't chase 100. Outdoor rides have traffic lights, wind and descents, and runs have hills and coffee stops. A Good score on a hard session means you did the work your plan asked for.

    The score also isn't a verdict on you. It tells your coach how training is landing, it feeds the key-session check in your plan health score, and it shows on your workout card. If a few key sessions in a row come out Fair or lower, that's useful to know: maybe the targets are too high, maybe you need more recovery. Ask your coach about it. It sees the same score and the reps behind it, and it will suggest a change and explain why rather than reshuffling your plan on its own.

    What stays the same

    • Scores you already have stay as they were. The new rules apply to sessions from 11 November 2026.

    • Test days still show your test result instead of a score, including ramp tests that come in from Zwift, Rouvy or MyWhoosh.

    • A ride never scores a planned run, and the other way round.

    More about what the score looks at is in the support article What is the workout execution score?. If you want to dig into a session yourself, how to analyze your activities and workouts walks through the rest of the ride page, and cycling training zones explains the zones the score compares.

    Ride your next planned workout, read the sentence under the score, and ask your coach about anything that surprises you.

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