Norwegian Singles

Norwegian Singles puts the Norwegian Singles Method (NSM) in your pocket, turning elite-style interval training into guided, personalized workouts for everyday runners. Enter a recent race time and Norwegian Singles calculates your VDOT and training paces, then builds reps, rests, warmup and cooldown to match your fitness level while replacing traditional hard VO2max sessions with controlled sub-threshold intervals that help you accumulate weekly training stress and recover faster between sessions.

Key Features

Norwegian Singles generates Norse-style intervals using the Norwegian Singles Method pacing tables with short, medium or long session profiles and includes a custom workout builder to set distance, time and quality targets while editing reps, rests, warmups and cooldown. The app also offers a VDOT Calculator, Race Predictor and Pace Converter to compute personalized paces and finish estimates across distances from 1500m to the marathon, one-tap sending of workouts to your smartwatch with optional pace alerts, the ability to save workouts to a library, switch between metric and imperial units, and a dark mode for quick pre-run access.

Advantages

Norwegian Singles provides personalized pacing based on proven NSM tables so each session matches your current fitness; the sub-threshold approach helps accumulate training stress while reducing recovery time between hard efforts. VDOT tools and race prediction are combined in a single, easy-to-use interface, and one-tap syncing plus optional pace alerts make interval execution straightforward for runners of varied experience.

Disadvantages

The app requires a recent race result to calculate accurate VDOT and personalized paces, and the sub-threshold interval approach replaces traditional VO2max sessions which may not suit runners who prefer all-out efforts. Smartwatch syncing depends on compatibility with your wearable and may require additional setup.