What it is
The readiness check-in is a one-tap rating you give yourself before today's workout. It's a fast subjective gauge of how you're feeling — sleep, soreness, stress, the weather — rolled into a single number from 1 to 5.
The 1–5 scale
| Score | Label | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exhausted | Cooked. Bad sleep, deep soreness, illness coming on. |
| 2 | Tired | Below baseline — legs heavy, motivation low. |
| 3 | Normal | An average day. Nothing notable either way. |
| 4 | Good | Feeling sharp. Rested, energetic. |
| 5 | Fresh | Best you've felt in a while. Tank is full. |
When it appears
The check-in is shown in the day view for today's workout, but only when:
- The workout is still pending (not yet completed or skipped), and
- You haven't already rated yourself for that workout.
It doesn't appear on past or future workouts — only on the workout you're about to do. One rating per workout.
What happens when you score low
If you log a 1 or 2, Pheidi shows a gentle nudge:
Consider an easy run today instead. Listen to your body.That's the entire response. Pheidi does not auto-downgrade your workout, skip it, or change pace targets. The decision stays with you — the nudge is just a reminder that a hard day on a depleted body costs more than it gives.
Why subjective, not a wearable score
Pheidi keeps readiness subjective for two reasons. First, HRV and recovery scores from wearables need 1–2 weeks of baseline data before they're useful, and many runners don't wear one. Second — when objective and subjective disagree, runners are usually right. If your watch says you're recovered but your legs say otherwise, trust the legs.
Wearable-based composite readiness (HRV, resting HR, sleep) is on the roadmap as an optional input — not a replacement.
What gets stored
Your score sticks to that specific workout — it persists alongside completion data once you log the workout. There's no streak, no average, no ranking. It's a private signal that helps you build a sense of how readiness moves with training load.
The readiness check-in lives inside the Pheidi app — sign in to use it.
See also
- How Workout Logging Works Quick-complete, manual entry, and the post-workout feedback prompt.
- How Intensity Distribution Works How Pheidi tracks zone mix over four weeks and flags too much gray-zone work.
- Heart Rate Training Roadmap Where wearable readiness signals fit in next.