Coaching is about conversations.
Spikes tells you when to have them.
Spikes uses Smartwatch Data to Provide Coaches with Performance Data, Team Insights, and Injury Risk Analysis to help teams perform to their Fullest Ability
Meet Spikes
Your assistant coach for athlete wellness.
How Spikes fits into your workflow
No extra homework for your athletes. Spikes quietly turns existing training data into early, explainable signals for you — then helps you act on them.
1. Connect
2. Learn
3. Monitor
4. Alert
Connect data
Sync watches & training logs
Garmin and your existing training tools feed runs, heart-rate, mileage, and training load directly into Spikes.
Learn each athlete
Build a personal baseline
Injury history, training age, and peak mileage help Spikes understand what’s normal for each runner.
Monitor responses
Watch how they handle training
Risk quietly adjusts up or down as athletes respond to workload, stress, and fatigue over time.
Alert the coach
Turn data into conversations
When something looks off, Spikes flags the athlete and explains why they may need a check-in.
One screen. Clear priorities.
The Spikes dashboard is built for coaches with big rosters and limited time. It shows you who needs attention first — and why — without drowning you in charts.
Top of list: who needs you now
Athletes are ordered by who most likely needs a check-in, based on how their data changed.
Alert cards with clear reasons
Each flag includes a short explanation, so you know what changed — not just a vague score.
Context in one click
Recent runs, heart-rate trends, and key history live a tap away, so you’re never guessing.
Built for fast decisions
Spikes scans the data so you can spend your time coaching, not wrestling with dashboards.
What success with Spikes looks like
Our goal is simple: convert athlete data into timely human conversations so your team can stay healthier and perform better when it matters most.
Fewer season-ending injuries
By catching risk patterns earlier, coaches can intervene before small issues become major setbacks.
Better athlete retention
Healthier communication and earlier support keep athletes engaged in the program instead of quietly burning out.
More consistent performance
Teams stay healthier deeper into the season, so PRs and peak performances are more likely to happen when they matter most.
Stronger trust between athletes & coaches
When athletes see you noticing patterns and checking in proactively, it reinforces that you’re on their side.
Fewer season-ending injuries
By catching risk patterns earlier, coaches can intervene before small issues become major setbacks.
Better athlete retention
Healthier communication and earlier support keep athletes engaged in the program instead of quietly burning out.
More consistent performance
Teams stay healthier deeper into the season, so PRs and peak performances are more likely to happen when they matter most.
Stronger trust between athletes & coaches
When athletes see you noticing patterns and checking in proactively, it reinforces that you’re on their side.
These are the kinds of shifts we're building Spikes to support: healthier teams, stronger seasons, and better conversations.
Built by runners who’ve been there
Spikes is built by Division III distance runners at Case Western Reserve University who have watched seasons derailed by preventable injuries — not from one bad workout, but from patterns nobody caught in time. We've felt what it's like to want to speak up but not want to lose fitness or a lineup spot — and what it's like to coach without enough visibility into every athlete's day-to-day stress.
This platform exists to help coaches protect athlete health, improve communication, and keep more runners healthy deep into the season — starting with the teams who feel the resource squeeze the most: high school, collegiate, and club programs.
Angel Zeferino
D3 XC / Track · CWRU
Joseph Rivello
D3 XC / Track · CWRU