First Ultra

First Ultra takes you from no running at all to the finish line of your first ultramarathon: 50K, 50 miles, 100K or 100 miles. The whole plan is built on run/walk, so you start where you are and finish on your feet. BUILT FOR BIGGER BODIES Most training plans assume a light runner. Turn on joint protection and First Ultra starts with longer walk breaks, builds more slowly, adds a lighter week every third week and swaps one run a week for low-impact cardio, so your joints keep up with your fitness. Recommended above about 220 lb (100 kg), or with past shin, Achilles, foot or knee trouble. PAY ONCE, KEEP IT No subscription. No account. No ads. The sample plan, GPS run coaching and Lock Screen Live Activity are free. One purchase unlocks your own plan, the Apple Watch app, tune-up races and iCloud backup, for good, and your family can share it. A PLAN BUILT FOR YOU Tell it your race, race date, where your running is today, and the days you can train. It builds a week-by-week plan from foundation to race day and tells you straight away if the date is tight. RUN/WALK COACHED ON THE RUN Start a session and the app tells you when to run and when to walk: rising beeps mean run, falling beeps mean walk, with a voice that says what's next. Cues play over your music with the phone locked in your pocket. A 3-2-1 countdown before each switch, mile or km splits, and eating reminders on long runs so you practise fuelling before race day. APPLE WATCH Run from your wrist with taps, beeps and voice, heart rate and GPS, and leave the phone at home. Or start on the phone and watch the intervals on your wrist. Workouts save to Apple Health. WHEN LIFE HAPPENS Missed a week? Sick? The app notices and offers to repeat a week, push the plan back, or rebuild from today, always keeping your race date. Nothing changes until you confirm. TREADMILL, TRAILS AND HILLS Treadmill mode runs the same cues without GPS. Tell the app how much your race climbs and it sets a weekly climbing target and tracks the elevation on your runs. Hike/run mode for the days you train on hills. RACE DAY A race day plan built from your own training: a rough finish time, the pace you need for the cutoff, a fuel schedule, a kit checklist and how to run the day. Add a 10K or half along the way as a tune-up race and the app shows you how to run it as a rehearsal. OPTIONAL STRENGTH Add one to three short strength sessions a week to protect knees and hips. Gym, dumbbells at home, or bodyweight only; weights and reps adjust from what you log. Rest timer with beeps on your phone and watch. Switch it off and the plan is running only. PROGRESS Log each session in a tap. See time on feet, planned versus done, climbing, splits and routes. Everything stays on your device and in your own iCloud. First Ultra is a training planner, not medical advice. Check with a doctor before starting, and stop if something hurts.