Runner moving past tall reeds under a blue skyTrail runner on a ridge path in the mist
THE MENTAL TRAINING APP FOR TRAIL RUNNERS

Your mind trains as much as your legs.

Add your next trail race, its date and the mental challenges you want to work on. Kairn builds a personalized mental training program with short exercises, guided audios and visualizations leading up to race day.

+10,000 downloads · 5/5 on the App Store · 4.5 on Google Play

THE PROBLEM

On race day, the mind often makes the difference.

You can be physically ready and still lose time, energy or enjoyment to stress, doubt or a poorly managed effort.

Before the start

The pressure builds before the first kilometre.

When the race gets hard

A missed surge or an unusual sensation can be enough to shake your plan.

In the decisive hours

Your body can still move, but your mind starts negotiating.

HOW IT WORKS

This is what your mental training looks like.

From your goal to race day, Kairn builds your mental preparation step by step.

STEP 01

It all starts with your goal.

Add your race, its date and the result you're aiming for. Kairn builds your mental training around that date.

STEP 02

Your program depends on your own challenges.

In a few questions, Kairn identifies the situations that can cost you on race day and what to work on first.

  • Uncertainty about how long the effort will last
  • Going out too fast on the first climbs
  • Doubt when the sensations fade
  • Running at night and feeling isolated
  • Getting going again after a low patch
STEP 03

A progression built for you.

Kairn turns your needs into exercises, visualizations and routines that build up to race day.

WEEK 1Clarify your goal and identify what you control.
WEEK 2Manage start-line stress and prepare the first hours.
WEEK 3Stay committed as fatigue builds, without dropping your plan.
WEEK 4Visualize the decisive moments of the race.
STEP 04

A few minutes, at the right time.

Your mental sessions are scheduled around your race, your availability and how far along your preparation is.

BEFORE THE LONG RUNA visualization of the course
AFTER A HARD SESSIONA debrief exercise
RACE DAY MINUS ONEPreparing the start
STEP 05

Your preparation evolves with you.

Session after session, Kairn builds your mental profile, tracks your progress and refines what comes next.

  • Your current strengths
  • The situations that trigger doubt
  • The strategies that work for you
  • How you progress over the weeks

“You handle pre-race pressure better, but your plan becomes fragile when the pace drops.”

Kairn app screen: choose the race you are training for
STEP 01

It all starts with your goal.

Add your race, its date and the result you're aiming for. Kairn builds your mental training around that date.

Kairn app screen: choose the race you are training for
STEP 02

Your program depends on your own challenges.

In a few questions, Kairn identifies the situations that can cost you on race day and what to work on first.

  • Uncertainty about how long the effort will last
  • Going out too fast on the first climbs
  • Doubt when the sensations fade
  • Running at night and feeling isolated
  • Getting going again after a low patch
Kairn mental profile: six mental skills tracked on a radar chart
STEP 03

A progression built for you.

Kairn turns your needs into exercises, visualizations and routines that build up to race day.

WEEK 1Clarify your goal and identify what you control.
WEEK 2Manage start-line stress and prepare the first hours.
WEEK 3Stay committed as fatigue builds, without dropping your plan.
WEEK 4Visualize the decisive moments of the race.
Kairn mental training plan for the Chicago Marathon, week by week
STEP 04

A few minutes, at the right time.

Your mental sessions are scheduled around your race, your availability and how far along your preparation is.

BEFORE THE LONG RUNA visualization of the course
AFTER A HARD SESSIONA debrief exercise
RACE DAY MINUS ONEPreparing the start
Kairn mental training plan for the Chicago Marathon, week by week
STEP 05

Your preparation evolves with you.

Session after session, Kairn builds your mental profile, tracks your progress and refines what comes next.

  • Your current strengths
  • The situations that trigger doubt
  • The strategies that work for you
  • How you progress over the weeks

“You handle pre-race pressure better, but your plan becomes fragile when the pace drops.”

Kairn mental profile: six mental skills tracked on a radar chart
YOUR STARTING POINT

What's your mental profile as a runner?

Confidence, focus, stress management, motivation, resilience and managing emotions: assess the six mental skills that shape your preparation and race experience.

Kairn identifies your strengths, your main area for improvement and the sessions that will be most useful for your next race.

Low patches, getting going again, the uncertainty of a long day, staying focused once fatigue sets in: you see what costs you the most.

  1. 01Six mental skills assessed.
  2. 02Your main area for improvement identified.
  3. 03The most useful sessions suggested.
  4. 04Your progress tracked from one test to the next.
Discover my mental profile

Optional assessment, available in the app.

Kairn mental profile screen: radar of the six mental skills, area for improvement and suggested sessions
YOUR COACH

A coach who follows your preparation.

Your coach knows your race, your profile and your program. Talk to them about a hard session, a doubt or an unexpected setback, and they adjust what comes next.

My long run went badly. I panicked as soon as my pace dropped.
That scenario is one of the points flagged in your profile. Let's swap tomorrow's exercise for a session on reacting to the unexpected.
Okay. And what if it happens again on race day?
We'll build a short in-race routine: breathing, a pace cue, an anchor phrase. You'll rehearse it on your next two runs.
ON YOUR RACE, BEFORE RACE DAY

Visualize your race before you run it

From start-line stress to the closing kilometres, Kairn helps you anticipate the moments that can tip your race.

RACE VISUALIZATIONS

Step into your race before race day

Picture the key moments of your course, prepare for the difficulties ahead and build cues you can come back to during the race.

Each visualization is built around the course, its key moments and the mental challenges specific to that race.

Prepare for my trail
Kairn Learn library: mental exercises, audio sessions and articles for runners
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Getting through the night and moving again at dawn

The Chamonix start, the Grand Col Ferret climb, the night, the final descent.

New races added regularly.

Training for every trail race. Dedicated visualizations for selected events.

Your mental program is built around your trail race, whether or not it is in our library. For selected events, Kairn also offers visualizations designed from the course, the terrain and its key moments.

A full program to train your mind

TARGETED EXERCISES

Work on what can really hold you back

Getting going again after a low patch, technical ground, the length of the effort, uncertainty or running at night: train exactly the mental skills you need.

Your program evolves with your mental profile.

  • ConfidenceConfidence
  • FocusFocus
  • Start-line stressStress
  • Managing the effortEffort
  • Low patchesLow patches
  • Getting going againRestart
Focused runner before her race
GUIDED AUDIOS

Find the right mindset at the right moment

Breathing, focus, confidence or recovery: listen before a session, the day before a race, or whenever the pressure rises.

ROAD AND TRAIL CONTENT

Understand the challenges of your discipline

Clock pressure, pacing, surges, technical ground or low patches: content built for the realities of road and trail running.

THE METHOD

Built with mental training specialists.

Portrait of Camille Crouzet

Camille Crouzet

PSYCHOLOGIST AND MENTAL COACH

Olympique Lyonnais, French national development centres. Works with professional athletes and teams.

Portrait of Dr Aymeric Guillot

Dr Aymeric Guillot

NEUROSCIENTIST · MOTOR IMAGERY

PhD in neuroscience. University of Lyon 1, internationally recognised for his work on motor imagery.

THEY CROSSED THEIR FINISH LINE

“A perfect app for people who get stressed or anxious like me.”

JOY

Train your mind for your next race.

+10,000 downloads · 5/5 on the App Store · 4.5 on Google Play