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    Getting started with Cadeo

    Cadeo is in private beta on TestFlight — Apple's official app for pre-release software. From invite to a ready plan is about five minutes.

    Install

    1. 1

      Download TestFlight

      From the App Store on your iPhone. It's free and made by Apple.
    2. 2

      Accept your invite

      Find the email from Apple — "Jon Quach has invited you to test Cadeo" (check spam; it hides). Open it on your iPhone and tap View in TestFlight → Accept. Can't find it? Reply to your Cadeo invite email with the address on your Apple ID and we'll re-send.
    3. 3

      Install Cadeo

      It appears inside TestFlight — tap Install. Beta updates arrive there automatically from then on.

    Sign in with Apple

    Cadeo uses Sign in with Apple only — no passwords, and Hide My Email works fine. Apple has two requirements that trip people up:

    If sign-in fails, it's almost always one of these

    • Your iPhone must be signed into iCloud — Settings → your name at the top. If there's no name, sign in there first.
    • Your Apple ID needs two-factor authentication — Apple requires it for Sign in with Apple. Settings → your name → Sign-In & Security.

    Fix either, then try again. Still stuck? Reply to your invite email.

    Connect Apple Health

    Cadeo reads your training through Apple Health — read-only, it never writes to your health data. On Apple's permission sheet, keep Heart Rate and Resting Heart Rate on (recovery needs them); the simplest choice is Turn On All. Raw samples are processed on your device — only your training metrics sync to your private account.

    Run with a Garmin or another non-Apple watch? Your watch's app also has to be told to write to Apple Health — two-minute setup here.

    The setup questions, explained

    1. 1

      Your goal race (optional)

      A race with a date gives the plan a shape to build toward. No race? Pick no goal — Cadeo runs a steady maintenance plan instead.
    2. 2

      Long run day

      Cadeo suggests the day your history shows; change it freely. Your week is built around it.
    3. 3

      Days per week (3–7)

      Your ceiling, not a quota. 7 means daily running — your easiest day becomes a short recovery jog, and taper/race weeks still protect rest.
    4. 4

      Quality days

      These are your harder sessions — intervals, tempo runs, hill repeats — not your everyday easy runs. Most runners do 1 or 2 a week. Don't do structured workouts? Leave it empty; Cadeo picks sensible days when the plan calls for them.
    5. 5

      Rest and can't-run days

      Days you prefer (or need) to not run. The plan honors them; a 7-day runner skips this question entirely.

    What week one looks like

    Set expectations, avoid surprises

    • Your plan is ready immediately — sized from your imported run history. Little or no history? It starts gently and re-sizes as real runs land (or import from Strava and it re-sizes on the spot).
    • Recovery calibrates over your first week — it needs a few nights of overnight heart data to learn your baseline. The card tells you exactly what it's waiting for.
    • The first open takes ~15 seconds while history loads; it's fast after that.
    • Runs sync themselves — run with your watch, open Cadeo after. No manual logging, ever.

    keep reading

    Not running with Cadeo yet? The beta is live — leave your email and I'll send your TestFlight invite.

    Stuck? Reply to any Cadeo email and a human will get you sorted.

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