Export a session to my Apple Watch

Everything now happens in the Workout app, installed on all Apple Watches. Here are the steps to get your workouts into the Workout app:

📱 Update your iPhone and Apple Watch (one-time setup)

You can skip steps 1 to 3 if your devices are already up to date. Export is compatible with iOS 17 and above, and with watchOS 10 and above.

1. Update your iPhone to iOS 17 or above: iPhone Settings > General > Software Update > Download and Install the latest available version.
2. Update your Apple Watch to watchOS 10 or above: open the Watch app > General > Software Update > Download and Install the latest available version.
3. Update your RunMotion Coach app to the latest version from the App Store.

✅ Grant permission in the RunMotion app

In your RunMotion Coach app, go to your profile, open the My RunMotion tab and tap Export my training plan.
Find Apple Watch – Workout in the list and tap Connect.

Don’t forget to grant all the requested permissions so the export works!

That’s it! Your app is now connected to your watch. No more excuses to skip your workout 😉

At any time, you can check or revoke the permissions granted for exporting your sessions from your profile.

You may see an error message if your watch isn’t properly paired with your iPhone, or if your devices aren’t compatible with session export. Another message appears if RunMotion previously had permission but it was manually turned off: the next section explains how to fix this.

Check that permission has been granted

Not sure the connection worked? Go back to My RunMotion: Apple Watch – Workout now appears in the list under Export my training plan, and the Connect button has been replaced by Disconnect.

You can also check it on your iPhone: open the Watch app > Workout > Connected Apps (at the very bottom) > RunMotion. The toggle should be on (green). If the “Connected Apps” toggle isn’t there, you’ll need to grant permission again (see the previous steps). You can turn the toggle off (grey) at any time to remove the permission.

🎧 Set up audio feedback

You can also get audio feedback for key alerts. To turn audio feedback on or off, open the Settings app on your Apple Watch > Workout > Audio Feedback.
To choose the coach’s voice for alerts, it works the same way as Siri: on your iPhone, go to Settings > Siri & Search > Siri Voice.

🎯 Choose my training target for export

In the Export my training plan menu, you can also choose your export settings: follow a pace or heart rate target (Apple doesn’t support power targets yet), and choose whether you want an open-ended warm-up.
More details here: Select target for alerts (pace, heart rate, power, or none by default)

📱 🔁 ⌚️ Export a planned session

In your RunMotion Coach app, you can export a full week or a specific session from your training plan.

• Export a full week: go to your plan (1️⃣) and tap the Watch icon (2️⃣)!
• Export a specific session: open the session you want and tap the Export link.

A message lets you know when everything is good!

⌚️ On your Apple Watch, when it’s time to run

1. Open the Workout app and choose the RunMotion session you just exported.

Tap … to see the session details. Under Learn More, you’ll also find the sessions scheduled over the past 7 days and the next 7 days. If you’d rather do another session instead of today’s, tap it, scroll to the bottom of the description and tap Start Workout.

2. Enjoy your run!

If you accidentally tap your Apple Watch screen, it may skip to the next step (and end your warm-up, for example). To avoid this, you can turn on Theater Mode, as explained in Apple’s guide: Avoid accidental screen taps

Once you’re back, the summary of your session is available on your iPhone in the Fitness app, with all the details: pace, heart rate, ground contact time, cadence, vertical oscillation, power…

🚨 Your export no longer works?

Export can sometimes stop working, for various reasons.
Start by removing and re-granting the Apple Watch permission in your RunMotion Coach app.
If that isn’t enough, there’s a trick since the latest iOS update:

• On your Apple Watch, go to Settings > Workout > Connected Apps
• Untick RunMotion… then tick it again!

I have an Apple Watch running watchOS 10

Structured RunMotion workouts can only be exported correctly to the Workout app on watchOS 26. Apple introduced new APIs with iOS 26 / watchOS 26 to support structured workouts, but these changes aren’t supported on watchOS 10. So even if the RunMotion app sends the workout, the Apple Watch can’t display it.

Apple doesn’t guarantee compatibility between a recent version of iOS and an older version of watchOS for this type of workout. To enable export, your Apple Watch needs to be updated to watchOS 26, if your model supports it (Apple Watch Series 6 or newer, including Apple Watch Ultra). This isn’t a RunMotion bug, but a limitation of Apple’s system.

Enjoy your run!

Updated on: 24/09/2026