Year
2025
Role
Mobile Designer, Strategist, Motion Designer
Product Duration
4 Months
Over the past 20+ years pursuing high performance in running, I've seen firsthand the transformative power of training. The way you can use it to shape yourself into the version of yourself that you want to be. As a coach, I've seen the gap between a person's goals and their deeper why. This mismatch can create friction that leads to discontent, frustration, and burnout. As a designer I saw an opportunity to help folks close that gap by gaining clarity and building structures that support their deepest motivations for running.
Design is not a matter of developing then applying, it's developing through application. This was the feedback I received early in this project from a mentor that helped me break out of a rigid interpretation of the design process. My initial designs were trying to retrofit the app to fit the initial branding I'd chosen for the project. Loosening my grip let my intuition and iteration back in and the work flowed again. I was able to experiment much more with motion. The results felt so much more inspired and dynamic, which was crucial for an inspiring and dynamic concept.
Training shapes the way you see yourself and the world, so it's an ideal vehicle for personal development. Current training solutions only support the scheduling of workouts and monitoring of injuries, focusing exclusively on physical training. Tehlos is positioned to fill this gap by offering athletes by expanding that support to create a safe place for athletes to train the mental side of the game.
