Terms of Service — Route Pacer

Important: Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability

Route Pacer provides algorithmic pace estimates based on your training history and course geography. These predictions are for informational purposes only and are not professional coaching advice or medical guidance. They may be inaccurate for any individual runner or race, and should not be treated as a substitute for the advice of a qualified running coach, sports scientist, or physician.

By using Route Pacer you accept full personal responsibility for your training programme, race-day decisions, and physical wellbeing. You understand that running events — particularly trail and ultra-distance races — carry inherent risks including, but not limited to, injury, illness, and adverse weather. Route Pacer, its operators, and contributors accept no liability for injury, illness, race outcomes, or any other consequence arising from reliance on predictions generated by this service.

Consult a qualified physician before beginning or significantly changing any exercise programme. If you experience pain, dizziness, shortness of breath, or other symptoms during exercise, stop immediately and seek medical attention.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By creating an account, connecting a Strava profile, or otherwise using Route Pacer (the "Service"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

These Terms form a legally binding agreement between you and Route Pacer ("we", "us", or "our"), operated from 5441 S Macadam Ave Ste N, Portland OR 97239, USA.

2. Description of Service

Route Pacer is a Grade Adjusted Pace (GAP) race-time prediction tool. It imports running activity data from Strava, builds a personalised pace profile, and uses a GPX course file you provide to generate predicted split times for a target race.

The Service is provided for personal, non-commercial use only.

3. Not Medical or Coaching Advice

All predictions and outputs are estimates for informational purposes only. They are not a substitute for personalised coaching, sports science advice, or medical guidance. Predictions may be inaccurate and should not be relied upon to make decisions about your health or training.

Consult a qualified physician before undertaking any new exercise program. You assume full responsibility for all risks associated with your participation in any athletic activity.

4. Licence Grant

Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable licence to access and use the Service for your personal, non-commercial purposes. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.

You must not:

Copy, modify, distribute, sell, or lease any part of the Service;
Reverse-engineer or attempt to extract the source code;
Use the Service to build a competing product;
Scrape, crawl, or use automated means to access the Service at scale.

5. Your Account and Data

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account. You may delete your account and all associated data at any time from the Settings page. We store only your computed pace profile (a handful of aggregate statistics) — not your raw Strava activity data or GPX files.

See our Privacy Policy for full details on how we collect, use, and retain your data.

6. Disclaimer of Warranties

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.

We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that predictions will be accurate for any particular race or athlete.

7. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW:

WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA, LOST PROFITS, OR LOSS OF GOODWILL.
OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING FROM THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE TWELVE MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM, OR (B) USD $10.

Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes our liability for: (a) death or personal injury caused by our negligence; (b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or (c) any other liability that cannot be limited or excluded under applicable law (including the laws of your country of residence if different from Oregon, USA).

Some jurisdictions (including certain US states, EU member states, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia) do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation of certain liabilities. To the extent such laws apply to you, some of the above limitations may not apply.

8. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Route Pacer and its operators from any claims, damages, losses, or expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from: (a) your use of the Service in violation of these Terms; or (b) your violation of any third-party right, including Strava's terms of service.

9. Third-Party Services

The Service integrates with Strava. Your use of Strava is subject to Strava's Terms of Service. We are not responsible for Strava's availability, accuracy, or conduct.

10. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service at any time, with or without notice, for conduct that we believe violates these Terms or is harmful to other users, us, or third parties. You may terminate your account at any time by deleting it from Settings.

11. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we make material changes, registered users will be prompted to review and accept the updated Terms before continuing to use the Service. The effective date at the top of this page reflects when the current version took effect.

12. Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Oregon, USA, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any disputes arising from these Terms or the Service will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Multnomah County, Oregon.

If you are a consumer resident in the EU or UK, you retain the right to bring claims before the courts of your country of residence and to benefit from any mandatory consumer protection provisions of your local law.

13. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Contact us at [email protected] or by post at 5441 S Macadam Ave Ste N, Portland OR 97239, USA.