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Built for runners who actually train

Music that runs your workout.

Structured AI mixes, beat-locked to your cadence. Run with your phone — or leave it home, watch-native on Garmin.

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Runs in any browser · watch-native on Garmin (Connect IQ) · Original AI music

Hear it before you read about it

Warm-up
155 BPM Threshold
178 BPM Cool-down
145 BPM

Exact BPM. Seamless transitions. Music built for the run.

Now hear a full one, end to end

Running · 2h

Epic Endurance Long Run (165)

Two-hour long run with structure built in. Steady aerobic running with marathon-pace surges, a 15-minute tempo block, finishing strides, and a strong cruise to close.

Your watch has a plan. Your music doesn't.

Six 3-minute reps on the watch. Shuffle on your headphones.

Your watch knows you're doing intervals. Your headphones have no idea. They've never been introduced.

The 180 BPM playlist isn't 180 BPM.

Spotify's BPM tags are notoriously off. Half the songs in a "180 spm" playlist aren't. Your cadence pays the price.

One tempo for the whole run.

Warmup, threshold, cooldown — a flat-BPM playlist plays them identically. Your training needs three different paces.

The mix is the workout.

Tell Beatpace what you're running and it builds the mix around it. Four ways to start — from a session description, a saved template, the public library, or a clone of a mix you liked. The music itself becomes the structure: every block designed and BPM-locked for what you're doing.

Describe it

Type the session in your own words. "6 × 3 min at threshold, 90 sec easy between." Beatpace builds the whole mix.

Pick from the library

Browse mixes built by the community and by us. Hit play, or clone one and make it yours.

Start from a template

Proven workout templates — tempo, threshold, VO₂, Norwegian 4×4, long run. Pick one, tweak it, generate.

Build block by block

Full control. Warmup, work blocks, recoveries, cooldown — set duration, BPM, and energy for each.

Plan the run. Run it from one screen.

Design your session once. Beatpace builds the mix block-by-block. Run it from your phone, your browser, or your watch.

Beatpace workout builder showing a Norwegian 4×4 session with blocks, durations, and BPMs.
Your workout structure.
Beatpace playback view mid-workout showing current block, BPM, time remaining, and next block.
What you see during the run.

Music intensity matches the block. Tempo holds. Threshold cruises. VO₂ peaks at the start of every rep. Recoveries actually recover.

Every mix runs in any browser. Most of our runners take it to the wrist.

And for the runs you didn't plan — Forever Radio.

For when you walk out the door without a session in mind. Set a tempo, hit play, and the music runs as long as you do.

165 BPM

One BPM target · continuous · change tempo or energy any time

The weekend long run

25K through the park. Hit a hill? Crank the tempo. Cruising a flat? Let it breathe.

No plan today

Out the door, not sure what pace feels right. Start at 150, drop or push as your legs decide.

Epic The running soundtrack you didn't know you needed.

Cinematic music with a steady, sustained beat. Built for the part of the run where the legs ask why — and the music has to answer.

0:00 / 10:00 Epic · Tempo · 167 BPM

Why beat-locked music works.

Auditory-motor synchronization

Your nervous system locks footstrike to a rhythmic beat — automatically, no conscious effort. A 3% tempo shift moves your cadence before you notice.

Lower perceived effort

Synchronous music has been shown to reduce RPE by ~10% at submaximal intensities (Karageorghis).

Steadier cadence, less drift

When fatigue normally degrades form late in workouts, beat-locked music keeps your cadence steady — your turnover doesn't slip even when your legs do.

Why 130 BPM feels different than “close enough”

Run your way

Phone in your pocket. Or just your Garmin.

Beatpace runs in any browser — phone, tablet, computer. Open it, hit play, lock the screen, run. Got a Garmin with music? The Connect IQ app is live now — install it and leave the phone home.

  • Workout-aware playback — music shifts when your block shifts
  • Wrist-native on Garmin — full controls on the watch, no phone needed
  • Whole mix loads up front — once it's playing, dead zones and bad reception don't touch it
Install on Connect IQ See the setup guide
Garmin watch on wrist
David, Beatpace founder

From the founder

I'm a long-distance runner. I built Beatpace because I couldn't find music that matched my workouts — not just my mood. Cycling instructors picked it up first — they live and die by BPM. Now it's looping back to the audience I built it for.

— David Read the full story

Simple pricing.

14 days free. Full access. Cancel anytime.

Free

    /month

 

Browse and discover

  • Stream any published mix
  • Forever Radio (20 min/day)
  • Save and bookmark mixes
  • Follow creators
  • Heart and discover mixes
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Pro

    /month

 

For serious runners

  • Everything in Free
  • Create and generate mixes
  • Unlimited Forever Radio
  • Templates and block-by-block editor
  • Download mixes for offline use
  • Publish and share your mixes

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FAQ

Is this AI-generated music or licensed tracks? +

Original AI music, no real artists, no scraped voices, no deepfakes. The tracks exist only inside Beatpace; you won't find them on Spotify or any other library. But it's not just AI music either. Every track is built for running: steady beat that doesn't drift, energy that holds inside a block and shifts when the block shifts. Hit play above and judge for yourself.

Can I run without my phone? +

Yes. Most runners use Beatpace right in their phone browser: pocket or arm strap, screen locked, music keeps playing. With a supported Garmin, you can leave the phone home entirely and run from the watch with Bluetooth headphones.

What watches are supported? +

Newer music-capable Garmins. That's Forerunner 165/245/255/265/570/745/945/955/965/970 Music, Fenix 7 and 8, Epix 2 and Epix Pro, Enduro 3, Venu (music models), Vivoactive 4/5/6, MARQ Gen 2, Descent Mk2/Mk3, Approach S70, and the matching Tactix and D2 variants. Older watches (Forerunner 645 Music, Fenix 5 Plus, Fenix 6 Pro Music, Vivoactive 3 Music) aren't on the list yet. Full list and details on the Garmin page.

Can I keep using Spotify too? +

Yes. Beatpace and Spotify live alongside each other on your Garmin. Garmin plays one music provider at a time, so you pick which one is active from the watch music settings. Most runners switch to Beatpace for structured workouts and back to Spotify for everything else.

How is this different from a BPM playlist? +

A playlist can match BPM. A Beatpace mix matches your training. Three real differences: the BPM is actually right (public BPM playlists are notoriously mislabeled). Each block is the exact length you asked for, so 4:00 hard means 4:00, not 3:42 because that was the song length. And the music shifts when your block shifts: no songs that drift 4 BPM by the chorus, no half-tempo bridges mid-rep, no breakdowns mid-threshold. Plus it runs native on your watch.

I'm using Runna / TrainingPeaks / Stryd. Does this conflict? +

No. Beatpace is what you listen to. Your training plan stays where it is: Runna, TrainingPeaks, Stryd, Garmin DSW, your coach's spreadsheet. Run them side by side. (Integration is on the roadmap. For now, you pick the workout in Beatpace; your training app tracks the run.)

What if the music isn't quite my thing? +

Tell us. Seriously: email us, message us, what's missing, what's too much, which genre you wish we had. We're a small team and the library grows every week, weighted toward what runners actually ask for. Try the 14-day free trial first; if it's still not for you, cancel anytime. Fair.