Run with your Apple Watch
- Open the Workout app.
- Scroll to Outdoor Run or Indoor Run.
- Tap the More button
to create a goal for your workout, or to complete a Pacer or Custom workout. You can tap the Edit icon 
to modify workouts, or scroll down and tap Create Workout to make a new one. - Tap Start.
- Wait for the three-second countdown. To skip the countdown, tap the screen.
If you’re in the United States, your Apple Watch may recognize when you’ve arrived at a standard-shaped outdoor track with visible lane markings with Automatic Track Detection.1 When you start an Outdoor Run, you’re prompted to select the lane in which you plan to run. Automatic Track Detection uses both GPS and Apple Maps data to try to give you the most accurate distance, pace, and route map. You can also add an alert for each lap completed during a track run in the Alerts settings of the Workout app.
To check your progress, check your watch face. Pace alerts are available for Outdoor Run only.
If you have Apple Watch Ultra, you can set your running workout to the Action button. You can also turn on Precision Start in workout settings, which will show when you have a GPS signal and will skip the countdown automatically.
Learn how to use the Action button on your Apple Watch Ultra
