Your first Raptor Run: from setup to escape

1. Choose the kind of run

At setup, choose Hunted for surprise chases, Intervals for a planned number of chases and recoveries, or Just Run for a session without dinosaur encounters. If this is your first outing, pick the option that feels manageable rather than treating the hardest setting as a starting point.

2. Set the encounter

For a chase mode, you can adjust difficulty, warm-up, timing, and which dinosaurs are available. Difficulty changes the pace target relative to your recent baseline; chase length is a separate control. Intervals also lets you shape the recovery between efforts.

3. Begin a real outdoor run

Raptor Run uses location to track your route, distance, pace, and elapsed time. Give your device the permissions the app requests for run tracking and pay attention to your surroundings. GPS readings can vary with device conditions and environment, so treat the live pace as useful feedback rather than an exact laboratory measurement.

4. Respond to a chase—if one arrives

An audio warning can signal an approaching dinosaur. During the chase, the target pace and escape meter show the effort you are trying to hold. Run at or above the target to build escape progress; falling behind can let the threat close in. You do not have to sprint flat out, and you can make different choices on a future run.

5. Look back after you stop

The run summary brings together your session and any chase outcomes. The fitness area lets you look across runs at pace, consistency, and goals. If your first run was a Just Run day, it still belongs in that record.

See Inside the app for actual interface screenshots and a silent chase recording. They were made with simulated location and demo data, clearly labelled on that page.