Koppig guide

The safety notice

The first time you open Koppig, before anything else, it shows this:

Koppig is a race planning and logging tool, and it can fail: phones die, get silenced, or miss notifications. Always know the official race start time and follow your race director. Koppig doesn't give medical or nutrition advice, and you're responsible for your own health and fueling decisions. If you feel unwell, get help from race medical staff.

How: Read it and tap I understand. It doesn't come back unless its wording changes in an update. It's in Settings › About anytime, with a link to Safety and disclaimers on koppig.app, which says the same in more detail.

Why it helps: Koppig is a backup for your own race awareness. Knowing how a phone can let you down helps you set it up for race day.

Race setup

One list of the things that help you make each start: what Koppig can check for you, what only you can do, and your race basics. It opens by itself the first time you open Koppig, right after the safety notice.

How: Plan › Race setup. Work down the list; each line says what it's for. The top shows how many are done. Skip for now leaves it for later; Done saves your ticks. Race basics opens each part of your plan: start time and start mode, walk-back buffer, which warnings, hourly fuel targets, food list, and yard reminders.

Why it helps: It takes about five minutes, and the top shows what's left. Missing a start because alerts were quietly off is the worst way out of a backyard.

Checked for you

Koppig checks four iPhone settings itself: Notifications allowed, Time Sensitive allowed, Alert sound on, and Live Activities allowed. Each shows a tick, or a Fix button.

How: Tap Fix. If Koppig hasn't asked yet, it asks for permission; otherwise it opens Koppig's page in the Settings app. Turn the setting on and come back; the line updates.

Why it helps: Start alerts are notifications. Time Sensitive can let them through Focus and Sleep, the sound makes them ring in the tent instead of only buzzing, and Live Activities put the countdown on your Lock Screen.

Alerts on your watch

Koppig doesn't connect to your watch. Watches show the iPhone's notifications, so start alerts can show on your wrist once your watch is set to show them while it records an activity.

How: Race setup › Watch guide, or Plan › Test › Get alerts on your watch, has short steps for each brand. Then send a test alert and tick Watch shows phone alerts during an activity in race setup.

Every watch

• Allow notifications for Koppig, with Time Sensitive on.
• Silent Mode mutes alert sounds on your phone. Your watch still gets the alert.
• Test the way you'll race: activity recording, phone locked.

Garmin

• iPhone Settings › Bluetooth › ⓘ next to your watch › turn on Share System Notifications.
• In Garmin Connect, open your watch's Notifications & Alerts › Smart Notifications and turn them on During Activity.

COROS

• iPhone Settings › Bluetooth › ⓘ next to your watch › turn on Share System Notifications.
• In the COROS app, open your watch's Notifications and turn them on.

Amazfit

• iPhone Settings › Bluetooth › ⓘ next to your watch › turn on Share System Notifications.
• In the Zepp app, open your watch's App Alerts and turn them on.
• Keep the Zepp app running in the background.

Apple Watch

• In the Watch app on your iPhone, open Notifications › Koppig and choose Mirror iPhone Alerts.
• Alerts go to your watch while your iPhone is locked.

Menus differ by watch model and app version. If a step doesn't match, look for notification settings in your watch's app, then send a test alert.

Why it helps: In the tent, a buzz on your wrist may be what gets you up. Many watches hide phone notifications during an activity until you turn that on.

Send test alert

Sends a Koppig test alert 10 seconds after you tap it, with the same sound as a start warning: If you can read this on your watch, you're set for race day.

How: Start an activity on your watch, tap Send test alert (Plan › Test, or in race setup), then lock your phone. The button says Test alert on its way. Lock your phone. until it's sent.

Why it helps: It tests the whole chain, phone, sound, Focus, and watch, the way you'll race, before race day.

Action button

On an iPhone with an Action button, one press can log Yard Done, even with the phone locked.

How: iPhone Settings › Action Button, swipe to Shortcut, then choose Koppig › Yard Done. Koppig can't check this setting, so tick Action button runs Yard Done in race setup. It stays set from race to race.

Why it helps: At the end of a loop your hands are full, cold, or sweaty, and a press is quicker than unlocking. Afterward the Live Activity says Yard 14 done · Tap to check in, so the check-in is one tap away when you're ready.

Race-day checks

Three things iOS doesn't let Koppig check, each with a tick in race setup: Silent Mode off on race day, Focus modes allow Koppig, and Power bank is ready. The ticks are saved with the race and clear when you set up a new race.

How: Silent Mode is the switch or the Action button on the side of your iPhone. For Focus, add Koppig to the allowed apps in every Focus you might turn on, Sleep included: Settings › Focus › the Focus › Apps. For the power bank: charged, with the right cable.

Why it helps: With Silent Mode on, start alerts only vibrate. A Focus that doesn't allow Koppig can hold them back. See Silent Mode and Focus and Sleep.

Race name

Plan › Race › the name field. It shows on the race screen and in the name of your CSV export.

Start time

The official start of yard 1. Every yard after it starts exactly on the hour: yard 2 an hour after the start, yard 3 two hours after, and so on. Koppig counts from the start itself, so a change to or from daylight saving time during the race doesn't move any yard.

How: Plan › Race › Set start time (Change start time once there is one; while the race is running, Adjust actual start time takes its place). Pick the day and time, then Save. If the start is less than an hour away, or already past, Koppig asks first, since alerts begin right away. A start on a different day counts as a new race, so the race-day checks clear.

Why it helps: A new plan has no start time, so nothing runs until you set one: setting up a race a week out doesn't put you in it. Start alerts are set as soon as you save it, however far off it is.

Start mode

Auto-start at the scheduled time (the default): yards count from the start time, even with Koppig closed. Manual start: yards count from when you tap Start race on the race screen.

How: Plan › Start mode.

Why it helps: Auto suits a race that starts on the dot. Manual suits a start that could move, so yards count from the moment you tap. Either way, Koppig asks during yard 1 whether the start was right (see Did the race start on time?).

Manual start

In manual mode the race screen shows a big Start race button. Yard 1's alerts are set for the scheduled time; later yards wait for the real start.

How: Tap Start race as the bell goes. More than 5 minutes before the scheduled start, Koppig asks first. If the start time passes and you haven't tapped it, Koppig sends Did the race start? 2 minutes later, then every 3 minutes for an hour. Press and hold the alert for Started on time (the race started at the scheduled time) or Stop reminders. Under Start race, the race screen has the same two: Started at 7:00 AM and Stop reminders. The Live Activity says Waiting for Start race.

Why it helps: If you forget to tap, you're reminded, and Started on time sets the yards right without your needing to open the app.

Units

Plan › Units: Miles or Kilometers. Koppig uses them for distance in Race so far and History. A yard is 4.167 miles (6.7 km).

Target loop time

An optional range for your loop time, like 45 to 55 minutes. The race screen and History show each loop against it.

How: Plan › Loop time › turn on Target loop time, then set From and To, a minute at a time. It starts at 45 to 55 minutes; set your own.

Why it helps: A quick read on how your loops compare with the range you planned. Koppig only compares; it doesn't suggest a pace.

Walk-back buffer

How long it takes you to get from your tent or chair to the start corral. Every start alert comes that much earlier.

How: Plan › Corral › Walk-back buffer, 30 seconds at a time, up to 15 minutes. It's 1 minute to start with.

Why it helps: A 3-minute warning is no use if the walk takes 2. With a 1-minute buffer, the 3-minute warning comes at 4 minutes to go and says so: Yard 14 starts in 4 min.

Start alerts on and off

The master switch for start alerts, on to start with. Off, Koppig sets no start alerts at all.

How: Plan › Alerts › Start alerts. While it's off, the race screen shows a red Alerts are OFF banner with Turn alerts on, and the alert line on the Live Activity turns red.

Why it helps: For a time you don't want the phone going off. While they're off, the race screen shows a red banner with a button to turn them back on.

Which warnings

Warnings before each start: any of 15, 10, 5, 3, 2, and 1 minutes (5, 3, and 1 to start with), plus a GO alert at each start.

How: Plan › Alerts, one switch for each. Each warning comes earlier by your walk-back buffer. The 3-, 2-, and 1-minute warnings say Head to the corral.; earlier ones say Get ready.

Why it helps: Races usually warn at 3, 2, and 1 minute before each start. Koppig's warnings come on your phone and watch, which helps where you can't hear the race's.

Hourly fuel targets

Your own targets for each hour: carbs (g), fluid (ml), sodium (mg), and calories (kcal). All optional, and none are filled in for you.

How: Plan › Fuel. Set these with your coach or dietitian. Koppig compares what you log against them; it doesn't give nutrition advice.

Why it helps: In the race, the fuel card shows how your log compares with your plan, like Carbs 120 of 180 g · 60 g behind your plan. See How plan comparisons work.

Food list

Your own foods and drinks, with the values per serving from each label. It starts empty.

How: Plan › Fuel › Foods › +. Give it a name, star it as a Favorite (favorites come first in the check-in), and enter per serving: carbs, fluid, sodium, caffeine, and calories. Enter 0 for none, and leave blank what you don't know. Tap a food to change it; swipe to delete it. Anything already logged stays in your log.

Why it helps: One tap per serving in the race instead of typing.

No nutrition (meds, etc.)

For things you want in your log that have no nutrition, like meds.

How: Turn on No nutrition (meds, etc.) when you add it, in Plan › Foods or with + New food in a check-in. The nutrition fields go away.

Why it helps: It's logged by name only: it shows in History (Other: …) and the CSV (Other items), and it isn't counted in your fuel totals or shown as missing nutrition info. Koppig only logs it; it says nothing about what or when.

Yard reminders

A note for a particular yard, like Headlamp on for yard 11.

How: Plan › Yard reminders. Pick the yard (each shows its start time, like Yard 11 · 5:00 PM, and it starts at the next yard to come), type the reminder, and tap Add. Swipe to delete one. On the race screen, the yard's card shows it while you rest before that yard and during it, with your plan for each hour; tap a reminder to tick it off.

Why it helps: You plan it when you're fresh, and it's on the screen when you're not.

Quick-note chips

One-tap notes in each check-in: Changed socks, Changed shoes, Bathroom, Rain, Hot, Cold, Blister, Hot spot, Anti-chafe, Headlamp on, and Nap.

How: Plan › Quick notes: add your own, swipe to delete, or tap Edit to reorder. Back to the standard list puts the standard chips back. In a check-in, tap a chip to turn it on for that yard, and again to turn it off.

Why it helps: A record of each yard without typing. Changing the list doesn't change the notes you already made.

Nap

The Nap chip can say how long, if you want it to.

How: Turn on Nap in a check-in, or when you edit a yard in History. A Nap length field in minutes appears under the chips; fill it in or leave it blank. Turning Nap off clears it.

Why it helps: History shows Nap 10 min, and the CSV has a Nap (min) column.

The race screen, start to finish

• Not set: No race set, and Set up your race, which opens Plan.
• Scheduled: a countdown to the start, in days or hours when it's a day or more away and ticking under that, with the start below it: Sat, Nov 7 · 7:00 AM · in 6 days. No yards count yet. Cancel race is at the bottom; in manual mode, so is Start race.
• Running: a big countdown to the next start, the yard number, and On loop or Resting · done in 47:12. End race is at the top right and the moon (night mode) at the top left. The cards scroll above the Yard Done button.
• Ended: Race over, with yards, distance, and time in the race. Start alerts are off.

Plan › Race and Settings › Current race show the status too: Not set, Scheduled, Waiting for Start race, Running · Yard 14, or Ended.

Did the race start on time?

Races often start a few minutes late (a briefing runs long, or the start waits for a straggler) and now and then early. Koppig counts every yard and every alert from yard 1's start. If its start doesn't match the real one, its countdown and alerts are off by the same amount for the whole race: early is a nuisance, and late can cost you the race.

So during yard 1, until you answer, the race screen asks Did the race start on time?

• Yes, on time: the start Koppig has is right. The card goes away.
• ✕ (top corner): the same as Yes, on time.
• It started just now: yard 1 started this moment, and every yard and alert moves to match. Tap it as the race goes, if you didn't before. If that moves the start more than 10 minutes, Koppig shows what moves and asks first, so a stray tap late in yard 1 doesn't shift every alert without asking.
• Pick the actual start time: pick the day and minute it really started. Koppig shows what moves, like Yard 2 will start at 8:07 AM instead of 8:00 AM. Every yard and alert moves 7 min later., and asks before it saves.

Once you've answered, the card doesn't come back. It shows in both start modes; with a manual start, Start race already set the start, so it's a quick check. To change the start later, use Adjust actual start time.

Adjust actual start time

Moves the start of a race that's under way. Every yard, every alert, the Live Activity, and the start times of yards already logged move with it. Your scheduled start is kept.

How: Plan › Race › Adjust actual start time (it takes the place of Change start time while the race is running). Pick the day and minute the race really started. Under the picker, Koppig says what changes: Yard 5 will start at 11:07 AM instead of 11:00 AM. Every yard and alert moves 7 min later. If the change puts you in a different yard, it says that too: That puts you in yard 6 now, not yard 5. Save asks Move the start to 7:07 AM? before it moves anything. It goes back up to 12 hours, and not past now.

Why it helps: For when you find out later that the start was off, without starting over.

Start alerts

Time Sensitive notifications with Koppig's own sound:

• Warnings: Yard 14 starts in 4 min, Starts at 8:00 PM. Head to the corral. (or Get ready. for earlier ones).
• GO at each start: Yard 14 is GO, Stay koppig. Tap Yard Done when you're back.
• Race day: check your setup, 2 hours before the start.
• Open Koppig to keep your alerts coming: iOS holds 64 notifications for each app, so Koppig sets as many whole yards as fit (about 15 with the standard warnings) and adds more each time you open Koppig and on every Yard Done. If you haven't by the last yard it set, this alert, before that yard, asks you to, so the alerts it set don't end without a word.

They're set as soon as the race is scheduled, even a week out. With a manual start, only yard 1's are set until you tap Start race. Ending or canceling the race removes them.

Why it helps: Alerts come before each start, so you can rest between glances at the clock.

Red warning banners

If something will stop start alerts, the race screen shows a red banner that says what, with a button to fix it:

• Start alerts aren't on: Koppig hasn't asked for notifications yet. Turn on alerts.
• Start alerts are off: notifications are off for Koppig. Open Settings.
• Time Sensitive is off: a Focus or Sleep mode could hold back start alerts. Open Settings.
• Alert sounds are off: start alerts won't make a sound. Open Settings.
• Start alerts couldn't be set: iOS didn't accept them. Try again; if it keeps showing, restart your iPhone.
• Alerts are OFF: the switch in Plan is off. Turn alerts on.

Koppig checks when it opens, when you come back to it, and when the race starts. Plan › Test shows the same banners, except Alerts are OFF.

Why it helps: Missing a start because alerts were quietly off is the worst way out of a backyard.

Yard Done

Logs the yard you're on as finished. Your loop time and rest time come from it.

How: Tap the big Yard Done button when you're back; the check-in opens. While you rest the button reads Resting. Tapped it by mistake? Undo Yard Done, under the button, while you rest. You can also use the Action button or Siri (Yard done in Koppig), with your phone locked.

Why it helps: Rest time, loop times, trends, and History all come from it. A double tap does no harm.

Live Activity

The countdown on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island: time to the next start, the yard, On loop or Resting, and when the alerts come (Alerts at 6, 4, and 2 min to go). It ticks by itself, moves on to the next yard at each start even with Koppig closed, and appears 6 hours before the start. Tap it to open the race screen.

• Yard 14 · On loop, then Yard 14 done · Resting.
• After Yard Done from the Action button or Siri, with no check-in yet: Yard 14 done · Tap to check in. Tapping it opens the check-in for that yard.
• Manual start, time passed: Waiting for Start race, and Open Koppig and tap Start race as the bell goes.
• Alerts off or blocked: the alert line turns red, like Alerts are OFF. Open Koppig.
• Night mode turns it red too.

How: Allow Live Activities (race setup checks it). Koppig starts it by itself. iOS ends a Live Activity after about 8 hours, so Koppig starts it over on every Yard Done, and when you open the app if it's gone or more than 4 hours old.

Why it helps: Time to the next start at a glance, without unlocking.

Check-in

One sheet for how you feel and what you ate or drank. It opens after Yard Done, from Log food on the fuel card, from Check in on the race screen (after a Yard Done with no check-in), and from the Live Activity.

How: Stomach and Energy: tap 1 (rough) to 5 (great), or tap the same number again to clear it. Below them are your notes, then food and drink (see Logging food and drink). Nothing is saved until you tap Save; Cancel asks before throwing away changes. Ratings go on the yard you just finished, or the one you're on. Before the start there's nothing to rate, and food counts toward yard 1.

Why it helps: Ten seconds at the tent gives you a record of every yard, and History and the trend notes work from it.

Notes

In each check-in: the quick-note chips, and an Anything else line.

How: Tap a chip to turn it on for this yard. Type anything else; the keyboard's own dictation mic works there. Koppig doesn't read it, it's just your note.

Why it helps: History and the CSV keep what happened each yard. To change the chips, see Quick-note chips.

Trend notes

Short notes on the race screen when your own log shows the same thing 3 yards in a row:

• You rated your stomach 2 or lower 3 yards running.
• Your energy rating went down 3 yards running.
• Carbs behind your plan 3 yards running. (only with a carb target)

They repeat your log back to you. They don't say what it means or what to do.

Loop times

In the Race so far card, once you've logged a yard done:

• Yard 14: 47:12 loop · 12:48 rest
• Last 3 yards: 54:33 average · rest shrinking: rest shrinking when each of the last three rests was shorter than the one before, rest growing when each was longer.
• With a target loop time: Inside your 45–55 min target, 2:48 faster than your 45–55 min target, or 1:05 slower than your 45–55 min target.

Why it helps: How your loops are going, from your own log, at a glance.

Race so far

14 yards · 58.3 mi · 13 h 48 min: the yards you've logged done, the distance they add up to in your units, and time since the start. It's in the Race so far card (once a yard is done), at the top of History, and on the Race over screen.

A yard counts once you've tapped Yard Done for it.

Logging food and drink

The check-in's grid has your foods, favorites first. A tap puts one serving on the This check-in list.

How: Tap a food, and again for another serving. On the list, use − and + (− at one serving removes it), or ✕ to remove it. The list is exactly what's logged when you tap Save. What's already logged for the yard is below it.

Why it helps: One tap a serving, no typing, and nothing logged by accident.

Changing what's logged

How: Tap anywhere on a food's row (anywhere but −, +, and ✕) to change the servings, fill in or fix its values, or remove it. It works in the check-in and when you edit a yard in History. For a food you're adding from your list, change the food itself in Plan › Foods. On the race screen, a tap on the fuel card's lines opens the check-in.

New food

For something that isn't on your list, like aid station soup.

How: + New food in the check-in. Only a name is needed; carbs, fluid, sodium, caffeine, and calories are optional. Save to my food list (on to start with) adds it to Plan › Foods and the grid for next time. For things with no nutrition, turn on No nutrition (meds, etc.).

Unknown nutrition

A blank value means you don't know it; 0 means none. The item is logged by name, and the fuel card and Fuel status say so: Some items have no nutrition info: Soup.

How: Fill it in later. In Plan › Foods it fills in everything already logged with that food; for a one-off, tap its row in History. Calories only count as missing once you set a calorie target.

Caffeine

The fuel card's caffeine line: Caffeine: 200 mg total · last at yard 14, 3 h ago. Before the start it leaves out the yard: last 10 min ago.

How: Add caffeine (mg) to your foods. There's no caffeine target and no advice: it's a total and a time.

Calories

Optional: calories (kcal) per serving on your foods, and Calories per hour in Plan › Fuel.

With a calorie target, the fuel card has a row like the others: Calories 450 of 500 kcal · 50 kcal behind your plan. With calories logged and no target, a plain Calories 450 kcal. With neither, nothing. History, the CSV, and Fuel status (with a target) include them too.

How plan comparisons work

For each target you set, Koppig multiplies the hourly amount by the yards so far, counting the yard you're on, and compares it with what you logged. Within 5% reads On your plan; otherwise 60 g behind your plan or 150 ml ahead of your plan. Fuel status does the same for the last three yards and the race so far.

With no targets, the fuel card shows plain totals, like 120 g carbs · 900 ml fluid · 600 mg sodium.

No nutrition advice

Koppig is a race planning and logging tool. It compares your log with your own plan and doesn't give medical or nutrition advice. Set your targets with your coach or dietitian. Koppig doesn't interpret how you feel; if something feels wrong, find the race's medical staff.

Editing past yards

How: Tap a yard. Change its fuel (servings, remove, add, + New food), its stomach and energy ratings, its chips (and nap length), and its note, then Save. Cancel asks before throwing away changes. The totals follow everywhere.

Why it helps: Fix a tap you missed at 3 a.m. once you've had some sleep.

Race summary

At the top of History, once a yard is logged done: 14 yards · 58.3 mi · 13 h 48 min, how much your loops varied (Loops 44:30 to 56:00 · 11:30 spread · 49:00 average), and with a target, 9 of 14 yards inside your 45–55 min target.

CSV export

How: History › Export CSV (top right, once the race has started), then save it to Files, AirDrop it, or mail it.

One row per yard: Yard, Start, Yard Done, Yard time, Rest time, Stomach, Energy, Carbs (g), Fluid (ml), Sodium (mg), Caffeine (mg), Calories (kcal), Food, Other items, Quick notes, Nap (min), and Note. Times are your local time, and durations are h:mm:ss.

Why it helps: A spreadsheet of the whole race, for you or your coach.

Yard Done

• Yard done in Koppig
• Log yard done in Koppig

Logs the yard you're on as done: Yard 14 done in 47 minutes. Yard 15 starts in 13 minutes. The Live Activity then offers the check-in.

Rest Left

• How much rest do I have in Koppig
• When's the next start in Koppig

Says the time to the next start: Yard 15 starts in 12 minutes.

Fuel Status

• Fuel status in Koppig
• How's my fuel in Koppig
• Am I behind on fuel in Koppig

Says how your log compares with your targets over the last three yards and overall, then the next start: You're 40 grams of carbs behind your plan over the last three yards, and on your plan overall. Next start in 12 minutes. With no targets set, it says so.

Log Food

• Log a gel in Koppig
• Log Tailwind in Koppig

Logs one serving of a food on your list, by its name: Logged Tailwind for yard 14. For something new, use the check-in.

Demo race

A whole race in miniature, to try everything before race day.

How: Settings › Demo race › Start demo race. Yard 1 starts a minute later, and each yard lasts 5 minutes. Alerts scale to match: with the standard warnings and buffer, they come 30, 20, and 10 seconds before each start. It uses your plan's alerts, buffer, units, fuel targets, target loop time, chips, and reminders; your real plan isn't touched. The race screen says DEMO RACE · 5-MINUTE YARDS. End demo race in Settings (or End demo on the race screen) deletes the demo and its log.

Why it helps: Hear the alerts, try your watch, and practice Yard Done and check-ins in half an hour.

Clear race log

Plan › Race › Clear race log deletes logged yards, check-ins, and fuel, and unticks your yard reminders. Your plan, foods, and targets stay. It asks first.

Why it helps: For wiping practice yards before race day.

End race

On the race screen (top right), in Plan › Race, or in Settings › Current race. It asks first. Start alerts stop and your log stays; the race screen says Race over. Resume race in Plan picks it back up. To race again, set a new start time.

Cancel race

While a race is scheduled and hasn't started: on the race screen, in Plan › Race, or in Settings. It asks first, then clears the start time and removes every scheduled alert, back to Not set. Your foods, targets, and reminders stay.

Alerts not firing

1. Look for a red banner on the race screen, and tap its button (see Red warning banners).
2. Plan › Race setup: every line under Checked for you should have a tick.
3. Plan › Alerts: Start alerts should be on, with the warnings you want.
4. Send a test alert with your phone locked.
5. Check Silent Mode and Focus.
6. Open Koppig now and then during the race, or tap Yard Done, so it keeps adding alerts. If it gets to the last yard it set, Open Koppig to keep your alerts coming tells you.

Silent Mode

iOS doesn't tell apps when Silent Mode is on. With it on, start alerts only vibrate on your phone (your watch still gets them). Turn it off on race day, and tick it in race setup.

Focus and Sleep

Start alerts are Time Sensitive notifications. For a Focus to let them through, keep Time Sensitive on for Koppig (race setup checks it) and add Koppig to the allowed apps in every Focus you might turn on, Sleep included: Settings › Focus › the Focus › Apps.

Watch not buzzing

1. Follow your brand's steps in Alerts on your watch.
2. Start an activity on the watch, the way you'll race.
3. Lock your phone, and keep it close enough to stay connected.
4. Send a test alert.

Battery

A backyard can run 24 to 72 hours or more. Koppig doesn't use GPS or keep working in the background: its alerts are set ahead of time with iOS, and the Lock Screen countdown ticks without Koppig open, so you can lock your phone between checks. Have a power bank and cable ready (race setup has a tick for it).