Running Roulette is a Garmin Connect IQ watch app that gamifies your running routine by spinning a roulette wheel to randomly select your next running distance.
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- Animated roulette wheel with casino-style red/black segments and gold accents
- Four distance profiles to match your training goal:
- 5K: 0.5K – 5K
- 10K: 1K – 10K
- Half Marathon: 1K – 21K
- Marathon: 1K – 42K
- Multi-language: English, Spanish, and Portuguese
- Open Running Roulette on your Garmin watch
- Press the menu button and choose Distances to pick a profile (optional)
- Press the menu button and select Spin
- The wheel lands on a random distance — go run it!
Compatible with a wide range of Garmin devices, including:
- Forerunner: 165, 255, 265, 570, 955, 965, 970
- Fenix: 7, 7 Pro, 8, Fenix E
- Epix: Epix 2, Epix 2 Pro
See the full list on the Garmin Connect IQ Store page. Tested primarily on the Forerunner 965.
This app is written in Monkey C using the Connect IQ SDK.
- Install the Connect IQ SDK
- Open the project in VS Code with the Monkey C extension (or Eclipse with the Connect IQ plugin)
- Build with the Monkey C build commands and deploy to a connected device
Distance profiles live in resources/jsonData/resources.xml; translations in resources/, resources-spa/, and resources-por/.
- Customizable distance values (time-based, rep-based workouts)
- Support for additional device families (Venu, Enduro)
- Save spin history and statistics
Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open an issue or submit a Pull Request.
This project is licensed under the MIT License — see the LICENSE file for details.