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Friday

Apr 25 · Day 90

Running

2r · 8mi · 14d

3.2 mi

Yesterday

8:42/mi

27:51

8.2 mi

2/7 days

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5.0
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3.2
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Running

An AI running coach who actually likes easy runs.

Coach Elias Kiptoo reads pace, average heart rate, and weekly volume, and pushes back when your Tuesday tempo runs at Wednesday easy pace. Couch-to-5K through a Boston qualifier.

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What's inside

Run-tracking that respects the science

Pace, distance, duration

Log a run by typing "ran 4 miles in 38 minutes easy." Running workouts logged to Apple Health on iPhone, including from Apple Watch, Garmin Connect, or Coros (any source that writes to HealthKit), flow in automatically.

Average heart rate per run

Each run captures average HR alongside pace and distance. Coach Elias reads the pace-vs-HR pattern week to week and flags when your easy days are running too hot.

Pace + HR context

Pace and average HR are the cleanest aerobic-base signals we capture today. Elias talks through what they mean run-to-run.

Weekly mileage chart

Daily and weekly mileage trends with goal lines. Elias coaches volume ramps in chat.

Race time predictions

A Race Predictor card models your goal-distance time (1mi through 50K) from your recent run history and flags confidence. Race-day plans and structured taper templates are coached through chat with Elias.

Recovery-aware coaching

When HRV craters or sleep is short, Elias adjusts what he recommends for the day. Same data layer Max and Lauryn read.

In the app

80% boringly easy

Most app-tracked runners run their easy days too hard and their hard days too soft. Coach Elias draws the line. He reads your run log, average HR per session, and the pace pattern week-over-week, and calls you out when you run the same pace on Tuesday tempo and Wednesday recovery.

Pace at the same average HR is the cleanest single indicator that your aerobic base is improving. That conversation lives in chat with Elias, who reads the run-by-run history.

For race prep, Elias thinks in 4-8 week training blocks: build, stress, recover, sharpen. He’ll talk through which block you’re in and what the next session should accomplish, and walk you through taper week as race day approaches. Following a couch-to-5K running plan or building toward a marathon, the blocks adapt to where you are.

Sync your runs from Apple Health and every session, from Apple Watch, Garmin, or Coros, flows in with pace and average HR already attached.

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FAQ

FAQ

Does it work with Garmin / Coros / Strava?+
Garmin Connect, Coros, and Apple Watch all push run data to Apple Health on iPhone, and we pick it up from there automatically. Strava does not currently push to HealthKit, so Strava runs need to be logged in chat for now.
Can I plan a marathon training block?+
Elias will talk through a block-based approach, covering volume ramp, key weekly sessions, and recovery weeks, in chat, and adjust as your data comes in.
What about trail running?+
Trail runs log distance, duration, pace, and average HR with the surface tagged "trail". Effort and RPE-based coaching from Elias works on trails where pace alone is misleading.
How does it handle interval workouts?+
Runs can be tagged as type "interval", "tempo", "easy", "long", "recovery", or "race". Lap-level structured rep logging is not yet supported; the run is captured at the session level.
Is the AI running coach free?+
Yes, free during early access. Coach Elias reads pace and average heart rate from any run that syncs to Apple Health from Garmin, Coros, or Apple Watch, and coaches the 80/20 easy-hard split from your actual data.

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Coach

Meet Elias Kiptoo

80% easy. Pace and HR over vibes. The running coach who thinks in blocks, not workouts.

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Heart

HR & HRV

Same data layer feeds Elias’s zone analysis and Max’s recovery readiness reads.

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Use case

For runners

Couch-to-5K through Boston qualifier. The running-specific build of Wellness Project.

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