"Someone needs to say it. Someone has to speak up in defense of being mid. I am a mid runner. Most of us are, as that is the definition of being mid. I work out every day, but I have a full-time job, two kids, a dog, and a spouse. I volunteer, and I have dinner with my parents. I'm aging. I'm not going to knock anyone's socks off with a crazy 100-miler anytime soon."
"So what do you do if you don't want to collapse into a bag of dust, but you have no time or incentive to work with a personal trainer? One option is to do what Atlantic CEO and incredibly fast runner Nicholas Thompson does, and use a custom GPT. Or, you can use Google's new AI health Coach in the Fitbit app, which is a part of the $10/month Fitbit Premium service."
"Per Google's instructions, I used Coach (which is in public preview-a beta, of sorts) for three weeks. I'm a coach for Girls on the Run at my daughter's school, where she has become running friends with a kid competing in the Junior Olympics. I made it my mission to beat two children in the November 5K-so, a 7:30 mile pace."
A mid-level runner with a full-time job, family, and volunteer commitments tested AI-driven coaching as an alternative to a personal trainer. Google's new AI health Coach in the Fitbit app, included with Fitbit Premium ($10/month), was used in public preview for three weeks to prepare for a November 5K goal of a 7:30 mile pace. Access requires an active Fitbit Premium subscription, Android 11+, U.S. location, and English app and phone settings. The public preview lacks several features present in the regular app, including menstrual and blood glucose logging, Cardio Fitness scores, and advanced running metrics for Pixel Watch 3 and 4.
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