My watch can divide a run into tidy coloured zones. The untidy question is whether those zones describe me. Here’s how I used a field baseline, RPE, breathing and later runs to create provisional numbers without pretending they’re laboratory results.
Heart Rate Zones for Runners Over 50: Why Mine Are Provisional Read Post »
Experiment
Heart rate rose during an easy run. Does that prove the run became too hard? I look at what heart-rate drift can tell an older runner, what can corrupt the number and why my AI coach sometimes refuses to calculate it.
Was My Easy Run Really Easy? AI, RPE and Heart Rate Drift Read Post »
AI Running Coach Experiment, Heart Rate Training, Running After 50: Testing & Data
Strava saw my fastest average pace of the month and two “intervals.” CoachChat saw a humid endurance run, a failing chest strap and enough late-session cost to hold the next week steady. The difference wasn’t smarter AI. It was better context.
What Strava Missed About My Run, and My AI Running Coach Caught Read Post »
AI Running Coach Experiment, Running After 50, Testing & Data
An adaptive running plan should respond to real evidence without rewriting the week every time one number looks odd. Here’s the rule I’m testing with CoachChat during my BlackToe Holiday 10K build.
When to Adjust a Running Plan: My AI Coach’s Smallest-Sensible-Change Rule Read Post »
AI Running Coach Experiment, Running After 50: Testing & Data
A watch can record the run, but it cannot explain the run. Here is the post-run debrief and copyable prompt I use to connect Garmin evidence, effort, symptoms and real life to the next AI coaching decision.
My AI Running Coach Prompt: What I Report After Every Run Read Post »
AI Running Coach Experiment, Running After 50: Testing & Data
I am not asking ChatGPT to spit out a generic 10K plan. I am building an ongoing coach and athlete workflow that connects each prescription to my Garmin FIT data, subjective feedback and the next training decision.
How I Use ChatGPT as My AI Running Coach at 67 Read Post »
Ouch to 10K, Running After 50, Running After 60, Training TipsWoke up early. Still got cooked. Some days, effort feels like fire.But that’s just the body adapting.The hard runs write the stronger chapters. Could have used this on my runs.Running under the Heat Dome.Running through sprinklers: not just for kids anymore.
Thought of the Day – June 25, 2025 Read Post »
Running JourneyWorkout Plan: Planned Duration: 110 minutesStructure: ✅ Execution: Total Time: 1:53:46Distance: 13.6 kmHeart Rate: In the ZoneCadence: Slightly above Drum Buddy’s 145 BPM 🍽️ Fuel & Hydration: 🧠 Reflections: This one hit all the right notes. From the moment my feet hit the pavement, I found my flow and held it steady. Nutrition and hydration
3/23/2025 Training Log – Steady Beat, Strong Feet – Zone 2 Long Run Read Post »
Half Marathon Training, Long Runs, Marathon Prep, P50F Training Log