Adaptive AI Race Coaching

Train for any race.
Adapt when life happens.

Race1 Trainer is an AI coaching companion for endurance athletes — marathoners, triathletes, ultrarunners, cyclists. Instead of a static PDF that goes stale the first time you miss a workout, you get a coach that rewrites the plan when life gets in the way.

Coach
AI coach, on call
Health data
Apple Health auto-sync
Privacy
Plan stays on device

Built for real life

Most plans break the first time reality intervenes.

This one bends.

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A week of work travel

Sessions shift, volume drops, key workouts move so you don't lose the block.

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Illness or injury

Plan pauses, eases back in. No lost-fitness panic.

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A bad night of sleep

Today's hard session quietly becomes tomorrow's.

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Weather you can't train in

Indoor alternatives proposed in chat, dialed to the same intent.

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A spontaneous race

Prep races slot into the build with the right taper around them.

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A brutal week at work

Recovery days where you actually need them, not where the template said.

How it works

Five things, no settings safari.

01 · Onboarding

Five minutes to a plan that starts where you are.

Tell the coach what race you're training for, when it is, your experience level, and your weekly availability. Connect Apple Health. The plan starts from your actual fitness — not a textbook athlete's.

02 · Daily view

Today's session, ready to go.

Type, duration, target zone, coaching notes. Completed workouts pull in from your watch automatically and match against the plan. No logging. No spreadsheets.

03 · Morning Check-In

A short conversation before you lace up.

Informed by last night's sleep and today's plan. Reply if you're exhausted, sore, crushing it, or anywhere between. The coach adjusts before you head out the door.

04 · Plan Negotiation

The core idea: nothing changes without your sign-off.

Tell the coach what's going on. It proposes a revised plan — shifted long runs, reduced volume, rearranged key workouts. You see a visual diff card and tap Accept, Modify, or Reject. No surprise rewrites.

05 · Race week

Course-specific intelligence as the race approaches.

Altitude delta vs. your training elevation, expected weather, pacing tuned to the terrain, phase-appropriate prep — heat acclimation, travel timing, taper intensity.

Optional · Performance Thresholds

Know your FTP, threshold run pace, or swim CSS? Mention them in chat once. Pacing targets become specific numbers (8:15/mi on the long run) instead of effort descriptors. No settings screen — the coach just remembers.

What it handles

Any race with a start date.

  • Marathons and half-marathons
  • Triathlons at every distance — sprint, Olympic, half, full
  • Ultras and trail races
  • Cycling events, gran fondos, centuries
  • Anything with a finish line, basically

What's included

Everything below, no add-ons.

  • Adaptive plan generation
  • Daily HR-zone targets
  • Apple Health auto-match
  • Zone analytics
  • Morning Check-In
  • Visual plan diffs
  • Altitude + weather adjustments
  • Secondary race support
  • Home Screen widget
  • Swim drill library

Who it's for

First-timers, repeat racers, and anyone whose plan keeps getting blown up.

First-time racers

A real coach's attention without the monthly retainer.

Experienced athletes

Frustrated by rigid plans that won't flex.

Anyone, really

Who's ever scrapped a perfectly-planned block because life didn't cooperate.

What it isn't

Not a workout recorder — your watch handles that. Not a social feed. It's one focused conversation about getting you to the start line fit, healthy, and ready.

Privacy

Your training plan and health data live on your device. Chats with your coach are sent to our AI provider to generate responses. You can clear history any time from Settings. Full details in our privacy policy.