FAQS

Coach b Run Club is a run-coaching app that features Coach b, an AI coach. Leveraging a proprietary coaching engine that's based on established run-coaching literature, Coach b creates personalized and adaptive training programs, answers your questions whenever you have them, and provides encouragement throughout your training.

Coach b Run Club welcomes everyone who is interested in running. Whether you're just starting out or have been running for 20 years, Coach b will provide coaching, guidance, and motivation to help you achieve your goals.

Download the iOS app, provide your email address, and set up your Coach b Run Club membership. After that, Coach b will start getting to know you and set up your training program.

Coach b Run Club is coming soon on the App Store. You can sign up to be notified when it launches.

You can automatically sync your activities from Strava or manually enter them yourself. Connecting a device makes the experience seamless. Supported devices include: XXX

Coach b is an AI coach. Because he's AI, he's not constrained by time or other commitments. He's dedicated to coaching you 24/7.

You can chat with Coach b whenever you want, directly from the app. If you need to adjust your training, have a question about a particular session, or need advice, he's always available.

Coach b is not a chatbot. He is a holistic coach, integrated into the coaching engine and overall app experience. Coach b is the experience.

Coach b coaches all race distances, from 5k through ultramarathons. Whether you've never run before or have years of experience, Coach b will create a training program that's personalized for you.

The coaching engine Coach b uses is built on the same sources and coaching literature that a good human coach would use. For example: Lydiard for building a base and shaping a season, Higdon for a first marathon, Daniels for how quality work fits around everything else, Pfitzinger for higher mileage, and Koop and Roche for trail and ultra.

Where those coaches disagree, which happens more often than you would think, Coach b evaluates the options and picks what's best for the individual athlete.

Coach b can help a beginner runner by providing an organized training program that is personalized to your goals and fitness level. He can also help with workout reminders to keep you on track, encourage you, and answer any questions you have along the way.

Coach b can help an experienced runner gain an objective perspective, break through performance plateaus, and eliminate the guesswork from more advanced training.

Your training program will be built around you, your current fitness, and your goal. It's fully personalized. No two programs are the same, just like no two runners are the same.

When life gets in the way, your training program adapts. Just chat with Coach b and let him know what's going on, and he'll adjust it. That's the benefit of having a coach vs. a training plan.

There may be hard days, like workouts and long runs, but Coach b's plans are personalized and tuned to what you can support. If you ever feel like it's too much, just chat with Coach b and he'll adjust it.

Coach b watches for signals in your training consistency and your chats. If he notices anything, he'll either initiate a conversation with you or dynamically adjust your plan, depending on what he notices.

Per the Terms of Use, Coach b Run Club is for athletes 18 years of age and older.

Coach b uses your data and what you write in chats to personalize and adapt your training, provide guidance, and motivate you in the pursuit of your goals. It may also be used to improve the overall app experience. See the privacy policy for more detail.

Coach b is built using the Anthropic API, and Anthropic's terms do not permit training on your data.

Your data is your data, and Coach b won't sell it. See the privacy policy for more information.

Yes. You can request a copy of your data in the app under My Account > Privacy Policy. If you delete your account, all of your data will be deleted.