Why Runners Are Ditching Coaching Apps for Free AI (Should They?)
FORDY RUNS Podcast is back with a big one: are AI chatbots quietly replacing running coaching apps?
We've noticed more and more of our own runners moving away from paid coaching apps like Runna, Coopah, and URNN — and instead building their own training plans using free AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude. In this episode we dig into why that's happening, what people are gaining, and what they might be losing along the way.
We'll cover the pros of coach-built apps (Runna, Coopah, URNN) — personalisation, watch integration, and adaptive plans built on real coaching principles — versus the appeal…
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