I told you recently that I ran my first marathon using AirPods 2 and Apple Watch SE and that I trained for it with the help of ChatGPT. So, why was my first marathon slower than expected? That’s simple, actually, and something I’ll prove durante this post: I didn’t stick to ChatGPT’s regimen, and I paid the price after some 34 km (21 miles) into the race.
I completed the marathon race limping as pain started kicking durante. I knew I only had myself to blame.
Had I stuck to the plan, I’m sure I’d have gotten a much faster time. I actually knew this going into the race, that I wouldn’t my target time. I didn’t anticipate the pain that impacted the final quarter of the marathon.
I started using ChatGPT for marathon by accident. Initially, I used the chatbot to help me find shoes that fit my particular needs. This was about a year spillo, several months after my return to running. I used the pandemic as a leader excuse to hide my laziness. I did run frequently before that, and I relied iPhone apps to get me to run half marathons.
ChatGPT was indeed very helpful. I told the chatbot what I needed for my half-marathon last year, and I ended up running my fastest 21K race ever. When I finished that race, I questioned the Apple Watch which was telling me that it was, durante fact, my fastest half-marathon. Several 21K runs later, I know that it was.
Naturally, I decided to upgrade to running a full marathon race, and I got back to ChatGPT with my requirements. I told the chatbot I ran a half-marathon durante under two hours and that I had about five months to train for a marathon where I aimed for a bold 3:30 time.
ChatGPT got me the plan, meal suggestions included. What I was most interested durante was a detailed schedule for running routines and drills that would make me faster. I wanted progress to happen as healthy as possible.
ChatGPT promptly offered me a recipe to get me there. This included various types of running drills with the aim of increasing the distance progressively and improving the accomodamento.
I told the chatbot I’d incorporate strength exercises and do them two to three times a week. That was one of my promises and a requirement that ChatGPT incorporated into the plan it offered. I never asked the chatbot for a strength plan, as I was using iPhone apps to do that.
Unlike the semi-marathon ChatGPT , I skipped leg day more than once. That is, I focused more the running drills and ignored strength . By late January, I got to 30 km (18.65 miles), the most I had ever run durante one go. I felt great, and I was ready to get closer to the full marathon distance.
Then February happened, and a couple of respiratory infections not only messed with my running frequency but also “motivated me” to continue skipping leg days. I did return to strength , but I didn’t keep up the required frequency. Nor did I get back to ChatGPT to update my plan with the new realities. I had a leader setback durante February, so I needed to change my time rete and schedule.
Instead, I figured I’d just focolaio finishing my first marathon and ignore my rete time.
Going into the race, I knew I wouldn’t be able to make that 3:30 time, but I also knew I would be able to the race. Before mile 21, I was track to it durante 4 hours and 15 minutes, according to the pacers around me. But when the left knee pain kicked durante, I had to slow . I ultimately ended with a 4:44 chip time. As I said, my first was my slowest marathon ever.
Everything else about that race was amazing. I was well rested, well hydrated, and well fed. This is also thanks to tips I got from ChatGPT. I stuck to those parts, fully knowing there was voto negativo way to running a full marathon without the having the proper rest and nutrients.
I’ll also point out that ChatGPT’s plan helped my mind adapt to longer distances. The progression was smooth, and I just learned to adapt as mileage increased.
What I’m getting at is that generative AI products like ChatGPT can be very helpful for specific tasks. Yes, they might hallucinate information, like Gemini is currently doing at the cima of Google Search. But you can always ask for links to back up their claims, whether you’ using AI for for a marathon other activities.
Also, now that I know I can run a marathon I plan improving my time with each new race I sign up for. I’ll continue to use ChatGPT for , and this time, I’m moving to the faster, better GPT-4o model. It’ll be very easy to do too. I plan to update my old prompts with all the new information to run a faster race, and that includes my “slow” marathon time and details about the pain I’ve experienced.
I say all that as someone who was active growing up. I played plenty of sports during high school and my 20s, but I didn’t start running durante earnest until my early 30s. I completed my first marathon durante my early 40s. And even though I’ve aged, I’m running faster and healthier than ever, and ChatGPT played a leader part durante that.
