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3 years ago 02/25/2023 1:31am EST

I asked to build an 18 week training block with a goal time of 2:45:00. This is what it spit out…

Great goal! Here's an 18-week marathon training block that will help you achieve a finish time of 2:45:00:

Week 1:
Monday - Rest
Tuesday - 6 miles easy
Wednesday - 8 miles with 4 miles at goal marathon pace (GMP)
Thursday - 6 miles easy
Friday - 8 miles with strides
Saturday - 12 miles easy
Sunday - 14 miles with last 2 miles at GMP
Total Mileage: 54 miles

Week 2:
Monday - Rest
Tuesday - 7 miles easy
Wednesday - 10 miles with 6 miles at GMP
Thursday - 7 miles easy
Friday - 8 miles with strides
Saturday - 14 miles easy
Sunday - 16 miles with last 2 miles at GMP
Total Mileage: 62 miles

Week 3:
Monday - Rest
Tuesday - 7 miles easy
Wednesday - 10 miles with 6 miles at GMP
Thursday - 7 miles easy
Friday - 8 miles with strides
Saturday - 16 miles easy
Sunday - 18 miles with last 3 miles at GMP
Total Mileage: 66 miles

Week 4:
Monday - Rest
Tuesday - 8 miles easy
Wednesday - 12 miles with 8 miles at GMP
Thursday - 8 miles easy
Friday - 8 miles with strides
Saturday - 16 miles easy
Sunday - 20 miles with last 4 miles at GMP
Total Mileage: 72 miles

Week 5:
Monday - Rest
Tuesday - 8 miles easy
Wednesday - 12 miles with 8 miles at GMP
Thursday - 8 miles easy
Friday - 8 miles with strides
Saturday - 18 miles easy
Sunday - 22 miles with last 4 miles at GMP
Total Mileage: 76 miles

Week 6:
Monday - Rest
Tuesday - 9 miles easy
Wednesday - 14 miles with 10 miles at GMP
Thursday - 9 miles easy
Friday - 8 miles with strides
Saturday - 20 miles easy
Sunday - 24 miles with last 5 miles at GMP
Total Mileage: 84 miles

Week 7:
Monday - Rest
Tuesday - 9 miles easy
Wednesday - 14 miles with 10 miles at GMP
Thursday - 9 miles easy
Friday - 8 miles with strides
Saturday - 22 miles with last 5 miles at GMP
Sunday - 26 miles with last 6 miles at GMP
Total Mileage: 88 miles

Week 8:
Monday - Rest
Tuesday - 10 miles easy
Wednesday - 16 miles with 12 miles at GMP
Thursday - 10 miles easy
Friday - 8 miles with strides
Saturday - 22 miles with last 5 miles at GMP
Sunday - 28 miles with last 7 miles at GMP
Total Mileage: 94 miles

Week 9:
Monday - Rest
Tuesday - 10 miles easy
Wednesday - 16 miles with 12 miles at GMP
Thursday - 10 miles easy
Friday - 8 miles with strides
Saturday - 24 miles with last 5 miles at GMP
Sunday - 30 miles with last 8 miles at GMP
Total Mileage: 96 miles

Week 10:
Monday - Rest
Tuesday - 10 miles easy
Wednesday - 16 miles with 12 miles at GMP
Thursday - 10 miles easy
Friday - 8 miles with strides
Saturday - 24 miles with last 5 miles at GMP
Sunday - 32 miles with last 9

Week 10 (continued):
Total Mileage: 98 miles

Week 11:
Monday - Rest
Tuesday - 11 miles easy
Wednesday - 18 miles with 14 miles at GMP
Thursday - 11 miles easy
Friday - 8 miles with strides
Saturday - 24 miles with last 5 miles at GMP
Sunday - 34 miles with last 10 miles at GMP
Total Mileage: 106 miles

Week 12:
Monday - Rest
Tuesday - 11 miles easy
Wednesday - 18 miles with 14 miles at GMP
Thursday - 11 miles easy
Friday - 8 miles with strides
Saturday - 24 miles with last 5 miles at GMP
Sunday - 36 miles with last 11 miles at GMP
Total Mileage: 108 miles

Week 13:
Monday - Rest
Tuesday - 12 miles easy
Wednesday - 20 miles with 16 miles at GMP
Thursday - 12 miles easy
Friday - 8 miles with strides
Saturday - 26 miles with last 5 miles at GMP
Sunday - 38 miles with last 12 miles at GMP
Total Mileage: 116 miles

Week 14:
Monday - Rest
Tuesday - 12 miles easy
Wednesday - 20 miles with 16 miles at GMP
Thursday - 12 miles easy
Friday - 8 miles with strides
Saturday - 26 miles with last 5 miles at GMP
Sunday - 40 miles with last 13 miles at GMP
Total Mileage: 118 miles

Week 15:
Monday - Rest
Tuesday - 12 miles easy
Wednesday - 20 miles with 16 miles at GMP
Thursday - 12 miles easy
Friday - 8 miles with strides
Saturday - 28 miles with last 5 miles at GMP
Sunday - 42 miles with last 14 miles at GMP
Total Mileage: 122 miles

Week 16:
Monday - Rest
Tuesday - 13 miles easy
Wednesday - 22 miles with 18 miles at GMP
Thursday - 13 miles easy
Friday - 8 miles with strides
Saturday - 28 miles with last 5 miles at GMP
Sunday - 44 miles with last 15 miles at GMP
Total Mileage: 128 miles

Week 17:
Monday - Rest
Tuesday - 13 miles easy
Wednesday - 22 miles with 18 miles at GMP
Thursday - 13 miles easy
Friday - 8 miles with strides
Saturday - 24 miles with last 5 miles at GMP
Sunday - 12 miles easy
Total Mileage: 92 miles

Week 18:
Monday - Rest
Tuesday - 6 miles easy
Wednesday - 10 miles with 5 miles at GMP
Thursday - 6 miles easy
Friday - 5 miles with strides
Saturday - Rest
Sunday - Marathon!
Total Mileage: 27 miles

Remember to adjust your training schedule to suit your individual needs and listen to your body to avoid injury. Best of luck!

3 years ago 02/25/2023 1:38am EST

re: John1988

I'm digging that 44 miler in week 16 (w/ last 15@MP!).

Only person that could pull this plan off is CJ Albertson.

3 years ago 02/25/2023 1:42am EST

re: John1988

This is pretty cool

now tell it to do the same thing, but as if it was from Coach Renato Canova

3 years ago 02/25/2023 1:44am EST

re: zdf

zdf wrote:
I'm digging that 44 miler in week 16 (w/ last 15@MP!).
Only person that could pull this plan off is CJ Albertson.

Especially 4 days after banging out 18 miles at goal marathon pace.

128 miles in 6 days with no doubles and 38 miles at race pace is definitely something.

3 years ago 02/25/2023 2:40am EST

re: John1988

Doesn' t think much of training at faster than race pace.

3 years ago 02/25/2023 2:43am EST

re: John1988

Do it, get horribly injured and sue it.

3 years ago 02/25/2023 3:54am EST

re: John1988

3 years ago 02/25/2023 4:10am EST

re: John1988

I wonder what it would have written if you asked it for a 32 week training block or something, lol.

3 years ago 02/25/2023 4:11am EST

re: track chick

Funnily I think that is the kind of training regimen a robot would respond to.

3 years ago 02/25/2023 6:24am EST

re: John1988

Very curious all of the information it assembled to come up with this. Any chance it mashed some things in km with things in miles?

3 years ago 02/25/2023 8:16am EST

re: John1988

3 years ago 02/25/2023 8:29am EST

re: John1988

I asked it for a sub 4:00 training plan, and it suggested tempo runs of 12-15 minutes at goal mile pace…

3 years ago 02/25/2023 8:50am EST

re: OH...TX

OH...TX wrote:
zdf wrote:
I'm digging that 44 miler in week 16 (w/ last 15@MP!).
Only person that could pull this plan off is CJ Albertson.
Especially 4 days after banging out 18 miles at goal marathon pace.
128 miles in 6 days with no doubles and 38 miles at race pace is definitely something.

The 28miler the day before is also special. I wonder where in the internet did it find this info for it's pattern matching engine....

3 years ago 02/25/2023 9:00am EST

re: John1988

Maybe if more American marathoners took training advice from chatGPT we wouldn’t suck so much

3 years ago 02/25/2023 9:40am EST

re: fkkfkfkfkf

fkkfkfkfkf wrote:
OH...TX wrote:
Especially 4 days after banging out 18 miles at goal marathon pace.
128 miles in 6 days with no doubles and 38 miles at race pace is definitely something.
The 28miler the day before is also special. I wonder where in the internet did it find this info for its pattern matching engine....

My kind of training

3 years ago 02/25/2023 9:44am EST

re: John1988

I just realized if you take out all of the ‘GMP’ and replaced it with ‘easy’ this would look like a Seth Demoor training log. Butter my algorithm!

3 years ago 02/25/2023 4:43pm EST

re: Chat GPT mile

Chat GPT mile wrote:
I asked it for a sub 4:00 training plan, and it suggested tempo runs of 12-15 minutes at goal mile pace…

Not quite as extreme, but in ChatGPT's defense, a human once assigned me a 20 min tempo at goal (16:30) 5k pace.

3 years ago 02/25/2023 10:59pm EST

re: fkkfkfkfkf

fkkfkfkfkf wrote:
OH...TX wrote:
Especially 4 days after banging out 18 miles at goal marathon pace.
128 miles in 6 days with no doubles and 38 miles at race pace is definitely something.
The 28miler the day before is also special. I wonder where in the internet did it find this info for it's pattern matching engine....

CJ’s Strava?

3 years ago 02/25/2023 11:31pm EST

re: John1988

Am I reading this wrong or is this proof that AI is still idiotic? The ChatGPT suggested doing a "44 miler" 14 days before race day.

And every long run from about week 7 on was something like 26-44 miles. WTH? Who does a marathon or 50km (or longer!) every single weekend for ten straight weeks prior to a marathon? Oh, wait, nobody.

This post was edited 2 minutes after it was posted.

3 years ago 02/25/2023 11:38pm EST

re: Ruxton Towers XC

Ruxton Towers XC wrote:
Am I reading this wrong or is this proof that AI is still idiotic? The ChatGPT suggested doing a "44 miler" 14 days before race day.
And every long run from about week 7 on was something like 26-44 miles. WTH? Who does a marathon or 50km (or longer!) every single weekend for ten straight weeks prior to a marathon? Oh, wait, nobody.

I believe this is Jim Walmsley's training plan for his marathons.

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