ChatGPT wrote my marathon training schedule

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  • John1988

    Anonymous Poster

    9 months 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!

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    zdf

    Member since 04/20/2018.

    810 posts. Last post 1 day ago.
    9 months 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.

  • My brother in Christ

    Anonymous Poster

    9 months 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

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    OH...TX

    Member since 07/31/2020.

    1,672 posts. Last post 7 months ago.
    9 months 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.

  • interestingplan

    Anonymous Poster

    9 months ago 02/25/2023 2:40am EST
    re: John1988

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

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    Bad Wigins

    Member since 03/22/2013.

    25,032 posts. Last post 6 days ago.
    9 months ago 02/25/2023 2:43am EST
    re: John1988

    Do it, get horribly injured and sue it.

  • malmo

    Member since 07/09/2002.

    21,877 posts. Last post 16 minutes ago.
    9 months ago 02/25/2023 3:54am EST
    re: John1988

    DumbGPT

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    track chick

    Member since 11/13/2006.

    5,955 posts. Last post 2 days ago.
    9 months 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.

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    track chick

    Member since 11/13/2006.

    5,955 posts. Last post 2 days ago.
    9 months 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.

  • aihatetheright

    Anonymous Poster

    9 months 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?

  • Ghost of Igloi

    Member since 05/09/2006.

    27,528 posts. Last post 5 minutes ago.
    9 months ago 02/25/2023 8:16am EST
    re: John1988

  • Chat GPT mile

    Anonymous Poster

    9 months 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…

  • fkkfkfkfkf

    Anonymous Poster

    9 months 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....

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    Big T

    Member since 02/11/2023.

    39 posts. Last post 3 days ago.
    9 months 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

  • SethDMoore

    Anonymous Poster

    9 months 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

  • John1988

    Anonymous Poster

    9 months 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!

  • tempo pace

    Anonymous Poster

    9 months 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.

  • Albertthon

    Anonymous Poster

    9 months 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?

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    Ruxton Towers XC

    Member since 11/19/2022.

    1,433 posts. Last post 1 day ago.
    9 months 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.

  • Dumb and Dumber

    Anonymous Poster

    9 months 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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