Running Genie: AI Coach
Prashanth Vaidya Health & Fitness In-app purchases
AI running coach for 5K, half & marathon. Syncs Strava & Garmin.
- Downloads
- 896+
- on Google Play
- Price
- Free
- In-app purchases
- Updated
- Oct 19
- 2026 · v2.7.5
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About Running Genie: AI Coach
Train with an adaptive running coach that builds race-specific training plans powered by your real Strava data. The Running Genie is a marathon training app designed to help runners train smarter with structured, personalised plans that evolve as you improve.
Whether you're preparing for a 5K, 10K, half marathon, marathon, or ultra marathon, The Running Genie creates a personalised training plan and continuously adjusts it as you train.
No generic PDFs. No guesswork. Just intelligent coaching built around your data.
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AI Running Coach That Adapts to You
The Running Genie analyses your Strava history, pace trends, weekly training load, and distance progression to deliver contextual guidance based on your actual training.
Ask:
• Should I run easy today?
• Am I on track for a sub-2 half marathon?
• How should I adjust after missing a week?
Get answers grounded in your real data, not generic advice.
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Race-Specific Training Plans
Generate structured training plans for:
• 5K training
• 10K training
• Half marathon training
• Marathon training
• Ultra marathon training
Plans are built using proven periodisation principles used by experienced coaches. Every schedule includes long runs, tempo sessions, interval workouts, recovery days, and a proper taper to ensure you arrive at race day prepared, not overtrained.
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Deep Strava Integration
Connect your Strava account and your runs automatically shape your future training.
The app uses your pace patterns, volume trends, and consistency data to adapt your training plan in real time. Your past performance directly informs your next workout.
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Training Load & Performance Analytics
Monitor what actually drives improvement:
• Weekly training load
• Pace trends
• Distance progression
• Consistency metrics
• Recovery patterns
Track your fitness across weeks and months. Identify fatigue early. Reduce injury risk. Train with structure and intent.
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Challenges & Leaderboards
Stay consistent with monthly challenges and performance-based leaderboards. Train alongside other runners pursuing similar goals and maintain accountability.
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Free & Pro
Free:
• AI coach conversations
• Basic training insights
• Strava sync
Pro (3-day free trial):
• Full adaptive race-specific training plans
• Real-time plan adjustments
• Advanced training load analytics
• Leaderboards and challenges
• Unlimited AI coaching
A personal running coach can cost thousands per year. The Running Genie delivers adaptive, science-informed marathon training and AI coaching at a fraction of that cost.
Built by runners, for runners.
From your first 5K to a Boston Qualifier, The Running Genie helps you train with structure, data, and purpose.
What’s new
Version 2.7.5 · Updated October 19, 2026
What's new in 2.7.5 • Coach changes now land as you asked: run time limits, no-run days, strength and cross-training days, and sessions you write out. If something can't be changed, the coach tells you. • Missed a run this week? Ask the coach to move it to today. • Reply "ok" to confirm a coach suggestion. • Shoe Rack (beta) tracks the distance on each pair. • Connect your COROS watch. • Set your own easy heart-rate ceiling for run insights. • The Activity Calendar is now in Stats.
User reviews
I am really liking this app as someone who is not very fitness savvy, the running genie properly breaks down my activities in a simple to understand language that even someone inexperienced like me can easily grasp. I have connected it with my strava app and have received regular feedback by the smart AI coach withi...
Been using this app to work towards my marathon running goals. It helped me build a pretty comprehensive training plan. Definitely worth trying if you are into running.
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