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"Can AI coach a running coach? We ask Tom Craggs to find out" is an episode of Runner's World Podcast. Runtime 53 min. Published September 22, 2026. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.
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Talking to Rick and Ben this week is UK athletics coach and RW columnist, Tom Craggs, who has taken on the challenge of getting a LLM to try and coach him to a sub 20 minute 5K in six weeks.
Here Tom explains what was good, what was bad and what the future of running coach can and should look like.
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