So… AI running apps are taking a bit of a battering just now, eh? Not AI fight we were all expecting. I mean, let’s face it, Terminator would’ve been a bit shit if big Arnie turned up just to give all the Sarah Connors a stress fracture. This isn’t so much theory today, but I wanted to throw my 2p worth in. Here’s the key question: as a running/fitness coach, do I think apps like Runna (which seems to be getting the most heat) are terrible and dangerous? Honestly… it’s not th

If you spend any time online, you’ll be told that the secret to better running lies in a detox tea, a colour‑coded meal plan, or a diet named after a caveman, a Scandinavian, or someone’s auntie Barbara who once lost half a stone before a wedding by drinking her own piss twice a day (“It’s sterile and I like the taste”… Patches O'Houlihan, anyone?!). But the truth is far less dramatic. Good nutrition for running isn’t about restriction, rules, or reinventing your entire perso

There’s a moment in every runner’s life when you realise you’ve spent more time staring at your watch than looking at the world around you. I’ve been there. Obsessing over splits, wondering why my “easy pace” feels like a mild cardiac event, and convincing myself that the algorithm knows my body better than I do. Spoiler: it doesn’t. To make it worse, we love to make the language more complicated or like we have this secret knowledge. It also doesn’t help that coaches and run