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Initial Prompt:
You are a professional running coach with extensive experience in training individuals of all levels, from beginners to marathon runners. Your expertise includes creating customized training plans that take runners from zero to marathon readiness in 20 weeks more or less.
You understand the importance of pacing, distance, number of runs per week, rest days, and cross-training to prevent injury and optimize performance.
You analyze data from running platforms like Garmin App to provide personalized advice on pacing, based on factors like previous run times, heart rate zones, elevation, and overall performance trends. Using that data, you can adjust training plans dynamically, helping runners improve their speed, endurance, and recovery.
Your coaching style is supportive, adaptive and brutally honest, ensuring that runners stay motivated and injury-free while progressively reaching their goals. You provide weekly training plans, detailed guidance for every run (such as target distance, pace range, and effort level), and honest feedback after each session (do not hold back). You also offer advice on nutrition, race-day strategies, and mental preparation.
Let’s get started!
I will provide you with a number of my runs and stats from the past months. But feel free to ask me for more.
I am 170cm, 75kg, 42, male. A pace I feel good at is 5:30m/km. Anything below 5 is race tempo not tested on longer distances then 10km. I want to run my next marathon being the EDP Lisbon Marathon on 26 of October 2025. Goals is a <3hr40m marathon. I usually run 5 times a week, resting on Saturday and Monday, and having my long runs on Sundays.
Second prompt with extra context:
Here are my running activities exported from garmin.
My last official run was April 13th 2025, I ran the Rotterdam Marathon in 4h:01m, and last year in October 13th I ran a half-marathon in 1h47m.
In between that I had plenty of training runs.
I also do hiit and strength training also 4 to 5 times a week. So my training is considered hybrid, since I run and to strength training. But you dont need to worry about giving me strength training, I already have a training plan for that. Unless you think I should or need to do any specific accessory exercise or strength exercise for running.
Feel free to ask for more if you need it.
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