By Adrienne So
Publication Date: 2025-11-21 10:30:00
Someone has to do it Say it. Someone has to advocate for you to be in the middle. I’m a middle runner. Most of us are, because that is the definition of middle. I train every day but have a full-time job, two kids, a dog and a spouse. I do volunteer work and have dinner with my parents. I’m aging. I’m not going to blow anyone away with a crazy 100 mile run anytime soon.
So what do you do if you don’t want to collapse into dust but don’t have the time or desire to work with a personal trainer? One option is to do what Atlantic CEO and incredibly fast runner Nicholas Thompson does and use a custom GPT. Or you can use Google’s new AI Health Coach in the Fitbit app, which is part of the Fitbit Premium service for $10/month.
Following Google’s instructions, I used Coach (which is in public preview – a beta, so to speak) for three weeks. I am a Girls on the Run coach at my daughter’s school, where she has become a running friend with a child competing in the Junior Olympics. I did it…
