Not another running app.
A coach you talk to.

Coach Carl is an AI running coach who lives in Telegram. He sees every run, checks in after every workout, and builds your training around your life: helping you stay healthy, run farther, and actually reach your goal.

7 days free. Then $29/month. Cancel anytime, no hard feelings.

In the chat

This is what talking to Carl is like.

The commands

Your whole week, one message away.

/plan
📅 Week of Jul 13–19
Base · target 40 mi · 35.9 done · 4 to go · long run ~14.5 mi
Monday — 12.0 mi run
Tuesday — 45 min walk · 40 min bike · 5.2 mi run
Wednesday — 79 min lift
Thursday — 14.5 mi run
Friday — 4.2 mi run
Saturday — rest, voodoo floss
Sunday — easy 4 mi, conversational
/recap
📊 Week of Jul 13–19 (so far)
Volume: 35.9 mi run · day 6 of 7 · ahead of pace for ~40 mi
Cross: 11.8 mi bike · 2.2 mi walk · 79 min strength
Sessions: 5 of 5 · +2 bonus
Feel: grades A, A, A · avg RPE 4.6

Watching: left ankle — improving
Managing: voodoo floss after runs

Front-loaded and banked — the weekend is yours.
Want the rest of the week? Say /plan.

Getting started

How it works

You'll be talking to Carl in about two minutes. No forms, no onboarding maze.

STEP 1

Meet Carl.

Start your trial and Carl introduces himself on Telegram and asks how your running is going and what you're training for.

STEP 2

Connect your data.

Strava or Garmin: Carl sees your runs right away. And you can just tell him things too ("crushed 100 push-ups"). He tracks what your watch can't.

STEP 3

Just run.

Carl checks in after every workout to hear how it felt. He plans your week and adjusts when life happens.

The substrate

Carl doesn't forget.

The goalBackyard ultra, September 26 — that's what we're building for.
The watch listLeft ankle felt off two Tuesdays ago — watching it.
Your gearYou've got a Peloton in the attic for the hot days.
Your historyThat 14-miler in the heat? Grade A.
Your rulesVoodoo floss 4×/week — your rule, in every plan.

Most AI forgets you between messages. Carl's been taking notes since day one.

Your options, honestly

What else is out there

We're biased, so judge the categories for yourself.

A human coach

$200 to $500 a month, a 24-to-48-hour reply window, and vacations. A great one is worth every penny, if you can get one.

On your own, or a static plan

The plan doesn't know you slept badly or that your ankle is barking. So you guess, overtrain, get hurt, and restart. That cycle is where running goals go to die.

Most AI coaching

No context. It says "great job, keep going" because it can't hear the warning signs.

No new app, either way

Carl lives in Telegram, the messaging app. One more contact, not one more login.

Always-on.

Coach Carl: $29 a month. Answers in seconds, 3am included, and coaches from the combined playbook of the best coaches out there. His check-ins and conversation are the context: he catches what a widget can't.

The doctrine

How Carl coaches

Don't get hurt.

The best training plan is the one you're healthy enough to follow next month. Carl watches load, listens when something's sore, and would rather adjust a week than lose a season.

Consistency beats intensity.

Big engines are built by showing up, not by hero workouts. Carl coaches the long game.

Strength and cross-training count.

Bike rides, gym sessions, long walks: they're training, not footnotes, and Carl treats them that way.

Your life comes first.

Built for busy adults: parents, professionals, people whose calendar fights back. Kids, work, travel, a rough night's sleep. Weeks move around. Carl works with your life, not against it.

"If a week goes sideways, that's fine. Stuff moves. We work with your life, not against it." Carl

The flagship

Every Sunday, Carl hands you your week

Built from what you actually ran, not what a template hoped you would. You say yes — or bend it, and he sorts it out.

📅 Next week — proposed · ~41.9 mi
All-easy volume week building ultra durability — genuinely conversational.
Mon: 8 easy
Tue: 45-60 min easy peloton spin
Wed: 7 easy
Thu: 6 easy
Fri: strength
Sat: LONG 13.9 — RPE 4-5, conversational
Sun: 7 easy
Look good? Say yes to lock it in — or tell me what to change and we'll sort it. Stuff moves, totally fine.
looks good but move the long run to Saturday
Locked in — next week is set.

An honest fit check

Is Carl for you?

Carl is for you if

  • You're a busy adult: a parent, a professional, someone whose calendar fights back.
  • You've been through the injury-restart cycle and want off.
  • You want a coach, not a leaderboard.
  • You'll actually talk to him: a coach can only coach what he can hear.

Carl isn't for you if

  • You're racing at an elite level and need track-level periodization with a human at the finish line.
  • You won't connect a watch or tell him about your runs: give a coach nothing and he's just a plan.
  • You want a six-week shortcut. Carl plays the long game.

One plan. Everything included.

$29/month

After a 7-day free trial. Coaching, weekly plans, post-run check-ins, injury watch, all of it. Cancel anytime, no hard feelings.

Questions

Answered honestly

What exactly is Coach Carl?

An AI coach built by Jeremy Singh, a runner and coach. I built him to coach the way I coach: listen first, protect the athlete, play the long game. He talks with you on Telegram like a coach would, because that's what he is.

Is this a training plan generator?

No. Carl writes your weekly plan, but the plan is the least of it. The product is the conversation: the check-in after a rough run, the adjustment when your week explodes, the question about that ankle you mentioned twice.

What does Carl actually see?

The activities you sync from Strava or Garmin, and what you tell him. That's it. Your data is used to coach you, never sold.

Do I need a watch?

No. Carl works best connected (Strava or Garmin, one tap), but tell him in plain words ("did another bike today, 30 min") and he'll track it.

Can I really cancel anytime?

Yes. From the link in your receipt, or just tell Carl. If you cancel during the trial you won't be charged at all.

What if I'm a beginner? What if I'm injured?

Carl meets you where you are. I built him to start you too easy rather than too hard, and if something hurts, the plan bends around it. He's not a doctor and won't pretend to be one; he'll tell you when something needs a human professional.

Your next run could have a coach watching.

7 days free. Two minutes to start. Cancel anytime, no hard feelings.