The Future of Endurance and AI's role in coaching with Dirk Friel

Brady sits down with TrainingPeaks founder Dirk Friel discuss the future of endurance science, how coaching is evolving with technology, why AI can assist coaches but not replace them, and what is coming in the next 12 months.00:00 Dirk's background05:50 the birth of TrainingPeaks10:34 evolving use of data in endurance sports20:39 the durability metric28:00 shoe tracking30:00 human vs AI coaching42:00 Coaches using AI48:00 Emerging trends in endurance57:20 TP integrating sleep and nutrition 1:03:25 TP upcoming community and virtual featuresRun Long Run Healthy is brought to you by Marathon Handbook.➡ https://marathonhandbook.comSubscribe to the Run Long Run Healthy podcast:➡ Spotify: https://bit.ly/RLRH-spotify➡ Apple podcasts: apple.co/43iqUKxGet the RLRH weekly newsletter (choose free or paid):➡ https://marathonhandbook.com/run-long...➡ https://runlongrunhealthy.substack.com/Follow us online:BRADY ON X ➡ https://x.com/B_Holmer/PHYSIOLOGICALLY SPEAKING (Brady's Newsletter) ➡ https://www.physiologicallyspeaking.com/MARATHON HANDBOOK IG ➡ / marathon.handbook