Tell the AI About Your Schedule

Tell it your schedule#

Stride AI plans around what is on your calendar, so it is worth adding your races, holidays and other commitments before you ask for a plan. You can add them yourself, or tell the AI in the chat ("I'm away 12 to 19 May, no bike") and it will add them to its proposal for you to apply.

Add races and key events#

Add your races so Stride AI can build backwards from them and plan your build and taper.

• Choose Event as the type, then the Event Type that best matches it, for example Road Race, Gravel, Time Trial or Marathon.
• Set the start and end dates, and add anything useful in the Description: course profile, expected duration, terrain.

You can be specific. Name the event ("Mallorca 312") and the AI will know what it is. If you know the course, describe it: "A hilly road race with short, steep climbs where I'll need repeated maximal efforts."

Set race priority#

Not every event deserves the same treatment, so each one has a priority.

• A - Peak Event for the main goals of your season, where you want to be at your best. Stride AI builds your season and taper around these.
• B - Important and C - Training for tune-up races and low-key events, so the AI keeps your training moving without tapering for every one.

If the priority you have saved does not match how you describe an event in the chat (you call it your main goal but it is saved as B, say), the AI asks which is right before planning around it.

Add holidays and time away#

Add any known time off, such as holidays, work trips or family commitments.

• Use the Vacation type for days or weeks when training will be limited or impossible, with the right start and end dates.
• Give it a clear title and, if you like, a description ("Work trip, no bike" or "Family holiday, short runs only") so the AI knows how much to reduce.

The AI will not schedule hard sessions on those dates. When you are back, it looks at what you did while away, along with your sleep and recovery, and eases you back in rather than picking up where the plan left off.

Add illness, injury and availability#

• Use Illness or Injury when you are unwell or carrying something, with the dates and a short note on what it is. The AI rebuilds gradually afterwards rather than returning you straight to full training.
• Use Availability for regular limits, such as "only 45 minutes on weekdays", and Rest Day for days you want kept free.

You can tell the AI about any of these in the chat too, and it remembers lasting preferences between conversations.

Add detailed notes and goals#

The more the AI knows about the event, the better it can prepare you.

• In the title and description, include the distance, the type of event, your time or power goals and the event's name, for example "Mallorca 312, sub-13 hours, focus on durability".
• For long events (anything over about four hours), add your expected finish time. The AI uses it to build your longest sessions towards what you will actually race.

Team events#

If you are on a team, camps, races and rest days your coach publishes appear on your calendar too, and the AI plans around them.

Before you start#

Once your events, holidays and notes are in place, your calendar is a clear picture of your season for Stride AI to work from, and every plan it suggests will fit around your time and priorities.