← 5K to Marathon Coach app

Pro tier perk, free guide

Talk to 5K to Marathon Coach from your widget, Siri or Apple Watch

Build two Shortcuts in Apple's free Shortcuts app. No App Store download, no account. About 3 minutes.

Shortcut 1: Ask 5K to Marathon Coach (works on Apple Watch)

You speak, 5K to Marathon Coach's free demo answers on screen. This is the one for your wrist.

  1. Open Shortcuts, tap +, name it Ask 5K to Marathon Coach.
  2. Add Dictate Text. Set Stop Listening to After Pause.
  3. Add URL Encode and make sure it encodes the Dictated Text.
  4. Add Text and type https://taskbotmarket.pages.dev/api/bubble?bot=stride&format=text&q= then insert the URL Encoded Text variable at the end.
  5. Add Get Contents of URL using that Text. Leave Method as GET.
  6. Add Show Result (or Speak Text if you want it read aloud).
  7. Tap the i (Details) button and turn on Show on Apple Watch. Tap Done.

Try it: say "Hey Siri, Ask 5K to Marathon Coach", then "I ran 4 miles in 34 minutes, felt easy".

Shortcut 2: Log to 5K to Marathon Coach bot (iPhone)

Speak your run, it gets copied, and the full 5K to Marathon Coach Grok Bot opens so you can paste it.

  1. New Shortcut, name it Log Run.
  2. Add Dictate Text.
  3. Add Text: Log my run: [Dictated Text]. Did I set a PR, and what should my next run be?
  4. Add Copy to Clipboard.
  5. Add Open URLs with https://x.ai/bot/WDvTzP4pT-UuRlHktUnDP
  6. When the bot opens, paste and send.

Shortcuts can't type into another app's chat box for you, so the paste step is on you. Prefer a fill-in form? Use the 5K to Marathon Coach web app instead, it builds the message for you.

Put it on your Home Screen as a widget

  1. Touch and hold an empty spot on the Home Screen until the apps jiggle.
  2. Tap Edit, then Add Widget.
  3. Search Shortcuts, pick a size (the medium one shows 4 shortcuts), tap Add Widget.
  4. Tap the widget while editing and choose your 5K to Marathon Coach shortcuts.

Heads up: Apple says shortcuts that use the microphone may open the Shortcuts app to finish when started from a widget. It still works, it just takes one extra screen.

Put it on your Apple Watch face

  1. Make sure Show on Apple Watch is on (step 7 above).
  2. On the watch, open the Shortcuts app and tap Ask 5K to Marathon Coach. Speak, then read the reply.
  3. For one-tap access: touch and hold your watch face, tap Edit, swipe to complications, pick a slot, choose Shortcuts, then Ask 5K to Marathon Coach.
  4. On Apple Watch Ultra, you can also set the Action Button to run a Shortcut.

Shortcut 2 opens a link, so use it on iPhone. On the watch, use Ask 5K to Marathon Coach. The watch needs a connection (its own, or via your iPhone) to reach the demo.

Why this is a Pro tier perk

The free demo answers briefly. Pro tier ($29.99) gives the full 5K to Marathon Coach with its engine, self-check and premium playbooks, so the run you speak into your watch turns into a full plan update in the bot. Basic $14.99 and Plus $19.99 are there too.

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Not medical advice. Bots can be wrong. Unofficial, not affiliated with Apple or xAI. iPhone, Apple Watch, Siri and Shortcuts are trademarks of Apple Inc. Steps match Apple's Shortcuts guides as of October 2026 and may change.