Endurance Innovation 90 – Rich Lang of Spok’d

04 Feb Endurance Innovation 90 – Rich Lang of Spok’d

Spok’d founder and CEO Richard Lang joins us this week to explain his company’s approach to algorithm-assisted cycling coaching.

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• 1:30 Richard Lang and the history of Spok’d
• 4:00 the challenges of building an algorithm-driven coaching platform
• 8:45 the trouble with subjective scores
• 11:45 the Spok’d approach to incorporating subjective metrics
• 13:30 Spok’d inputs
  • Rider assessment
  • Season goals and the plan builder
  • Availability to train
• 20:00 aligning expectation with reality
• 25:00 keeping it simple
• 31:45 beyond cycling
• 38:45 next steps for Spok’d
• 40:15 a collaborative framework between Spok’d and human coaches

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