Goals tell STAS what your training is moving toward: races with dates, target results, and longer-term athletic objectives. They give your AI coach the context it needs to understand why the plan exists in the first place.
Your goals are stored in your STAS profile. You can add them on the website or through AI chat, and STAS includes them in the context summary that ChatGPT and Claude use to review your plan and progress.
Goals define direction. They are not a schedule of specific training days.
A goal is not “Wednesday’s workout” or “next week’s plan.” It is the outcome you are working toward: running a half marathon on September 20 in 1:40, preparing for a race, reaching a new level, or simply maintaining fitness.
A goal can have a specific date and target result, or it can be open-ended and long-term. STAS keeps goals separate from the plan because goals define the destination, while the plan defines the steps.
STAS keeps your profile, goals, and training rules in a dedicated context layer, separate from the chat thread. That way, the AI does not have to rely on old messages or try to reconstruct what matters from memory. It receives the important context ready to use in every conversation.
This is more reliable than explaining the same things again and again in chat. Ordinary messages can get buried over time. The dedicated context layer stays in place between conversations and becomes the basis for each new plan.
Each goal is a small structured entry.
A goal usually includes:
Without goals, the AI can only optimize in a general way. With goals, it can plan for your actual task.
Goals tell the AI what the training is for. They influence the priorities of the plan: volume, intensity, key workouts, recovery, and tapering before a race.
They also give the AI a reference point for progress. It can compare where you are now with where you want to be, and judge whether the current training load is moving you in the right direction.
Goals are part of your profile on stas.run. You can add them manually or through AI.
Open your profile on stas.run and add your goals in the “Goals” card: one goal per line, with a date and target result if you have them.
“Add a goal: run a half marathon on September 20 in 1:40.”
You can also create a goal through AI chat. STAS will show you what is going to be saved and will only save it after you confirm.
Goals are included in the full context summary that STAS prepares for ChatGPT and Claude.
When you ask to refresh your data or build a plan, the AI sees your goals together with your profile, training rules, current condition, and training history. That helps it build a plan for your situation instead of giving generic advice.
The AI also checks your progress against your goals: whether the preparation is moving toward the target date and result, and whether the load needs to be adjusted.
Goals set direction, but they do not guarantee the result.
If there are no goals, the AI can still use your metrics, but it does not know what you are training for. Even one clear goal can make the recommendations much more useful.
Short answers about goals in STAS.
A goal is what you are working toward: a race, a result, or a fitness level. A plan is the set of workouts that gets you there week by week. The goal sets the direction; the plan defines the steps.
No. A goal can have an exact date, such as a race on September 20, or it can be a longer-term goal without a fixed date. A date helps the AI plan the taper and understand the timeline.
Several. Near-term races and long-term objectives can exist together. If you have many goals, it helps to mark the priority so the AI understands what matters most right now.
No. The AI can prepare a change and show it to you, but STAS saves goals only after your confirmation.
That is fine. Update the date or target result, and the AI will adjust its recommendations to the new reality. A goal is a reference point, not a verdict.
Yes. Goals are part of your profile on stas.run. You can edit them there, and they are sent to the chat as part of the full context summary.
Goals work best together with your profile, rules, and strategy.
Even one goal with a date and target result can noticeably improve the plan. The AI will know what you are working toward and will check your training load against it.