Thank you; Audio fuel and Couch to 5k. I will be able to complete a Half Marathon.

Hi everybody, I hope your all having a great New Years Eve.

Well 1/8th of my Half Marathon training almost in the bag.

I did the long run today as like a lot of people around the world, I will not be in any fit state for running tomorrow! lol

I enjoyed running to the beat with Laura on C to 5k & 5K+, but the podcasts are only 30 minutes long. I downloaded, 101 running songs to my ipod, but struggled with pace as the rhythm kept on changing. Then I remembered the tracks for Couch to 5k, were sponsored by Audio Fuel.

Today I downloaded Run Free 1&2 by Audio Fuel with coaching for 2 hours running at 150-165 BPM. Yippee its fantastic!

I did 6 miles this morning and it was a brilliant run.

The sun was out and there wasn't a breath of breeze. The sea and the harbour were both like mill ponds.

It's the 31st Dec and I was wearing;

Shorts, tee shirt, trainers & a polished head.

The first mile was slightly laboured, but once that was out of the way, I just jogged along, locking onto the beat. I couldn't help but smile as the miles just melted away. Everything slotted perfectly into place, twice I had to cross at a pelican crossing, both times there was a lull in the traffic so I didn't have to wait, or even bother pressing the buttons.

I was bouncing up the Rodwell Trail, the sun was beating down, birds were everywhere. There were dog walkers, runners and cyclists all shouting greetings. A lady gave me a strange look as I saluted?

There was a lone Magpie sitting above her head. (Yes I'm superstitious)

After the warm down plus a mug of tea, I plugged my gizmo into my laptop.

I have taken over 1 minute/ mile off the last time I ran 6 miles (6 days ago), with a training effect of 3.5. This is due to me using Audio Fuel.

I now know that I can definitely complete a half marathon, injuries aside.

I hope I've not bored you with the rantings of an old Slap Head.

All the best to everybody for 2017 and enjoy the runs.

[skysue16 Graduate10]

Great run and getting faster, impressive progress. Sounds a lovely day too, heavy rain and wind here so local gym for me! I did the 'speed' podcast but ran on through the cool down then didn't have any music. Maybe I should look into audio fuel.....Thanks for the tip

[Spongecake7 Graduate10]

I'm a big fan of audiofuel. It's made a massive difference to my running speed. It's a mystery to me that other people don't rave about it too!

Good luck for your half marathon.

[useitorloseit]

I love that Audiofuel download. I haven't used it for ages though as I downloaded in on iTunes and I'm now using an mp3 player and have absolutely no idea if it's possible to convert. Anyone know the answer? Perhaps I'll just not be a skinflint and buy a CD, then I can use it on any platform ...

[ancientrunner Graduate10 in reply to useitorloseit]

There is an app - I think it is called synctunes that allows you to put itunes stuff onto a smart phone and presumable you can then put it back onto your computer in a different form. The only thing was you could select which tunes it synced - it moved everything. Might help.

[useitorloseit in reply to ancientrunner]

Thanks you guys. I really am not very techno, but I've managed to get audiofuel onto my mp3 player as it appeared on our computer music list. I think my husband may have done something clever with it without my knowledge! I really need to find out about this though as I have quite a lot of individual songs which I've bought from iTunes over the last 10 years or so which I need to transfer over. I hate downloads - I am so much happier with a cd in my hands which I can then feed into the big black box under my desk. I'm going to have to get down wiv da kids a bit, aren't I, and try to remember that it is 2017!!!

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Hi useitorloseit,

I just keyed your question into my laptop:

Q, Can you download music from itunes onto a mp3 player.

A, If you are trying to do an automatic sync the way iTunes does with iPods, forget it, since iTunes can only do that with Apple devices. However, you should be able to connect your player via USB, open it so it looks like a folder, highlight tracks in your iTunes library, and drag them to the player.

I hope this is of some help.

Happy New Year.

[useitorloseit in reply to Hidden]

Thanks - see reply above!

[Rockshammer]

Love this post and you exude confidence which is half of the battle for running - You go and smash that HM !!!