W1R1 Post-C25K

[BigLebowski]

I started the way you end a run, looking for the end marker, glancing nervously behind lest someone is stalking, spitting at oncoming runners and reciting your A, B, Cs. Oh man, 40 minutes of running broken into four 10-min jogs separated by 1-minute walks, in 23 deg C temperature, really ramps things up from 30 minutes continuously under overcast, breezy conditions just two days ago.

I decided to listen to a podcast rather than music to keep my mind distracted. That failed as I noticed every pothole, grain of gravel, speed sign and pedestrian crossing. I criss-crossed the bus staging area of camp to psyche myself as I passed stationary busses.

Runkeeper allows you to create a running pattern so I ran to this. It felt like progressing from the toddler stroller of listening to Laura of the NHS's C25K podcast. She had been gentle, coaxing you along as you put the TV remote down and took baby steps off the couch. The Runkeeper app voice is straight to business, a Margaret Thatcheresque bark to run for 10 minutes, slow for 1, etc. Done!

[tmbtrain Graduate10]

Well done on doing that in 23deg! Too warm for me. That's some route that you ran 😂 I think I see where you criss crossed at the buses!

[BigLebowski in reply to tmbtrain]

Thanks. That little switchback at the busses is the sanity component of my route where I can see small increments where I need to change direction, rather than looking at some distant post wondering if I'll ever reach it.

[CBDB Graduate10]

Oh well done!!! Runkeeper is my first choice run tracker! So great choice.

You know you can use different voices on Runkeeper, which are great fun.

To be able to set diff’t voices, in QuickStart you need to have “none” selected in workouts, and in audio stats chose your voice.

Have fun!

[BigLebowski in reply to CBDB]

Oh yes, it's a good app, and I have experimented with the different voice prompts.