Recommend a good app??

[Weslar]

Hi guys n gals,

I'm only on week 1 ( Run 3 tomorrow morning ) But do you all use an app to keep an eye on how you are doing, distance etc?? any suggestions would be most welcome, i could run it in the backround while the podcast is playing perhaps .

Thanks in advance

Wes

[Ejbirdy Graduate]

Good ol' map my run , only works of you're running outside.

Good luck , happy running

[Weslar in reply to Ejbirdy]

I used Map my walk a while back and that was pretty good , i'll go for that thankuuuuuuuuu x

[Mamma_Mia Graduate]

When I was running outside, on my return home I would plot my route into GB Mapometer - guess it's a similar thing to Emma's Map My Run, but I'm rather a "techno-saur" ..... no smart phones here

Good luck for tomorrow!

[poppypug Graduate]

Hi Wes, I use Sportstracker, haven't heard of anyone else on here using it , but it does the job for a complete numpty technophobe like me

Good luck for tomorrow xxx

[Weslar in reply to poppypug]

Thanks Poppy! ready n raring xx

[poppypug Graduate in reply to Weslar]

Yay ! That's the spirit Wes, fill yer boots mate xxx

[Weslar in reply to poppypug]

Haha, consider them filled xx

[Weslar]

Thankyou, I'm looking forward to it.......maybe not so keen at 5:30am tomorrow when the alarm goes off !! all good fun though x

[Belindauk Graduate]

I just use a good old fashion stop watch and a sportline stepometer but I am planning on treating myself to a garmin 15 soon

[Weslar]

Gonna look at a few little treats as the weeks go on x

[Tomas Graduate]

I use a Garmin watch, but I also always have runkeeper switched on on my phone when I'm out running.

[Weslar]

Brilliant , thanks

[LadyLaois]

Well done. Keep going. I'm just about to start week 4 and am loving it.

I use the Couch-to-5k app and listen to Sergeant Block to keep me motivated and have my own playlist running in the background. I also use May My Walk, (select RUN) and that tracks my route for me when I'm running outside. It also syncs with My Fitness Pal so enters my run there too. Good luck xxx

[Weslar]

Ahhhh brilliant, already got Map my Walk so i'll try that tomorrow morning xx

[Ullyrunner Graduate]

I use runkeeper which is a free app that runs on my iPhone. Measures time, speed and distance and uploads to a site so the runs get aggregated. You can set intervals on it too and it runs in the background with my own music.

[Weslar]

Fab thanks hun x

[Moickle]

I use map my run, but honestly I'm happy enough if I can complete the programme, regardless of distance for now. I'm also on week 1 by the way. I'm thinking it's probably quite important to keep better track once I've started doing some real distance running... A while away yet, I'm afraid.

[Weslar]

I'm thinking the same, week 3 onwards i reckon i'll look into it......seems a while yet ouch !

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I like Runkeeper, I liked MapMyRun when it worked but I found it a bit temperamental..Runkeeper works every time for me.

[Weslar]

A few have suggested Runkeeper, i'll give it a look thanks x

[deep312 Graduate]

hi, I use mapmurun and it hasn't let me down yet.

[Nellyharte Graduate]

I use sportstracker, very simple and hasn't let me down. However I didn't use anything for the programme, just Laura and the podcast....be careful not to overdo the stats early on it has put some people off...

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Mapmyrun/walk works for me.