Wk 7 Run 2 and cheating on Laura...

[Rolyat_Adnama]

So I did Wk7 run 1 with Laura and her terrible music, then I played around with my husband's ipod nano (not a euphemism) and found that on Nike+ you can set a time for your run and use your own playlist - even better it gives you time markers! on the 25 minute run today it informed me when I'd run 5 minutes, 10 minutes and when I was half way, then told me when I had 10 minutes left and a countdown for 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 minutes plus a 'Well done!" at the end.

I felt much better running to music I like, and I made the playlist myself so I chose the tempo to match my running, I ran half a km further than on run 1 whilst thinking I was taking it easier!

I can't abandon Laura completely, but I notice it can also be set for distance so it's looking good for keeping me on track when I run out of C25k podcasts.

[mfamilias Graduate]

I cheat on Laura too - she's a sweetheart, but I couldn't stomach the music either, so went for my own playlist. I'm sure she doesn't mind -she's got a great gang of groupies.

[franathy]

I have just done W7R1 and done exactly the same thing as you! I really Laura but I just couldn't take the music anymore!