W6R1 got a bit complicated

[Julessn]

Good morning from sunny Switzerland, again.

I have a lot to do today so I needed to get this run done and dusted.

Off I set, marching up towards the far end of the village for my warm up 5 minutes. Then I run back for the first five minutes, cut up the hill for the three minute walk then set off downhill again for the 8 minutes. I hear Laura’s “you’ve run four minutes, you’re half way though” and I think, yeah I’ve got this.

Except Laura doesn’t speak to me again and I keep running, thinking, blimey I must be more tired than it think because this is a long second four minutes. Eventually I check the app and dammit it’s crashed! It’s showing I still have 3’54” to run and I know I don’t because I haven’t stopped for absolutely ages.

What to do? I decide to stop running, walk fast for five minutes, then run for five minutes, then walk for a bit then run home for the last couple of minutes.

When I check my tracker, I clocked a total of 37’33” activity before switching to walk mode for a further 17 minutes. I reckon that middle run was a good 12 minutes instead of the 8 it should have been.

Anyway, it wasn’t a conventional W6R1 but I let the app continue to the end after restarting it and have saved it as a successful run. I reckon I earned it.

[sallenson Graduate]

Well done you for just getting on with it! A lot of people seem to have "app crashing" issues. But most don't have such absolutely glorious surroundings to run about in.

You won't really need the app at all from W6R3 onwards because you'll lose the walk breaks. (Huzzah!) I've found running app-free to be strangely liberating tho.

Onwards and upwards (literally) my friend!!

[Julessn Graduate in reply to sallenson]

Thank you! I’m looking forward to the next one, app crash or not. I’ve looked what I need to do so will time myself another way if necessary.

[Elfe5 Graduate]

What fabulous scenery! 😄 Very well done running brilliantly despite the technology. 😀