Apps to track your progress?

[clairej1803]

I’m currently in week 3 and wondered what app you would recommend to record your runs. I’m a geek that likes to see data! 🙊

I have a fitbit but would like something to give me more details of my exercise. Any recommendations welcome, thanks! 👟👟👟

[Berksrover Graduate]

I recently got a Garmin Forerunner 235 running watch, the Garmin Connect App and I have linked that to Strava and MyFitnessPal (to record calories in) , like you I love stats and analysis, this gives me everything I could want

[clairej1803 in reply to Berksrover]

Thanks, this may be a silly question but can I use the strava app without a running watch?! 🤔

[Berksrover Graduate in reply to clairej1803]

Yes, you can, I did for a while before getting the watch, strava gives you plenty of stats, plus there is a big community of C25K ers on Strava to connect with

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

There’s several, MapMyRun, Strava, Nike+ Run Club, and more. They’ll all show your running progress... later.

None of them will show your fitness progress, and that’s all that matters getting through this. Going for speed and/or distance is not gonna help. Track by all means, but best advice is analyse those stats after graduation... getting hung up on pace or how close you are to 5k will only distract your mind. I track, I don’t look at the stats.

[clairej1803 in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Appreciate your feedback, just now I am happy just to get through the runs! I will save the analysis for the end of the programme! 🙌🏼😊

[Honeybee63]

Try MapMyRun, gives loads of data - I’ve used MapMyWalk up until now but am hoping I can progress to running full runs after doing c25k 😀😀

[Tasha99 Graduate]

Strava is the most popular at the moment as it’s quite social too. I e just moved over from MapMyFitness

[clairej1803 in reply to Tasha99]

Thanks, I’m going to give it a go! 😊

[Jogunlikely Graduate]

Do what I did and download several have them all going for one or two sessions then stick with what you like

With all these things if you make your post public and you run from your front door then make sure you have the privacy settings so people can't pinpoint exactly where you live.

I use Runkeeper now but like the stats on map my run. Had used Strava up to that point when I was walking a lot but don't like the stats you get on the free version.

Happy running 👍

[clairej1803 in reply to Jogunlikely]

Thanks for the tip on privacy settings! 🙌🏼 I’ll try a few and see how I get on, thanks! 😊

[lollytwist Graduate]

Hi Claire I use MapMyRun to record my data. It shows speed, distance, time per km, elevation and split times. It also has a community where you can make friends, join challenges etc 😄🏃‍♀️

[clairej1803 in reply to lollytwist]

Sounds good, will give it a go! 😊 Happy running!

[Snuffy_T Graduate]

I use mapmyfitness, I put everything in there, runs , swims etc. It's great. Also I find the free app great. It actually stops me from over training on the runs.