City running app

[Sandie1961]

Just reading the April copy of the Connexion, which is a monthly English language newspaper of french news and there is an article about Runnin’City, an app which gives you a variety of audio guided runs in cities from Adelaide to Zurich (35 routes in London). It apparently tells you about the history, landmarks etc and records your stats. Looks good and appears to be free - at least free to download and I can’t see any mention of later charges 😃

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

Sounds cool!

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon]

It does sound cool, although my ears only have room for hearing aids! I'll just mention quietly here that I slipped in a 1:03:33 tonight, so I am making a little progress. Feels a bit beside the point with everything going on though. 🤔

[Sandie1961 Half Marathon in reply to Beachcomber66]

Great stuff Beachcomber66 . Definitely not beside the point! Need to take any positives we can 😃

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Beachcomber66]

Definitely not beside the point. We take control of what we can - good job👍

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon in reply to linda9389]

Sandie1961 and I have set out to make a sub 60 min 10k sometime soonish, so this was a new PB on the way. I am probably just knackered from the run. Just a difficult time for all.

[JonathanP 10 Miles in reply to Beachcomber66]

Well done BC - one step nearer!👍

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon in reply to JonathanP]

Thanks Jonathan. I suspect each minute’s improvement will get a bit harder to achieve from now on, but no rush. Having an additional day off!! Hope you are coping ok. 👍

[Sandie1961 Half Marathon in reply to Beachcomber66]

Plenty of time BC 😘

[JonathanP 10 Miles in reply to Beachcomber66]

Yes thanks BC - one day at a time eh?!😀

[Coddfish 10 Miles]

Sounds interesting - looking forward to being able to travel again someday. I have often found good running routes in new places by looking at routes people have used on MapymyRun. Hope you are keeping well

[Sandie1961 Half Marathon in reply to Coddfish]

Just starting to get fed up of being so restricted!

[Decker Ultramarathon]

That looks interesting. I use another site onthegomap.com/ to determine route distances before I try them out. I find it really handy and a bit simpler than some of the other fancier ones out there.

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon]

I’ve never tried a guided run, but I’m starting to look for variety, like the vast majority of us. It would be fun hearing about all the landmarks of Adelaide whilst bimbling around my local common!

Oh, and sneaky Beachcomber66 ! Well done, that’s a great time. I’m enjoying your joint PB journey ....... 🏃‍♀️ 🏃

[Sandie1961 Half Marathon in reply to cheekychipmunks]

I suppose you could imagine you are running somewhere else but I think it uses GPS and tells you about what you are running past 😂. Can’t wait to be able to go somewhere to try it out!

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon in reply to Sandie1961]

Ohhh, sorry I assumed it was a virtual run kind of thing - you can tell I’ve never used a guided run app before! 🤦‍♀️

[Sandie1961 Half Marathon in reply to cheekychipmunks]

😂 Have a look - there are 3 circular runs in Bristol. A 3.9k Discover Bristol run, 9.7k Centre to Clifton and 13.9k Spike Island. For when we’re allowed out again, of course x

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon in reply to Sandie1961]

The Spike Island one is most probably a large part of my HM route the other day. The centre to Clifton is literally all uphill! 😳😳😳😅

[Sandie1961 Half Marathon in reply to cheekychipmunks]

Mmm I did notice that the elevation gain is somewhat brutal! I remember Constitution Hill from visiting Ryan 😖

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon in reply to Sandie1961]

I used to walk up and down Constitution Hill in my office high heels back in the 80’s! It wasn’t “cool” to wear comfy shoes to walk to and from work! 🙄🙄

[Sandie1961 Half Marathon in reply to cheekychipmunks]

Ooh hard core 💪🏻

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon in reply to Sandie1961]

No, vain! 😅😅

[Sandie1961 Half Marathon in reply to cheekychipmunks]

😂🤣😂