Comments on: Couch to 5K

By: benjohnbarnes

benjohnbarnes — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:56:35 +0000

Hi Edward,

:-) You sound like me a few weeks ago! Actually, a few months ago, because I lapsed and started again and got injured and started again and … this morning I did the first run of week 5. I'm in a slight dread about Monday when I'm supposed to do that first 20 minutes without a walk monster, but maybe it'll just be fine when I try it!

Here are a couple of other iPhone applications for following the c25k plan that might interest you:

http://splendid-things.co.uk/getrunning
http://felttip.com/c25k/

The first of those two is developed by myself with the support of some other smashing people. The big things setting it apart are that:

● it's got hundreds of really nicely recorded prompts and cues to encourage you on,
● it's got a lovely log of your runs that includes the dates for future runs.
● it looks really nice.
● it's got a rather gorgeous "clock" for each run.
● it works properly when your phone sleeps or is locked, and works with or without iPhone music playing in the background.

Is the Windsor you mention is in the UK? Beautiful place, but that probably means you don't use the American iTunes store, so if I give you a promo code for a free copy of Get Running, it wont be any use for you (they're US iTunes store only). Just in case you do use the US store, here're some promo codes for it:

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Do you know there's a #c25k tag on twitter, and a couch to 5k group on facebook, by the way? Also, the website runnersworld.com has a beginner forum and is loaded with really good advice.

Good luck!
Benjohn

By: Couch to 5k - Week 1 | Edward Platero

Couch to 5k - Week 1 | Edward Platero — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:28:57 +0000

[...] blogged after my first day (read post) and a couple of things have changed since the post. I am not using the Couch25K iPhone app anymore, [...]

By: Edward

Edward — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:37:23 +0000

Downloaded it this morning.

By: ddame

ddame — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:28:37 +0000

Awesome job Ed. I share your experience. Last thanksgiving I stepped on the scale and it almost hit 190! I was like, “Damn the scale must be off”…the problem was I could not get 'off' my butt. I quit eating doritos nightly, ditched the diet pop, and started riding my bike and doing abs. I'm at a plateu at 145-150…but I'm happy just being fit.

Keep it up buddy…I'm rooting for you.

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:26:24 +0000

You should really try out the Livestrong iPhone app to track your daily caloric intake. It's quite eye opening when you realize it's very easy to consume double the daily recommended calories.

I use it for 2 months a little while back and lost 15 pounds just by chaning my diet. A few months have passed and I gained a little back, but I started last week for another round.