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Slow Down! Why Running Fast Is Not Always Better

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Slow Down! Why Running Fast Is Not Always Better.

Chickenshead Fun Run 3km

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The route for this charity run has now been confirmed. See below:

http://www.chickenshed.org.uk/2731/shows/chickensheds-10k-challenge-3k-family-fun-run.html

Direct link to the route document here.

10K Training – Day 15: Getting Faster – Day 11

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Tracks: ZR (Beta track here), Endomondo, Strava

Target: 3km Intervals 5:23 - 5:47 min/km

Achieved: 2.64 km @ 5:53 min/km. My ZR track was just to finish one of my previous missions, and as soon as the mission ended, I had a zombie chase. I stopped the run there, and it logs as a failed evade. :-( Mind you, one thing I did learn from the zombie chase is that a slow jog to a fast jog doesn’t help. It has to be a full sprint.

Next run: Saturday - 5 km: 5:39 - 5:47 min/km. Completion Time Target: 28:15 - 28:55

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Zombies, Run! Runners List

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Here’s a list of all known runners and their current designations that I’ve picked up from the game. I haven’t yet checked the audio from the 5K app, so there could be some more updates.

Abel Township Runners Runner 3: Simon Runner 4: Jody Runner 5: Alice Dempsey (Deceased since pre-story. Mentioned in S2-M21), You Runner 6: Maggie Doane (Deceased as of S1-M22), Owen Runner 7: Evan Deaubl (Head of Runners) Runner 8: Sara Smith (MIA since S1-M23, returns at end of S2-M10/start of S2-M11) Runner 9: ?? (Mentioned in S2-S3) Runner 10: Chris McShell (Deceased as of S1-M19, mentioned in S2-S12), Jamie (temporary designation) Runner 12: Jack (also S1 radio presenter) Runner 13: ?? (Mentioned in S1-M15) Runner 14: ?? (Mentioned in S1-M15) Runner 17: ?? (New Designation, mentioned in S2-M21)

New Canton Runners Runner 5: ?? (Designated to you during S2-M1) Runner 38: Lem Runner 47: ?? (Mentioned in S2-M1) Runner 49: ?? (Mentioned in S1-M18) Runner 93: You (temporary designation in S2-M1)

As with all my ZR info, it’s going onto my BitBucket repository so I can keep it updated. Link to this version here.

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10K Training – Side Run #3

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Tracks: ZR (beta track here), Endomondo, Strava

Side run. My legs were still aching from yesterday’s 5K push, so I decided to make today a loose run, and I thought I’d give Endomondo’s Interval Training a go. The beeps were really loud (which is good, as it overpowers whatever I’m listening to) and the beeps tell you which intensity to work at. I’ve programmed a 3K and 5K interval plan which is mainly run at medium intensity for 1km, then slow down for 2 minutes, then repeat for as many times as is needed to beat the distance target. A simple interval training method, and nothing like HIIT or Tabata, but when I finish this MyASICS plan and switch to the Endomondo Half Marathon plan, it will use Interval Training much more heavily.

Today: 2.72 km @ 7:04 min/km

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Zombies, Run! | Get your voice on Radio Cabel

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Want to be a part of Radio Cabel? If you’ve been with us for a while, you may remember us asking the Zombies, Run! community to submit clips for use in Radio Abel way back in Season One. It was such a success, that we’ve decided to do it again!

We’re looking for more “Stories from the road” and “Survival tips”, as well as call-ins from citizens of both Abel Township and New Canton. How do you feel about living in a zombie apocalypse? How does life in Abel differ from life pre-Z-day? What do you really think of that New Canton lot?

Make sure your submissions are no more than a minute long (60 seconds) and after submissions close, we’ll pick the best ones and get them into the game.

You can submit your own radio clips starting today. We’ll stop accepting submissions September 23. Which gives you just over a month to get something over to us. Our actors will record accompanying lines when we can schedule them in, but recording sessions and actor availability mean it may be a while before they are added to the game.

Instead of calling in to a special phone number, we’re going digital with the submission process this time around, so we can ensure a higher quality.

You can email us with your entries in .wav or .mp3 format to support@zombiesrungame.com with the subject “Radio Cabel" (alternatively, please include a link to a Dropbox file if it’s too big to attach). This means that anyone in the world can submit something for Radio New Tomorrow. Abel Township and New Canton are multicultural, equal opportunity survivor camps, after all.

via Zombies, Run! | Get your voice on Radio Cabel.

Endomondo Training Plans

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You may recall a while ago, I posted about training plans suddenly showing up on Endomondo. Well, they’ve now hit the mobile app - at least on the Pro version. Unsurprising, really, since Training Plans are a premium feature (at the moment)

Link to the Endomondo Pro app

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10K Training – Day 14: Getting Faster – Day 10

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Tracks: ZR (Beta track here), Endomondo, Strava

Target: 5km 5:40 – 5:48 min/km. Completion time: 28:20 – 29:00 min

Achieved: 5km at 4.53 min/km. REALLY good run: three new PBs:

Next run: Thursday - 3km Intervals 5:23 - 5:47 min/km
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10K Training – Day 13: Getting Faster – Day 9

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Tracks: ZR (Beta track here), Endomondo, Strava

Target: 5km 7:45 min/km. Completion time: 38:45 min

Achieved: 5.11 km, 5.27 min/km. Ahead of target range, and a decent run. Still having trouble keeping my pace, though

Next run: Tuesday - 5km 5:40 – 5:48 min/km. Completion time: 28:20 – 29:00 min

London Marathon record-breaker Simon Freeman shows you how to save money and get fit with run commute | Metro News

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Commuting to work. Feasible for some, not very much so for others. For me, this is the equivalent of running a Half Marathon each way. Probably not possible right now, but if I could do that, then I would be doing an Annette.

London Marathon record-breaker Simon Freeman shows you how to save money and get fit with run commute | Metro News.
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10K Training – Side Run #2

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Tracks: ZR, Endomondo

Side run – not on my training schedule, but felt like I could use it.

2.86 km – 6:25 min/km

15 Reasons to Run

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10K Training – Day 12: Getting Faster – Day 8

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Tracks: ZR (Beta track here), Endomondo

Target: 5km 5:40 - 5:48 min/km. Completion time: 28:20 - 29:00 min

Achieved: 5.15 km 5:56 min/km. Over my target range so need to practise my pacing better.

Next run: Monday – 5km 7:45 min/km. Completion time: 38:45 min

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10K Training – Day 11: Getting Faster – Day 7

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Tracks: ZR (Beta track here), Endomondo

Target: 3 km Intervals 5:24 - 5:48 min/km. Completion time: 16:12 - 17:24 min

Achieved: 2.68 km, 5:30 min/km. Interesting run. This is the first time I’ve seriously tried to use the Zombie Chases option inside the Zombies, Run! app. The first chase happened at 0.47 km into the run. Easily evaded since I was pretty fresh into the run. The second chase happened 2.44 km into the run. I got caught this time. :-(. Interestingly fun, though.

Chases require you to go around 15% faster than your current speed, and can go up to a minute in sprinting. If you put enough distance between yourself and the zombie, you evade them. If you last more than a minute, you evade them. The chase started at 100m and I managed to get 110m between myself and the first zombie.

When the second chase happened, I hadn’t fully recovered from the first chase, so I got caught. But still, it helps push my training. I’m going to keep using this. Maybe I can throw it in during my long runs to help put some variety in my training.

Next run: Saturday – 5km 5:40 - 5:48 min/km. Completion time: 28:20 - 29:00 min

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Workout Guide: The Fartlek Session

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Workout Guide: The Fartlek Session.

10K Training – Delayed Run #2

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Today’s 3 km run has been delayed to tomorrow. ZR app again decided not to play with gmusicfs. I think as soon as I successfully resync, I’m going to backup everything. I think I’ll have to put back my mp3 collection onto my phone (which is what I was trying to avoid) and use that.

Zombie Identification Chart

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Keep Calm....

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10K Training – Day 10: Getting Faster – Day 6

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Tracks: ZR (Beta track here), Endomondo

Target: 5 km @ 5:40 - 5:48 min/km. Completion time: 28:20 - 29:00 min completion time.

Achieved: 5.21 km @ 5:33 min/km. Completion time: 28.57. Within completion time target. Kept a fairy constant pace of around 5:00 min/km for the first 4 km, but dropped the ball at 5 km, which impacted my final time.

Next run: Tomorrow - 3 km Intervals 5:24 - 5:48 min/km. Completion time: 16:12 - 17:24

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10K Training – Delayed Run #1

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Today’s 5 km run has been delayed to tomorrow. Far too shattered to run today.

10K Training – Day 9: Getting Faster – Day 5

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Tracks: ZR (Beta track here), Endomondo

Target: 5 km @ 7:46 min/km. Completion time: 38:50 mins

Achieved: 4.60 km @ 5:34 min/km. Completion time: 25:37 mins

Nice,  comfortable run today.  Slightly short of 5 km, but I guess I could always do a third lap next time. Was able to keep 5 min/km pace for the first three km. If I keep this pace for the full 10 km, I’ll hit around 50 min completion. :)

Next run: 5 km @ 5:40 - 5:48 min/km. Completion time: 28:20 - 29:00 min completion time.

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10K Training – Side Run: 10K Trial Run #1

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Tracks: ZR, Endomondo

Yes, ZR is now working again, although it is still flaky when trying to work with gmusicfs.

Not on my training plan, but I wanted to see how fast I could do a 10K with the current training schedule and fitness.

Target: 10 km. Completion time: < 55 minutes

Achieved: 6.81 km @ 6.29 min/km

Nowhere near where I wanted to be, so I still need to work on it.

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10K Training – Day 8: Getting Faster – Day 4

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Tracks: ZR, Endomondo (here and here).

Target: 5 km @ 5:48 - 5:40 min/km. Completion time: 29:00 - 28:20 min

Achieved: 1.24 km @ 1.53 min/km + 1.28 km @ 5.37 min/km (the first one seems like dodgy GPS, and my phone rebooted so that might be why….)

Next run: Monday, 5 km @ 7:46 min/km, but I’m going to trial a 10k run tomorrow (which isn’t on my schedule)

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Zombies, Run! | Your cool bases

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Hey, check it out. I got mentioned :)

Next we have Blenderfox’s… unique vision of Abel Township. One that features seven fully upgraded training areas. Presumably so that Runners have no excuse not to keep active between missions. Though, at least they get to go to sleep in actual houses of an evening…
Well, considering I focused on defense first and foremost before developing the rest, Training Areas were one of the few buildings which pushed up the Defense rating of the base. Others, such as the Comms shack didn't push the defense up as much because it also increased Morale.

Now, with Defense and Morale at 100%, I can start working on using the other buildings.

The guys at Six to Start were right though. My base is definitely “unique”. It’s the only one with more than one Training Area. And the only one to have all of them fully upgraded (although they don’t all have the full addons)

Zombies, Run! | Your cool bases.

The article didn’t have a good picture of the base, so here’s a better shot (clickable to go full-screen):

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How Annette Fredskov Ran 366 Marathons in 365 Days | Endomondo

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One of Endomondo’s most extraordinary users, Annette Fredskov, completed an amazing 366 marathons in one year. We were eager to hear all about it. When we called Annette at the agreed upon time to interview her, she picked up and asked us to call her back in 20, because she was out…well…running. “I just ran much further than I planned for today because it felt so good,” she said. After one year of running a marathon a day, this woman is still in love with running.
How Annette Fredskov Ran 366 Marathons in 365 Days | Endomondo.