Category Archives: Fitness & Health

C25K – Week 1 Day 3

I completed C25K Week 1 Day 3 (timed) (3.51 km), in 18:22, pace 05:14 min/km, with @RunDouble http://rndb.co/P4Vu

Day 3 of the C25K. Same as Day 1 – 5 minutes warm up walk, then 8 intervals of walk-run at a 60s/90s split, and a 5 minute cool-down walk. Next workout is Week 2 Day 1 — 5 minutes warm up walk, then 6 intervals of walk-run at 90 secs run, then 120 secs walk, followed by 5 minutes cool-down walk.

Nike+ Track

C25K – Week 1 Day 2

I completed C25K Week 1 Day 2 (timed) (3.21 km), in 18:26, pace 05:45 min/km, with @RunDouble http://rndb.co/24Rf

Day 2 of the C25K. Same as Day 1 – 5 minutes warm up walk, then 8 intervals of walk-run at a 60s/90s split, and a 5 minute cool-down walk.

Nike+ Track

Strange – 2

More strangeness with Nike+

Try to start a 5K run

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And then, during the run, I have set it 5K, have run 0.00K, but it somehow thinks I’ve completed my goal already. o.O

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Strange….

Strange, today’s run is 4.8K,

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But I’m given a 9.6K run.

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Now, Nike suggest I drop out of the plan, uninstall the app, reboot, reinstall the app, then put a new one in, so I’ve done that, but that’s now reset my training plan, and Nike+ training plans always start on a Monday, so that means, no plan run today. :/

Bad Tech: Biggest tech lies we all fall for | T3

Tech lies we all fall for

  1. Facebook statuses saying “I’m Poorly”
  2. Sat-Nav Directions (I can relate to this)
  3. “Full Mailbox” warning
  4. Washing Machine time
  5. Microwave cooking time
  6. “Best Venues” apps
  7. Any recommendation
  8. Heart rate/Calorie monitors
  9. A rich friend saying he’s broke
  10. Running Apps

Interestingly, the last one caught my attention. Here’s the main description:

Recently two members of Team T3 did the same half marathon using the same training plan with the same app. They trained twice together and noticed one of them was recording about a mile less than the other each time. There was no way to test who was being short-changed in their preparation until race day, when one of them hadn’t done enough training and nearly died in the last couple of miles. Lesson: don’t trust apps, trust watches.

“Don’t trust apps, trust watches”? I kind of expected that. After all, a phone is not built to be used as a GPS receiver (even though it is a function), whereas a GPS watch is designed for that function. I have run with the Nike+ app and my SportWatch on at the same time, and have noticed a difference of around 0.2 to 0.25 km between the two. Most of the time the app clocks up more mileage than the watch, but I trust the watch more because it is a dedicated GPS receiver.

Bad Tech: Biggest tech lies we all fall for | T3.

5K Training Day 1

Today is the first day of my using the Nike+ training plan. It is an easy start – with a day of rest. Here is the schedule for this week:

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And here’s today’s summary
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Nike+ Training

I haven’t used the Nike+ Running app for a long time, since getting a SportWatch. However, I dug it back out after starting to use the Nike Training Club app (as it ties into the Running app to check you have done a running workout). Now, Nike have put in a coach with plans for 5K, 10K, Half Marathon, and Full Marathon distances. Interesting.

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