Archives for December 2009

So you know I will take any opportunity to get a new iPhone app. And you know I just started this Couch to 5k program and what do you know they have an app for that!

It has all the workouts in a list so you don’t have to remember where you are in the program or actually you know print it out and keep track.

So once you pick your workout you are able to load your playlist into the music player at the bottom. Once you start it keeps track of where you are which can be quite difficult to do. It has a VoiceOver that tells you when to walk and run. The font turns red during walks, green during runs and yellow at warmup and cooldown. I love the countdown as well. And it tells you when you’re halfway through.

Couch to 5k does have a few free podcasts you can follow but I love the advantage of changing up the music at any point. If you don’t care about what you run to then i wouldn’t spend the $2.99 for this app but for me, I get a new app, freedom to pick the music I want AND the ability to send my results to facebook. Ok so probably not worth it for that but you know.

So as you can see I’m on day 2. Not that impressive yet but I have to start somewhere and I’m happy to have this to help.

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So somehow Melissa talked me into going to TrySports to get running shoes.  I hate to run.  Like, really hate to run.  Cycling, I don’t mind.  But I’m not a fan of running.  But then Melissa is all inspiring with her upcoming marathon and she promises it gets better and easier and you don’t feel like you’re going to die after a few minutes miles.  And I really would LIKE to like running.  So I decided to start the Couch to 5K program.  Monday night Melissa got done with her SECOND novel and her and her husband met the four of us up at TrySports.  Now you know you have a great friend when she inspires and encourages you to run.  But you know you have a great BLOGGING friend when she takes pictures of your running analysis and shoe fitting.

Turns out I have some external thingie on my right foot that causes it to turn outward when I plant my foot.  It’s caused by carrying the girls on my right hip for so long.   I went home with a new pair of Brooks and some cycling shoes that I can clip in the bike.  I finished Day 1 of Couch to 5K yesterday so I guess I’m on my way.

I TOTALLY meant Bobcats game.  Yeah, that’s what I went to tonight. *ahem*  An email popped up in my inbox yesterday evening telling me about a meet and greet he was doing before he sang the National Anthem for the Bobcats vs. Celtics game in Charlotte.  Well, when Danny Gokey is 15 minutes away and you run a fan site for him, you kinda can’t NOT go.  Although you know my arm didn’t need a bit of twisting.   Heather’s might have when I asked her to go with me.  But she did and was a pretty good sport through my nervous chatter on the way up.  And thankfully I have an awesome husband who was off work that understands puts up with my celebrity obsessions fangirl moments.

You can read a FULL account of what went down here but pretty sure all you need (ok, want!) to see are these….