Zombie silliness

[liv]

Week 4 run 2: Zombies Run recorded completely silly times for me, which is always annoying because I like getting my 'scores'. I think I was probably slowish as it was another really hot run.

Week 4 run 3: Zombies Run gave me a sensible overall result for the whole run: 2.8 km in 24 minutes, or 8'44'' /km. I believe that as it's a bit faster than the first time I tried this workout, but not ludicrously fast. But the rubbish timing last time makes me unsure, as does the fact that the splits did not make any sense, claiming I ran 3 km in under 3 minutes by zigzagging about all over the place. Which apart from being obviously wrong is inconsistent with a final distance of under 3 km in over 20 minutes.

I don't want to give up ZR because I'm enjoying the story and finding that it helps a lot with motivation to keep going and not just clock-watch, which I need at this stage of the programme.

I also got my boyfriend cjwatson into Zombies Run. He's also acquired the same piece of kit as me: a headband with built-in Bluetooth headphones. That is way more comfortable for running than in ear headphones, and doesn't advertise the fact that you can't hear like over ear headphones. The sound quality isn't amazing but I'm pleased with it. So I mentioned to him that I have a themed playlist which contains songs about zombies and other undead / the apocalypse / running away, most of them with a fast beat except I couldn't resist Zombie by The Cranberries.

In case anyone is interested: Zombie music.

Next week: 3 X 5 minutes for the start of Week 5. I feel reasonably confident about that.

Comments

[felicitygs]

It sounds like your gps was buggy for the run. Unfortunately, that does happen from time to time, especially with the phone. :( If you can, just delete the run and do it a different time. A good way to get an idea of what your splits were is take the time you did run and divide it by whatever your distance was. You can use gmap pedometer to trace out your distance and use it to calc your pace. It's not as good as gps data, but when the gps fails it's a great backup!

[liv]

Thank you, this is helpful advice. I know GPS can just be buggy, but I am confused by how Zombies, Run! is calculating the km splits by an entirely different method from the overall times. You're right that instead of being frustrated when there's a bug I should estimate a pace from a map distance.

[felicitygs]

Bugs are definitely upsetting, so that's reasonable! But just know there's other ways to find out your averages. :) We're really spoiled with data as runners these days; even just 10 years ago there was so much less available, and it had to be done manually for the most part.