Thursday run!
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c25kI ran on a Thursday lunchtime, woo hoo!
I also had my first taste of Zombies, Run! which I mostly enjoyed.
The format is story section / track from selected playlist / story section, and that all worked fine. There were also some additional instructions at times in a robotic voice that seemed to speak only in one ear, and which I really struggled to understand. Sometimes it was referring to the "Zombie chase" interval training and sometimes it seemed to be counting off my pace, but I really couldn't follow it and ended up ignoring it. Since getting back, I've found and increased a "game volume" option on the app, so I hope that'll be clearer next time.
I was a bit unsure at the beginning, which jumped straight into the story and I wasn't sure if I should be running or walking. I decided to follow my usual route, and in the absence of any other cues, start running around the point I normally do after a 5-minute warm-up. Just as I reached that point, the story was urging me to run, run now, which seemed fairly clear!
The end of the story also seemed to signal "you're safe now and can stop running", and then played me another track to cool down to. There were some indistinct robot instructions during this track, so maybe that'll be clearer next time.
The running activities do seem to post to RunKeeper, but seem to only show up on the Activities tab on the website, not on the dashboard one initially goes to, nor on the app.
I keep saying next time, because I enjoyed this enough to try it again and work through more of the story, and it makes a fun change from radio 4 podcasts. I'll probably stick to using it on my weekday "short" runs on the half-hour setting and use my weekend run to focus on distance rather than time. (unless and until my weekend run starts taking me an hour of running, which it won't for a while)
I also had my first taste of Zombies, Run! which I mostly enjoyed.
The format is story section / track from selected playlist / story section, and that all worked fine. There were also some additional instructions at times in a robotic voice that seemed to speak only in one ear, and which I really struggled to understand. Sometimes it was referring to the "Zombie chase" interval training and sometimes it seemed to be counting off my pace, but I really couldn't follow it and ended up ignoring it. Since getting back, I've found and increased a "game volume" option on the app, so I hope that'll be clearer next time.
I was a bit unsure at the beginning, which jumped straight into the story and I wasn't sure if I should be running or walking. I decided to follow my usual route, and in the absence of any other cues, start running around the point I normally do after a 5-minute warm-up. Just as I reached that point, the story was urging me to run, run now, which seemed fairly clear!
The end of the story also seemed to signal "you're safe now and can stop running", and then played me another track to cool down to. There were some indistinct robot instructions during this track, so maybe that'll be clearer next time.
The running activities do seem to post to RunKeeper, but seem to only show up on the Activities tab on the website, not on the dashboard one initially goes to, nor on the app.
I keep saying next time, because I enjoyed this enough to try it again and work through more of the story, and it makes a fun change from radio 4 podcasts. I'll probably stick to using it on my weekday "short" runs on the half-hour setting and use my weekend run to focus on distance rather than time. (unless and until my weekend run starts taking me an hour of running, which it won't for a while)
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Date: 07/11/2013 04:31 pm (UTC)Thanks for the review. Good to know about the robot voice, and the slight fiddly thing with RunKeeper; both of those are relevant to whether the app will be useful to me! If it works for treadmill as well as outdoor running that could be a big bonus, because I don't honestly expect to be able to run outside except occasionally for a few months. The NHS C25K podcasts were a bit of a problem for me as well, in that I find running while wearing headphones awkward and even with them, I couldn't always hear the nice lady well.
It's good to know that it's enjoyable, too. In terms of interface, can you choose to repeat an episode if you struggle with it or fail a mission or whatever, or do you have to go on to the next level regardless?
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Date: 07/11/2013 08:39 pm (UTC)The little robot voice is probably telling you what supplies you picked up to build your base.
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Date: 10/11/2013 02:37 pm (UTC)