Love this App!
This watch to 5k is an amazing app. I am pushing 60 years old and had never run more than a mile in my life. Size 11 flat feet, undersized lungs, and being heavy do not make for a runner. But after completing this watch to 5k program, I have now run two 5K events and done very well! I never would have started running without this app for my Apple Watch. It is perfectly paced so that I never had an injury as I built up to a full 5k run.
Now on to training for 10k runs! Thank you for giving me the gift of running!
Now on to training for 10k runs! Thank you for giving me the gift of running!
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Decent app
I’ve done the C25K plan a couple of different times, with a different app, but that app doesn’t have a Watch app to go with it so I tried this one. Overall, this is a decent app for someone who is just wanting to increase time and distance, with no concern for monitoring real-time performance.
The good: it gives a HR and connects with Apple Health, as advertised. The old app I was using didn’t do either and the workarounds were really clunky. And, after the workout, you can look up the data for each interval (both running and walking).
The room for improvement: because I’m used to working out with realtime data (I’m just getting back to running after a hiatus), I find that there’s just not enough useful realtime data. The watch displays HR, calories, distance and average pace (which includes the walking intervals). The average pace isn’t a useful metric. I’d like to see current pace instead.
On other possible things to improve is a bit of flexibility in the workout once it gets started. The old app would let me rewind and repeat intervals. I often used to do that in order to extend a workout that had felt too easy. I can’t find a way to do that with this app. I know that’s not the official plan, but sometimes life interrupts plans.
The good: it gives a HR and connects with Apple Health, as advertised. The old app I was using didn’t do either and the workarounds were really clunky. And, after the workout, you can look up the data for each interval (both running and walking).
The room for improvement: because I’m used to working out with realtime data (I’m just getting back to running after a hiatus), I find that there’s just not enough useful realtime data. The watch displays HR, calories, distance and average pace (which includes the walking intervals). The average pace isn’t a useful metric. I’d like to see current pace instead.
On other possible things to improve is a bit of flexibility in the workout once it gets started. The old app would let me rewind and repeat intervals. I often used to do that in order to extend a workout that had felt too easy. I can’t find a way to do that with this app. I know that’s not the official plan, but sometimes life interrupts plans.
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Great coaching!
This app has been great really taking a coach potato to enjoying running.
Today was Run 1 of Week 8.
Going from running about 1 minute and a 1/10th of a mile to 28 minutes and 2.01 miles is real success if you ask me!
Thanks for the app Ben!
Today was Run 1 of Week 8.
Going from running about 1 minute and a 1/10th of a mile to 28 minutes and 2.01 miles is real success if you ask me!
Thanks for the app Ben!
Love this app
This app is great. The watch implementation is exactly what I’d want in a C25k running app. I successfully made it through the program thanks to using it!
Great app
This app does one thing and it does it very well- helping you through the couch to 5 k program. The low one off price is great value, with no need to purchase ongoing subscriptions.
