Interval Run Application

As  mentioned in a previous post, I’m attempting to train for a 5k. In preparation, I downloaded an application to my iPhone called Interval Run. I highly recommend it to anyone that is a beginning runner like I am.

The application takes you through a series of workouts that get increasingly more difficult until you can run a 5k. It also has programs for training for an 8k as well as building up to 1-hour if runnin if you’re a little more advanced. It’s all done through interval training, so the workout I did yesterday was 26 minutes alternating 1.5 minutes of walking with 1.5 minutes of running throughout. You start the application when you start your workout and it will trigger you each time you’re supposed to change your pace, so you never have to look down at your phone.

One tip…make sure that you put together a great playlist for your workout because you’ll start your music before you start the Interval Run application and then leave it running throughout your workout. You can leave the application to skip through your music but sometimes it doesn’t go back to the spot where you left off.

If you don’t have a phone that allows you to download applications, let me know. I can send the different workouts over to you pretty easily. Then you can just use a stopwatch to track your time.

Happy running!

Tags: app, iphone, run, training