Great timing for this question because I wanted to tell y'all about the "Interval Timer" app I've been using the past two weeks. I was having a hard time with the app I had used for years so I finally switched to this app called "Interval Timer" by dreamspark in Google Play. (I have no skin in this game.)
The thing I enjoy about this app is that you can make up your own workouts and save them....which isn't that uncommon, BUT you can label each section of the workout by typing whatever you want to call it. So instead of just plain old, Run, Walk, Jog I typed in "focus on quick turn over" then the next section I typed "lengthen your stride and RUN!" A voice tells me what to do as I get to each part of the workout so I feel like I have my own personal cheering squad during my workouts! I listen to audiobooks while I run, and I keep the phone screen off and the app works perfectly, never shutting off or missing a cue during my 80 minute long runs.
July 2023:
Activities: 10
Distance: 37.81 mi
Time: 7:32:29 This includes two 7-mile runs, a 10k, a 5k and a 1-mile run.
I started the month finishing my June/July holiday in
Disneyland Paris so I didn't start running until the month was 33% over. I bumped up my running from twice a week to 3 times a week and reduced Strength training from 5-one hour sessions to 4-half hour sessions.
I made a poster which I hung on the door to my basement and I've been checking off each of my workouts. I'm combining yoga, express strength training, and running so it is much easier to keep track of on the poster than just in my phone. It's fun to see my 6 week plan hanging up and my check marks as I progress through each week.
