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OT : looking for a training app
Barkalarr - 19/2/14 at 08:48 AM

My daughter (9 yrs old) is training for a county level 1500m cross country race.
She needs to be working towards doing this in 6 mins.

She needs an app which tells her "faster, faster" so she can hit this target - can anyone recommend one?

I've got run keeper on my iphone but this will only do a minimum of 5k.

We're a family of apple users so iphone only apps please.

Worzey - 19/2/14 at 09:09 AM

Try MapMyRun. This gives good splits and average pace.

I used it for my 1,000 mile challenge last year.

Barkalarr - 19/2/14 at 09:43 AM

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Originally posted by Worzey
Try MapMyRun. This gives good splits and average pace.

I used it for my 1,000 mile challenge last year.


Damn, just tried that app and it's only good for a minimum of 5k - this is the same as run keeper.

AndyW - 19/2/14 at 09:49 AM

I use Endomond for cycling but you can change the workout to running etc. Very good free version

Worzey - 19/2/14 at 09:52 AM

All you need to do is work out the minute per mile pace and then run to that. 6 mins for 1,500m is 6:20 mins/mile.

Set the App to read the average pace every 0.1 of a mile (MapMyRun does this). If she's below 6:20 mins average then she needs to speed up.

snippy - 19/2/14 at 10:32 AM

What about Strava Run. It's a free app. A lot of my colleagues at work use the cycling version of Strava to compete against each other.