My new hobby, Run Keeper - a fine line between pleasure and stupidy

I have voluntairly decided to put myself through a stupid ammount of pain and taken up running... and yes it hurts and yes sometimes I go outside and its freezing and yes I've only done 3 runs this year but you know what, I LOVE IT. The fresh air, the exercise, the views around Portsmouth, and burning 500 calories in an hour of jogging (and yes mostly walking) more than makes up for any negative reasons I can think of. When I talk to people about getting into volunteringt I always hear "I don't have time" but its the same people that say that that will tell you they watched Eastenders, so they DO have time to volunteer. It's the same with running... it's to tiring and I don't have the time. It takes half an hour and the views are beautiful, and I don't watch Eastenders anymore so I have that time slot to fill. I just need to convince my wife to take up running too.

So, Jason Bradbury (@JasonBradbury on Twitter) from the Gadget Show recommend an iphone app GetRunning which gives you a running workout routine to encourage you to run. I looked into getting the app but as it cost I thought I'd see if there was a free app and that's when I came across Run Keeper @RunKeeper. It has a free and a premium version and trust me, if you run and you don't have this app or you want to run then get this. It plots your route on a gps course and gives you custom run routines and syncs with your music and then it logs everything on your website so you can see the route you ran, how far you ran, calories burnt, and it even posts to twitter and facebook. I recommend it. See the link

My Run Keeper Log

I just really hope this isn't a fad and I get bored, so Wifey, come running with me and I'll encourage you to get into it and keep fit and you can encourage me too.