How to log Couch to 5k on MFP

haileemou
haileemou Posts: 153
edited October 2 in Fitness and Exercise
Hi

How do you track the couch to 5k without having a calorie counter etc? Slow jog?

I cant get GPS or that stuff just yet!

Thanks

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  • chickenpoppa
    chickenpoppa Posts: 207 Member
    Have you got a HRM?
  • sophieshaped
    sophieshaped Posts: 228 Member
    You can work out your speed based on the distance and time it took you, then enter that into the mfp database. It'll give you an approximate amount of cals burnt. :o)
  • haileemou
    haileemou Posts: 153
    No i said i have no equipment!

    Thanks ill try that Sophie :)
  • chickenpoppa
    chickenpoppa Posts: 207 Member
    sorry:-(
  • sophieshaped
    sophieshaped Posts: 228 Member
    No probs :o)

    I don't know if you use Map My Run but it's great for tracking distances. Good luck :o)
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    Add the walking time as walking and the running time as running, seemples :smile:
  • 50bungle
    50bungle Posts: 1
    Stroppy mare
  • lydyett54
    lydyett54 Posts: 1 Member
    Hiya,
    I am doing Couch to 5k too, and I would normally use map my run to find out the distance travelled, then if you time yourself and put it into map my run, the website will tell you your average speed and calories used. You can then just Auto add the calories to MFP and name the activity yourself. Dont forget, if you are logging your walks inbetween your runs as 'walking' you will lose out on logging some calories because your heartrate will still be elevated from your run and you will have a higher burn rate.

    Does that make sense? :)

    xx:happy:
  • mandysjourney
    mandysjourney Posts: 260 Member
    I just log as an average. i know my distance and time so i just use an average speed and log it as that. not 100% accurate but not too bad.
  • haileemou
    haileemou Posts: 153
    Thanks for the help!

    Sorry its just some of my posts arent read properly before comments are made! I didnt mean it to be horrible!
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