Anyone have recommendations for story-driven running exercise apps for Android, similar to Zombies Run 5k Training?
Preferably not using a subscription model.
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I've started walking to and from work, in part to be a little more active, but mainly to hear the next bit of the story in my fitness shop. You find out what happens by "playing" the "Zombies, Run!" game. You play music as you move, and it pauses your music periodically to read you the next bit of the story.
You play Runner 5 in a town in a zombie apocalypse - it's your job to run out of the town and collect supplies, and once you've finished a run you can use the supplies you found (they are picked up periodically) to vid and expand your base.
What's frustrating is that I now *really* want to spend this weekend going for a very long walk, and that's something that would have been unthinkable a few weeks ago! My legs are also telling me that they are distinctly unimpressed with all this movement...
Gamification can be used for good :)
Nice #SundayRunday 🏃🏻 with #LiveRun and #ZombiesRun #GarminVenu3s #Garmin #UAHovr
My last run of winter was so nice. The weather was beautiful and I had a great podcast and one of the best missions of this season of Zombies, Run! I’m my ears.
Running the latest mission of Zombies, Run! while returning to my usual non-winter route past Spectacle Lake was a great way to decompress after work.
In November I ordered the medals for Zombies, Run! Virtual races I ran in 2023 and 2024.
The package had a long, weird delay. It was handed to DHL on December 5th and then sat for a long time before being handed over to USPS. Finally, it was sent from Chicago to Montreal on February 5th. Two days with Canada Post got the package to me here in Halifax.
I'm happy to finally be able to add these to my other medals.
Today I wrapped up running the season 10 story radio mode in Zombies, Run! There are a few left to get through, but I think I’ll soon be itching for new stories to run. Maybe in the spring I’ll revisit Marvel Move to at least catch up on the X-Men missions.
Running from treehouse to treehouse across bridges made today’s Zombies, Run! mission a fun one.
Chasing a monkey through a jungle in today’s new Zombies, Run! mission was a nice distraction from the cold, snowy landscape I was actually running through.
Running a new Zombies, Run! mission made the cold wind easier to move through.
Narrowly avoided kidnapping by Ian Golightly fanatics, and saved Abel from a zombie horde #ZombiesRun #fitness #running
Saved a man from mob rule, and allowed justice to prevail #ZombiesRun #fitness #running
Saved a man from mob rule, and allowed justice to prevail #ZombiesRun #fitness #running
I bounded over snow piles and made my way through fog tonight on my run home. The new season of radio mode in Zombies, Run! is set on a train, so I was delighted by it.
The story this season in Zombies, Run! has continued to be engaging. Running a mission through tunnels filled with warnings was thrilling.
I left work early today so I can be home in time to attend Celestine’s Christmas concert. It was so nice to be running in daylight again.
I’m still enjoying the story of this season of Zombies, Run! quite a lot.
