Today's Zombies, Run! Run (pt. 2)

This is part two to this post.

I finished the second mission of the Zombies, Run! app today. I ran over to the creek and hardly passed any cars. I want to find more running trails through interesting places that make me feel like I am really in the zombie infested city of Abel.

I usually split each mission into 2 runs, as I am just getting back into running, and do a run/jog combo for 15 minutes at a time. Each mission is 30 minutes and then randomly shuffles your music at the end.

The first time I ran it was around 7am, I passed no cars, and it was slightly foggy out. Definitely earie feeling, it set the mood.

This app is a major motivator and I find it makes me run a lot more and for a lot longer than I would otherwise. It also tracks all of your runs online, and displays information about your runs, the trail you took, which songs you ran the fastest to, how fast you ran and for how long. Definitely my favorite app to date.

Zombies, Run! App Review (pt. 1)

A couple weeks ago I bought the $7.99 app Zombies, Run!

Another side effect of the weather being nice is that I want to run outside more to get fit.
When I heard about this zombie game that is a real life run tracker where you pick up items on your runs and have zombie hordes chasing after you (thus making you run faster) I knew it would be perfect for my boring runs.


My homescreen. (The icon with the running man is Zombies, Run!)


The app intersperses an audio story and  the music you have on your phone with zombie chases and item finding.


My last run, part of the second mission. I could not do that much running that day, but I can pause the run and re-start it later.



You "equip" the items you find while running to different areas in the town to level them up. I love this aspect of the game. It is an actual immersible story with a game playing element to do after each run. Not just an audio story, if I wanted that I would listen to World War Z.

 Time to go run from some more zombies!