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This app is for anyone who is interested in running and wants to be able to build their own running plan.
I was inspired to build this app because I am passionate about running, and wanted to make it easy for anyone to create a running plan and achieve their goals!
Here is a quick overview of how to use this app:
Step 1: Set the Date
Choose a date for your trainingWorkout.
Step 2: Choose Your Workout Type
Choose the type of trainingWorkout you want to complete. Here are the types of workouts you can choose from:
- Speed Workout: Intervals or fartlek run alternating between an easy and hard pace.
- Long Run: A long run at an easy pace
- Medium Run: A medium length run at an easy to moderate pace
- Hill Workout: A medium length hilly run, throw in a few hill sprints for fun!
- Cross Training: Try cycling, swimming, or a strength trainingWorkout on this day
- Yoga or Stretch: Get in some easy movement.
- Rest: Take it easy and thank your body for all the hard work!
Step 3: How Far?
Choose a distance for your run:
- Long Runs: Should be based on your current longest run to date, increase this distance slightly every week
- Medium runs: Should be about 60% of the distance of your long run
- Speed Workouts: These can vary, but should be within 40-60% of your long run
- Hills: Should be about 40-60% of your long run
Step 5: Build Your Plan!
You should try to aim for at least 3 runs a week including a long run, a medium run (or hills), and a speed trainingWorkout. Fill in your other days with cross training, yoga, and at least one rest day. Don't forget to add a race, so you have something to work towards!
Step 5: Get To It!
You can now start to execute on your plan. Mark off your workouts as complete as you go along and leave a comment on how the run went. These comments will be helpful to look back on as you evaluate the success of your plan. Pay attention to the details! Any pains that persist the day after your run is your body telling you to take a break!
A Note on Pace:
Here is a little guide to choosing a pace for your runs:
Easy Pace: This is a pace that is comfortable and easy to talk through. This pace is ideal for long runs and your "down" intervals in speed workouts.
Moderate Pace: Sometimes called your "Tempo Pace", this should be more challenging than your Easy pace, it should be getting more difficult to hold a conversation. Throw this pace into your medium runs and speed intervals.
Hard Pace: Sometimes called your "Race Pace". This should be pushing to your limits. It should be difficult to hold a conversation through this pace. This pace is mainly for intervals in your speed workouts. Choose a time or distance that you can maintain.
- As a user I want to add multiple workouts or races to my running plan.
- As a user I want to mark a trainingWorkout or race as complete.
- As a user I want to leave a comment on a trainingWorkout.
- As a user I want to view a trainingWorkout.
- As a user I want to view all the workouts on my running plan.
- As a user I want to be able to save my running plan.
- As a user I want to be able to load my running plan from a file.
- As a user I want to be prompted to save my plan before quitting.
- As a user I want to be prompted to load my plan upon entering the app.
This app was built in Java. Persistance was implemented by reading and writing to a JSON file. Initially this app ran as a console app, and then I build a Grapical User Interface using Java Swing components.