Author: Adrian Hon

Training Plans on Android

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As promised, the eagerly awaited Training Plans are now available for all ZR players on Android – for FREE!

Ever wanted a way to schedule your runs across multiple weeks? Wanting to train for a 10k (maybe the upcoming Spring 2016 Virtual Race…) but need a little extra guidance? Simply grab the latest update from the Play Store, and check out the new Training Plans option on the Missions screen.

Once you enrol in a Training Plan, you’ll be given a weekly schedule of runs. After completing a qualifying run on the correct date (by meeting its time or distance requirement), you can tap a switch which marks it as complete in your Training Plan schedule.

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We’ve included two 10k plans to begin with: 10k Beginner and 10k Intermediate. These are 7-8 week plans intended for those who can already run a solid 5k and want to train further. There is also a Half Marathon Beginner plan, for those comfortable with running a 10k who want to progress.

Please let us know what you think!

The Spring 2016 Virtual Race is Here

A city full of zombies
A rogue general with a nuclear bomb
The biggest race of your life

Prepare for an explosive 5k/10k race set in the first days of the zombie apocalypse! Join up and get a pro-spec Race Tee, bonus training missions, a race bib, finisher’s medal, and access to our private community forum.

You choose the distance. You choose the route. We make it awesome.

Race dates: 30 March to 11 April 2016 

 
What’s a Virtual Race? A Virtual Race takes place in a location and time of your choice. You can walk, jog or run wherever you may be, and at any time during the race week, for a 5k or a 10k distance. It’s an awesome way for all Runner 5s around the world to run as a community, and get exclusive real-world awards!


Introducing your Race Tee

This is, without a doubt, the best tee we’ve ever made – and it’s only available to Virtual Race entrants. Even better, this tee plays a crucial role in the race mission itself…

Bonus Training Missions

Getting up to speed for a race is a great way to train. We’ve made it even better with two bonus missions to set the stage and get your pulse racing.

Three Ways to Join

All options include a Finisher’s Medal, Race Bib, Certificate, Badge, and access to our private ROFFLENET community forum.

Get gift entries for friends and family, plus twin combo packs (save $10!) are also available.

Here’s what our 2015 Virtual Race runners said

“As much as your game motivates me, this race has trumped it. I am hooked on virtual races now.”

“I loved the whole thing, thoroughly enjoyable, well done!”

“Thank you for a fabulous app and a great race!!!”

“I loved the forum it helped get me excited for the big day!”

“Thank you for creating a compelling story that made me get off my ass and do my first 10K!”

December Community Roundup

Jack-o-Lantern by runningalchemist

It’s all gone a bit holly-jolly at Six to Start headquarters. Partly because we’ve put up our office Christmas tree and begun feasting on mince pies whenever we can, but mostly because of all the wonderful things that have been happening in the Zombies, Run! universe over the past few weeks. 

Six to Start News

Even though Season Four has long since had its finale, the past few weeks at Six to Start have seen everyone beavering away busily on our favourite running game. We brought you a virtual race, training plans, Apple Watch support and a sneak peak at our Virtual Race for Spring 2016. But, as ever, the best things about ZR have been produced by all of you! Take a look at some of them below the readmore. 

General Fandommery

Our new favourite fanblog for Zombies, Run! is Incorrect Zombies, Run! Quotes, which attributes quotes from other works to characters from ZR. With invariably hilarious results. Minor spoilers within for character names / implied character traits up to the end of Season Four, but well worth a browse if you can! 

Sam Yaos has been creating hilarious specialist coffees based on ZR characters, inspired by popular ZR AU idea “Cafe Abel” where everyone works in a cafe because of course. I think my favourite is the Salty Canadian, for so many reasons. 

The Unofficial Zombies, Run! Podcast: Podcast Detected has released its latest episode, which is all about everyone’s favourite post-apoc-doc: Maxine Myers. As always, a must-listen for all you Runners Five. 

Fanfic

Here are some of our favourite fics from the past few weeks: 

The Story With The Egg by collected-sports-bra

Sam Betrays Abel by cutiekalina

Your Still Frame by beastofthehoof

Art

Runner Five by poetisktdraws

Made a Friend by pyrokinesiss

An Unimportant Mission by typelikemad

That’s all from us, folks! We hope everyone reading this has a wonderful holiday period, and stays safe out there! 

Zombies, Run! on Apple Watch

You’re out in the field, searching for a buried supply cache. With zombies on your tail, there’s no time to check your phone for your distance – but no fear, because now you can use your Apple Watch!

From today, you can start, pause, and complete a mission, right from your Watch! While you’re running, you can see your run distance and time, and you can even view and skip your countdown before you start.

The Watch app will be automatically installed to your paired watch; if not, you can manually install it from the Watch app on your phone. For best performance, we recommend going to Settings > General > Wake Screen and selecting ‘Resume to Previous Activity’ on your Watch.

if you’ve ever had to fumble around with phone armbands before running, or wanted to pause your mission on the move, our new Watch support is going to make Zombies, Run! better than ever. We’re really keen to hear what you think, and we have ideas for features we’d like to add in future updates, as well.

Also in our 4.3 update for iPhone…

  • Supplies and Artefacts are now synced to your ZombieLink account. That means you can take your Codex with you if you switch devices, just like you already can with your run logs and base.
  • No more back-to-back zombie chases!

A Wild Training Plan Appears!

We launched our new Training Plan feature last week with two 10k plans, and today we’ve added a new Half Marathon plan for beginners. If you’re embarking on your first half marathon (or aiming to beat your PB), then this is a great way to get into shape!

All three plans are available for free. You can get them on iPhone right now, and in our upcoming Android release later this year.

We’re constantly improving Zombies, Run!, so we already have some good ideas on how to make Training Plans even better – but we think this is a pretty good start!

Your Run, Your Way: Now on Android

Zombies, Run! just got way more powerful on Android thanks to our latest 4.3 update, rolling out today with time & distance-based runs, and a new ‘uninterrupted music’ playback mode!

You can access these new options by tapping on the cog button on the mission screen. But what do they do?!

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Time & Distance-Based Runs

Want to push yourself with a longer 7k run? Got exactly 33 minutes to save the world? You can now set your run to a specific distance or time, and we’ll match that with your music and mission clips. 

Uninterrupted Music

The perfect track can get you in the zone like nothing else. If you listen to longer music tracks in Built-In Music mode and don’t want them to be interrupted by mission clips, there’s a new ‘Don’t Interrupt Music’ option!

Grab the latest update from the Google Play Store to check these out!

Introducing Training Plans

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Hundreds of thousands of runners got started with our Zombies, Run! 5k Training, which uses an 8-week programme to take anyone from their couch to running a 5k. With our new Training Plans feature, we’re bringing the same structure and weekly progress to the main Zombies, Run! app.

Training Plans are included in the new 4.3 update on iOS, and are free for all runners!

Once you enrol in a Training Plan, you’ll be given a weekly schedule of runs. After completing a qualifying run (by meeting its time or distance requirement), you can tap a switch which marks it as complete in your Training Plan schedule.

We’ve included two plans to begin with: 10k Beginner and 10k Intermediate. These are 7-8 week plans intended for those who can already run a solid 5k and want to train further.

Training Plans are included in the Zombies, Run! 4.3 update for iOS, available now through the App Store!

We’ll be introducing more Training Plans in the near future, and Training Plans will be coming to Android later this year. Let us know what you think!

Listen Again & Resumable Races on Android

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Zombies, Run! 4.2.4 for Android has arrived, with a cavalcade of new features, bug fixes, and improvements:

  • Related Downloads: If there are downloads related to your current mission, like radio mode or the next mission, you’ll see a little download icon next to the ‘Start Mission’ button. This’ll let you easily get any related downloads.
  • Listen Again: Missed part of a mission clip? Want to listen again to your favourite moments? You can now play any unlocked mission clip – just tap on the ‘i’ icon on a mission screen.
  • Better GPS Tracking: If you have GPS tracking enabled, we’ll now start pinpointing your location as soon as you get to the mission screen. This means we can start accurately tracking your run route faster than ever.
  • UI Improvements: A new typeface for clarity, improved Mission Details screen, and a lovely new splash screen on startup.
  • Resumable Race Missions: Essential for the 20k missions!
  • Bug Fixes: Better memory management to help performance on lower-spec phones.

Grab the latest update now on Google Play!