Couch to 5K

Update: Week 1 winner announced!

Update: All four winners announced, giveaway continues indefinitely!

I don’t watch much television, but one show I like is Wipeout on ABC. One of the funniest additions in the second season is the “Motivator” to the Big Balls obstacle. If you watched the show you’ll know what I’m talking about. The Motivator is hilarious and very motivating to the contestants.

Well I’ve been thinking about how to get motivated to do the Couch to 5K plan, and how to get the users of C25K app for iPhone motivated to stay with the program. One evening, while watching the show I had an idea.

So here’s my verson of the Motivator:

I’ll be giving away one $25 iTunes gift card each week. To enter, all you need to do is post to Twitter when you complete a workout session.

Here are the rules:

• Post to Twitter when you complete a workout and include keyword #c25kapp in your status. The easiest way to do that is to use the Twitter button in the C25K app.
• Multiple entries are fine, but are limited to 3 per week. Workout more, increase your chances of winning.
• Your Twitter updates must be public so I can see and count them

Winner announcements:

• I will randomly choose one winner each Sunday. All  public tweets with keyword #c25kapp posted prior to midnight Saturday night will be counted.
• I will announce the winner each week on Twitter with a @ reply.
• To claim the gift card, winner needs to follow @c25kapp so that I can Direct Message the gift card code.
• Winners who reside outside of the United States will have a choice of receiving the US iTunes store gift card code via Twitter DM or receiving $25 via PayPal.

If you don’t use Twitter, consider joining now. There’s a sizable C25K community there. If you’ve fallen behind on your Couch to 5K workouts, now it’s the time to get back on track.

If you have any question or suggestions on how I can improve the Motivator, please let me know in the comments.

Happy running!

Update:

Winners so far: @kaztx, @apmom, @healthyandbella, @fotostars, @Qapf, @duckyislost, @l080100, @chris_bailey, @RomanticTechie, @LifeWithoutDiet