HelthFit Run: Beginner 5K

Run your first 5K, then a 10K, half marathon or marathon. HelthFit Run is a running coach in your ear: a voice tells you when to run and walk, GPS measures distance, pace and splits, and 12 plans take you from the sofa to race day.

YOUR FIRST 5K

Nine weeks, three short run/walk sessions a week that grow a little each time, and an optional strength day for strong legs and hips. Slow is fine: repeat any week as often as you like.

12 PLANS

• Your First 5K (9 weeks)
• Back to Running (4 weeks)
• 5K to 10K (6 weeks)
• Build Your Base (6 weeks)
• Faster 5K (6 weeks)
• Faster 10K (8 weeks)
• Your First Half Marathon (12 weeks)
• Faster Half Marathon (12 weeks)
• Your First Marathon (18 weeks)
• Faster Marathon (16 weeks)
• 30-Day Run Streak
• Runner's Strength (6 weeks)

EVERY KIND OF RUN

16 types of run, each explained: how hard it should feel, the talk test, how to do it and why it helps. Run/walk, easy, long, tempo, intervals, fartlek, hills, strides, race pace, time trials and more. 30 one-off runs from a 20-minute run/walk to a 16 km long run, and a free run for when you just want to go.

A VOICE THAT COACHES YOU

"Run for ninety seconds." "Halfway." "One minute left." Every kilometre or mile you hear your time and pace. Made to keep going with the screen locked.

GPS, MAP, HILLS AND WEATHER

Distance, pace, splits and steps per minute as you run. Then your route on a street map, the climb with an elevation chart and a hill-adjusted pace. Before you go: the weather and wind, with tips for heat, cold and rain. Your route stays on your phone: it is never uploaded.

TREADMILL MODE

No GPS needed. The voice tells you the speed to set for every part of the run, in km/h or mph.

YOUR PACES

Enter a recent 5K, or run the 5K time trial or the 1 km test, and the app works out your easy, long, tempo and interval paces and predicts about what you could run from a mile to a marathon.

STRENGTH FOR RUNNERS

62 moves on video, bodyweight only: warm-up drills, legs, glutes, hips, core, a little spring and stretches, with a woman or man coach. Strength days in the plans are optional. 8 quick workouts from 6 to 15 minutes, including a runner's warm-up and an after-run stretch.

TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF

Switch on No jumping, or pick knees, hips, lower back, shoulders or balance, and the strength moves that ask a lot of them are swapped for gentler ones.

TRACK YOUR PROGRESS

Streaks, weekly distance, a calendar, your records (longest run, biggest climb, fastest kilometre, 5K to marathon), your mix of easy and hard running, and a daily reminder.

HELTHFIT RUN PREMIUM

Try everything free for 7 days, then $4.99 per month or $29.99 per year (save 50%). Free: the free run, a 20-minute run/walk and week 1 of Your First 5K, and browsing every plan, run and move. Premium opens everything else. Payment is charged to your Google Play account. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the trial or current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Google Play → Payments & subscriptions → Subscriptions.

YOUR ACCOUNT, YOUR DATA

A free HelthFit Run account keeps your plans and your runs (date, time, distance and pace) safe when you change phones. Your GPS route stays on your phone; for the weather, only a rough location (about 10 km) is sent, never stored. No ads, no tracking; delete your account anytime in the app.

ALREADY USE HELTHFIT PRO?

Connect it in Settings and every run lands in your HelthFit Pro diary.

HelthFit Run offers general fitness guidance, not medical advice. Start gently, warm up, and run where it is safe: watch for traffic and keep the volume low. If you are pregnant, have heart, joint or blood-pressure problems, pain or an injury, check with a doctor before you start, and stop if you feel dizzy or unwell.

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