About me – and the site

I am a 30-something woman living in Perth, Western Australia.

I decided to start running because I needed to lose weight. A quick internet search pulled up the C25k program, so off I went with a stop watch. That was a pain in the ass. Also in the legs and chest and a few other places, but that’s beside the point. The point is that trying  to time one minute running and so on and so forth with a stop watch is really hard.

Eventually, I found Robert Ullrey’s podcasts. This was fantastic! a little voice in my ear saying stop, start, and good work! you’re done. No thinking required. I finally got through the first week.

Only problem – I don’t have the same taste in music as Robert. So I went hunting for a way to make my own MP3′s. I mean – if he could do it, so could I!

Eventually I found Audacity, a free program to mix music and stuff. I figured it out pretty much on my own, and along the way I picked up a few shortcuts.

A while later, I was messing around creating blogs and stuff, and I decided that this was info that other people could use. People on the calorieking.com.au forums were asking about it quite regularly.

This site is the result. The aim of the site is to provide instructions for the use of Audacity that absolutly anyone can follow – even with minimal computer expertise.

I hope it is useful to you.

Cheers,

Vanessa.