Distance tracker
paleopin
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What's a good brand tracker for recording miles run? I want to sign up for a 5k but have no idea how far I can run at the moment. It's in about a month. How long would it take to train for one?
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I've been having a look for something too. I know you can get GPS running watches that will track distance, speed etc. But they tend to be quite expensive and I haven't quite been able to make the plunge into buying one0
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I love the nike running app on m phone. It's free to download. It keeps track of your distance and speed and over time tells you how you are progressing compared to previous runs. It's pretty nice.0
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I use a free app on my phone called Map my Run if that's any help?0
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I used endomondo as it does many activities. It has gps and keeps track of all sorts of stuff.0
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Free app - MapMyFitness0
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I use runkeeper
Free, and you can listen to your play lists as you run.
I think alot of the apps are very similar?0 -
Another vote for MapMyRun0
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I don't have a smart phone, so can't use any gps apps. I was using the website version of mapmyrun. I would plan my runs in advance so I knew about how far I was running. But the planned routes bored me. I wanted to be able to take a spontaneous turn and still know how far I'd run. You could always try mapping your run afterwards on the website, i suppose. But I'm training for distance at the mo and don't finish a run until I've reached a predetermined distance.
I broke down and got a Garmin Forerunner 10. Love it! I've have since found that I can't rely on the signs posted at some parks claiming their loop is a mile, two have come up short! With a gps tracker whether you run or walk the distance will be correctly calculated.
In the very beginning, I had a digital pedometer for tracking my steps. It also had a feature that tracked total distance. But the problem was, it used a set stride distance to calculate how far I'd gone. My stride for walking is about 7 inches different than my running stride. So on trips where I would run/walk the distance was screwed up. It can count all my steps as walking or all my steps as running, it couldn't tell the difference. 7 inches difference per step really adds up.
Whatever your tool, be it smart phone or watch...gps tracking is the best.0 -
Another vote for MapMyRun
Does MapMyRun send info on calorie burn to myfitnesspal? I know runkeeper does now(last month or so I tihnk)0 -
I use runtastic and LOVE it....similar to mapmyrun but I like the runtastic website better so thats what I use....any of those free apps should work as long as they detect gps and use an accurate map.0
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What's a good brand tracker for recording miles run? I want to sign up for a 5k but have no idea how far I can run at the moment. It's in about a month. How long would it take to train for one?
I measure my courses on GMapsPedometer, it is possible to save each course on that site and add notes too.
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/0 -
It doesn't send the, itself but it does tell you how many you've burned so you can input it yourself0
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thanks everyone! I think I'll probably just try the phone app to start off and see how that goes0
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