Runners, how to find route Elevation Gain/loss

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Dhathri
Dhathri Posts: 323 Member
edited February 1 in Fitness and Exercise
Hello Runners out there!!

I am preparing for my first half marathon in September, it is a complete downhill. I have been doing my training and gradually increasing the mileage on my long runs, currently at 8 mile mark.

I was wondering if there is a website or so which would give the elevation gain/loss for the route I am going before hand.

Advance Thanks for your suggestions

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  • scottb81
    scottb81 Posts: 2,538 Member
    If you know the route you can plot it at "Running Ahead" or "Map My Run" or probably a few other places and it will give you the elevation profile.
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,247 Member
    Check out the website mapmyrun.com, you can map out the route and then click the "elevation" box and it will give you a graph.
  • Map my run is good, it will tell you the elevation change during your run as well as the % grade at each point. If you are just going for elevation change, USATF has a slightly simpler look to it

    http://www.usatf.org/routes/map/
  • Dhathri
    Dhathri Posts: 323 Member
    Thanks for the wonderful suggestions. That was exactly what I was looking for!!!
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