RUNNERS/Joggers/Walkers what do you USE?!

I use map my run but I dont have a smartphone so I map it out when I get home. One thing I dont like about this is when I go to track I cant type in the miles I did too. Just the time...and often I dont pay attention to the time.

i used to use map my run but cant any more as i go off road and in through the feilds and woods lol :bigsmile: (sounds sooo wrong):laugh:
so if in doubt use a pedomitor...

I used to use Mapmyrun, which isn't bad, along with a couple others, but now I use Jog Log, which is the best I've used for a number of reasons. For starters, it works with Ant+, so if you have a compatible chest strap it'll track your heart-rate, which is great for me. It also has a bunch of pre-defined training regimens, like Couch to 5K. I'm currently doing the 10K to Half-Marathon regimen, which takes you from being about to run 6.2 miles to running 13.1, in eight weeks.

It keeps detailed logs, including time, distance, pace, speed, net calories burned, average heart rate, and max heart rate. It also does a graph that tracks elevation, pace, speed, heart rate, cadence, and power, over time, which can be interesting if not particularly useful to a non-athlete like me (a more athletic person might use it to figure out, for example, that hills really drive his heart-rate up more than they should, suggesting he should train more on hills). It also keeps a map, of course, including tracking splits and times (i.e., speed over each mile of the run, and where those markers hit along the route).

Another nice feature is that it can be set up to do a five minute warm-up and cool-down, but then not to count those in the data (so, I can have it track my warmup and cooldown walks without screwing up my pace data for the run in between).

Best of all, it's highly customizable, in terms of what it will report, when, and how. For example, you can choose whether it turns your music down when it reports something (e.g., telling you you've reached a mile), or whether it pauses it. When I'm listening to music, I like to have it keep playing quietly while I get reports, but when I'm listening to an audiobook, I want it to pause during the report, so I don't miss anything. You can set a target pace and it'll tell you how far in front or behind it you are. And you can tell it exactly how often to report things. For example, I could have it report my speed every minute, or my time remaining every ten minutes, or my heart-rate every three minutes, etc. And I can even customize whether it bothers to tell me units (if you just get the numbers, there's less interruption). It also links with the Runkeeper website, along with Daily Mile, so you can check out how you're doing online. And it links to Facebook and Twitter, if you want to keep friends updated.

Less meaningfully, but still sort of fun, it keeps track of your achievements -- like the first mile you run, the first 5k, 10k, etc., the first time you do a mile in 13 minutes, 12 minutes, 9 minutes, etc.,

I'm really thrilled with it. And, as I recall, it's only 99 cents. My only complaint is that it doesn't sync with Mapmyrun, so I can't use my old data or the routes I stored there.

I use Edomondo and like it so far. You can customize it to view your pace, distance, time, etc.

Digifit HRM setup.
Best product on the market.

I use Endomondo. Very reliable, lots of statistics and totally free.

I just started using this app in it is great , and free.

I downloaded this, but it just times me, I don't know how to get the distance, pace, or anything else from it?

Have you got GPS signal? It'll tell you, if so. I had a friend who I recommended it to last summer. She was saying for weeks it was just timing her, then realised eventually that she didn't have GPS on, so it was tracking her time but not her movement.

I started out using the iMapMyRun app but I found it wasn't very accurate. Switched to Endomondo and looove it.

I use Endomondo. Very reliable, lots of statistics and totally free.

I just started using this app in it is great , and free.

I downloaded this, but it just times me, I don't know how to get the distance, pace, or anything else from it?

Have you got GPS signal? It'll tell you, if so. I had a friend who I recommended it to last summer. She was saying for weeks it was just timing her, then realised eventually that she didn't have GPS on, so it was tracking her time but not her movement.

:blushing: thank-you

I use Walkmeter on Iphone and the Mrs has a Garmin 405 :laugh:

I use Strava Running for Android. Love it! It gives your pace, calories burned and is a great motivator! Good luck!

Both endomondo and run keeper are great, but neither work with my heart rate monitor, so I paid a couple of pounds for ismoothrun, which I absolutely love and it exports to run keeper and some other apps.
ETA: if there's no GPS it uses the accelerometer on the phone, so you can even use it indoors if you like.

I use mapmyrun but do it when I get home. I like the site a lot. The app def has its faults.

This is how I do it, too. I really like the site.

I use Runkeeper app to track distance and what not but I recently bought a New Balance HRM at target and that is way more accurate.

I use the MapMyRun app and I love it - but I noticed a few people have said it's not accurate or reliable - I'm just wondering why?

I ended up liking mapmyrun the best out of a few that I tried. I like their website with the new updates so I ended up going back to it after I went to Runmeter. I find it's pretty accurate.