Comments on: Not Exactly BORN to Run, but…

By: Viola Uzdygan

Viola Uzdygan — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 12:45:05 +0000

Very Nice website. I recently built mine and i was looking for some ideas and your website gave me some. The website was developed by you?

Thanks

By: Tina

Tina — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:55:46 +0000

I love the title of your blog!

And I’ve done the Couch to 5K program before and loved it!!!

By: Kara

Kara — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:33:49 +0000

I use runstar on my droid – I think they have an iphone app too. Its pretty basic, but gives you total distance, time & mile splits. For computer rather than phone based programs, I prefer gmap to mapmyrun – the latter has too much going on, in my opinion.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:18:48 +0000

Runkeeper! It’s a fantastic app and it’s free. (The Pro version is well worth the upgrade, though.) It allows you to play music from iTunes or other apps, save training routes, save training intervals, get audio cues, track progress, etc. Great support and they keep updating the app with new features. You can also add treadmill runs manually so that you can track those distances as well towards your totals, pacing, and personal records.

http://runkeeper.com/home

It has been very motivating for me. I had a NIke + chip as well and found it to be a pain to calibrate properly.

Good luck!

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:40:46 +0000

I use Google Pedometer – http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/. What’s nice about it, and maybe you can do this with mapmyrun too, is that you can use the regular google Satellite view and plot out intricate trails in parks (in my case, in Central Park). I just map the run, and then run it – not track as I go.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:22:00 +0000

I have an iPhone 3GS, and it has the Nike + app. You have to buy the chip, which is something like $25 and you can get a holder for the chip on Amazon for something like $7. I just use good ole’ duct tape. It works mostly okay, although I do notice that it gets ‘off’ alot with distances. I didn’t mind this much at first, since it was mostly reliable. (I think I noticed it was like 1/16th of a mile off).

Also, you can always just use Map My Run to find a run that is the correct distance, and then follow the directions – as opposed to letting it do the tracking for you – if you want to be able to listen to your ipod. You just search for a certain mileage in your area.

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:44:36 +0000

I have an iPhone. Do mapmyrun and/or cardiotracker let you listen to music while the app is running?

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:41:40 +0000

Agree w/ Mapmyrun.com. Also, what kind of phone do you have? I use a free app called cardiotracker on mine and it tracks your distance while you run w/ GPS.

By: Kylie

Kylie — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:57:26 +0000

Mapmyrun.com is a great tool to use!