MapMyRun

If you do much running, especially on paths or off road you need to check out MapMyRun. We've all taken the car out and driven our route to estimate home long our favorite run is. With MapMyRun that's a thing of the past. Just sign up and you can look at a Street View, Satellite, or Terrain view (among others) of your route. Just click along your route and it will give you total distance. You can view elevation to see the how much you route rises and falls over its length. You can save you route and either keep it private or share it with others. You can even download an app for your IPhone to take it on the go with you.

Here is an overview of some of the great features:

Search for Runs: This allows you to search for runs by location and keyword. If you travel much or want to look for other local routes this is a great help.

Daily Log: This allows you to enter information once a day with a variety of personal data. You can track how much sleep you got, your morning and evening body weight, morning and evening resting heart rates, ect.

Races and Events: It will allow you to go search and find the information you need to prepare for your upcoming 5K or Marathon. At this point this feature is not working.

Activity Log: The activity log lets you translate your entered routes in to actual workouts and track them on a regular basis. On the first page of the “Add Activity” section you can enter start and end times, the type of workout (run, hike, bike, etc.), quality, effort, and the shoes you were wearing during the workout. The next page gives you a place to log distance, heart rate, pace, route (linking in the routes directly from the site), total time (hh:mm:ss), and speed (in MPH).

Calendar: The Calendar shows activities.

Map Import: You can import map data from many GPS devices, *.GPX file, or directly from gmap-pedometer.Running News: This is running news and information. The Running News section, like the Races and Events, seems to be still a work in progress.

This really is an amazing tool. Click the link at the top of the page to try it out!