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Have you ever wondered accurately measure the distance you run, or do you like just to get out and run freely wherever your feet can carry you ? Do you have your favorite running route you keep running over and over and over ? ... no matter what are your running habits, it is very probable that you like to keep track of your miles. Sometimes it is not easy if you just hit the road and head to an unexplored area. Maybe you measure the length of your running route with a ruler on a map, maybe you are using your cars odometer, or maybe you use your bike ... well, in any case, there is a great way to map, measure and organize all your running routes. You can even share them with others, or you can learn where are the other people running. The website which provides all the necessary tools to actually map your running route is MapMyRun.com. This is another of my favorite web sites designed specifically for runners. All the main features are free, and I never got spammed. If it sounds interesting, maybe you could give it a try. Here are the basic instructions how you could proceed and put your running route on a map:
Instructions
1. Go to www.MapMyRun.com and sign up for a FREE account. Yes, there is also some premium membership available, but you won't need that for the most useful features such as mapping and measuring the length of your running route.
2. Click on Map New Run in the main task bar. You will get a map similar to Google maps. Navigation is also very similar and very intuitive. So just find your town, or the place where you run zoom in and you can start marking your run in the map. I recommend to use satellite pictures rather than the street map. You can really pin down precisely if you run on some curvy trail. When you are done, do not forget to name and save your running route.
3. Build your "portfolio" of all your favorite running routes. Not only that you will finally know how long they really are, but you can also look at the elevation profile of each individual running course. You can also make your routes publicly viewable so the runners in the neighborhood will know where are you running. But you can also keep them private just for yourself.
4. There are many additional features on the MapMyRun.com website. One of them is a calculator which can tell you how many calories you burned during each of your runs based on your pace, weight and running distance. You can also log all your runs and share it with the community ... and much much more ... in any case, since you now know how long your runs really are ... then HAPPY RUNNING !!!
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