Recording distances

[Daisyrun]

Hi

I graduated last week and today I went out for a 30 minute run. Decided to use Week 9 podcast again to get the encouragement from Laura.

I was wondering how people record their distances. I can do it on my iPhone Pacer app but I was wondering the cheapest alternative.

[Ejbirdy Graduate]

I use mapmyrun app on the iPhone , very good and free

[Daisyrun Graduate in reply to Ejbirdy]

Thank you. I've downloaded it. Does it share my runs with other people or keep them private?

[Ejbirdy Graduate in reply to Daisyrun]

Either , you choose the settings

[Hemapu75]

I also use Runkeeper.

[Slummy_Mummy Graduate]

I use Strava, find it really good

[Tracey001 Graduate]

Mapmyrun is a good one. I used it for a while alongside endomondo and then opted for the latter.

[greyseal Graduate]

I use micoach, which runs in the background and tells me my time, distance and speed every mile, then does a breakdown summary at the end.

[sizexm Graduate]

I tried Runkeeper, Endomondo and MapMyRun which has given me the best results on my modest Android phone. You can set it to tell you speed and distance every five minutes (or every km or half km) while you listen to your own music. Runkeeper and Endomondo apparently did not pick up the GPS signal so well.

[Daisyrun Graduate in reply to sizexm]

Thank you. Do you have to pay for the function that tells you how you are doing?

[goonkeepgoing Graduate in reply to Daisyrun]

It is called Audio Cues in the UK version. You can also pick between a lady with a British type accent or a lady with a US accent. It is a great app

[sizexm Graduate]

No, that's in the free version. You can activate "verbal feedback" in the settings (may be called something else, I am using the German version). Why not try it out?