Running Tech

Garmin

Are you interested in some cool exercise gadgets?  Were you impressed with Coach Karen’s Garmin?  Well, look no further…  They are on sale at Costco!!  Check it out at

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Exercise Logs

Now that you know how far you went and for how long, including your pace and heart rate, you need a place to log it.  Some people use an exercise log, noting what they did and how they felt, an exercise journal, if you will.  Others use an on-line tool that can graph and track your efforts.  Some sites include mapping features to plan your next outing AND some of these sites will sync with your new Garmin or iPhone.  Look out kids of today, I’m getting tech savvy!

The following is a list of a few sites you can use:

Map My Run

http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/

USATF

http://www.usatf.org/routes/map/index.asp

Running Map

http://www.runningmap.com/

Runner’s World Route Finder – to find routes near your home that have already been mapped.

http://www.runnersworld.com/route/routefinder.html

Or, if want to create an account at Runner’s World, go to this web site and create a free users-account.

https://member.rodale.com/cas/login?service=http%3A%2F%2Fsso.runnersworld.com%2Frwsso%2Fj_acegi_cas_security_check&returnUrl=http://www.runnersworld.com/0,7904,,00.html

There are a lot of tools you can use; like a training log or route mapper, shoe mileage tracker, etc…

Running Ahead – after joining and creating a user-account, also has a training log, analysis tools and route planner.

http://www.runningahead.com/maps