HeyWhatsThat Path Profiler
I like to run and when I have the time I’ll run about 30-40 miles a month. There’s a couple of great free tools out there to help improve the analytics of your run. The first is appropriately named “MapMyRun.com”
Map My Run lets you draw your run on a Google Maps like map and measure the distance. It let’s you store your runs and share with others. This is nice as you can sometimes find a track in your area.
May My Run does a nice job but it just gives you linear distance. It doesn’t give you elevation. I live in a hilly area so elevation plays a big factor in how far I can go.
Enter the “HeyWhatsThat” Path Profiler. This thing is just like MapMyRun in that it lets you draw an overlay on a map but it also shows the elevation changes. For instance, the last half mile of my run from Cedar Road up to Park Place goes through a rise of 425feet in less than half a mile. It’s brutal.
And when I’m done I track it with http://TweetARun.com
Hi Fran,
I use Mapmyrun most days, good to hear there’s another good tool out there, must check it out. I do get some elevation info on Mapmyrun by ticking the ‘show elevations’ box, I don’t think its as detailed as path profiler, the info is in a different format.
I’m training at the moment for the Bay Run in Cork on May 3rd, http://www.bayrun.ie. Ran 11 miles from my house in Ringsend to Dun Laoghaire yesterday evening, all very flat but very pretty. I do my hills work in picturesque Foilagoul at the weekends.
Hope you’re getting some time to run and destress these days.
Love,
Cousin Catherine.
Ahh what happy memories you’ve brought back. Karen and I used to meet in Dun Laoghaire when we were first dating. I’d work in the ESB all day on Stephen’s Green, then stroll down to my apartment on Usher’s Island/Pier 19 beside St James’ Gate. Then wander up the Liffey on a glorious summer’s evening to Tara Street station. We’d meet in the pub on the corner in Dun Laoghaire and get dinner and a movie. Happy days. I miss the big smoke.
And what I wouldn’t give for a trip up and down the hills of Foilagoul right about now. Someday.