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Are you getting tired of the same old running route? On vacation and you want to find a good 5 mile route without a lot of intersections close to where you are staying? How about alternate routes with the same start/stop location?

For these and lots of other reasons, you should check out a website called MapMyRun ( http://www.mapmyrun.com ). It's a great tool for runners that works in conjunction with Google maps and allows you to load a map, then start drawing your route right on top of the map. It will keep track of distance, elevation, and other handy statistics, plus you can add other markers like restroom or water fountain locations. Just like any other Google map, you can switch views between map, satellite, hybrid, and topo.

One of the very useful features is a workout calculator. Enter your height, weight, and a couple of other details and you can get a calculation of calories burned, average pace, etc for any given route.

Add a decent description and some keywords (such as "some trails", "flat", "hills", ...) then publish your route so others might be able to benefit from your experience. Over time you can build yourself a nice portfolio of routes to choose from, depending on what you are training for.

I've noticed that the site can be slow from time-to-time, but in general it's worth the wait.

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Creator: plucky
Category: Endurance
Posted: 2/27/2008

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	“ Great idea. Think I'll try that today!! I'll let you know how it goes. ”
	- runningbear on 4/11/2008 in response to plucky

	“ Sorry! Well, you could try mapping a route on the website then reconcile against your Nike+. Might be a fun experiment... ”
	- plucky on 4/11/2008 in response to runningbear

	“ NOW you tell me!! I just got a Nike + last week that performs many of the same functions. Although it was a gift, and I absolutely love it. In all seriousness, I will definitely be sharing this information with other running friends if that's ok. And there's a lot more to the site than the data my gadget provides. I really like the idea of mapping out my run in the truest sense - planning it out in advance. You can be more deliberate about challenging yourself, increasing your distance, attempting more difficult terrain, include more hills....cool site. ”
	- runningbear on 4/11/2008

	“ Glad you can get some use out of it. What I've been doing lately is run an ad-hoc route, then when I get back to the computer, I'll map it out and see how far it was, elevation, calories burned, etc. ”
	- plucky on 3/12/2008 in response to cecilia

	“ wow, what a great website!!!!! Thank you for sharing!!! ”
	- cecilia on 3/12/2008

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