At the beginning of this year I started work on Athlete.com - a niche social running website. Since then we've developed a fantastic website where you can track your runs, share them with your friends, get moral support and look at helpful statistics about your runs. It has quickly become a product that I personally love to use.
In the past, I have generally preferred to run using my GPS watch (I have a Garmin). Periodically, I jump on over to Athlete.com and upload all my runs from my watch. Athlete.com also offers a mobile GPS app to track your runs. Over time, I have come to prefer this. My runs get uploaded to the site automatically and I can also see what my running friends are up to. It's nice to avoid carrying my phone, but I usually take it with me anyway for several reasons.
- All my music is on my phone.
- I need my phone for safety. Once on a really long run on a hot day in St George, I had to call my wife to rescue me.
- I like people to be able to contact me, just in case.
Don't get me wrong, I still love my Garmin GPS watch, but it is rare that I don't have my phone with me anyway and it is really nice having the runs get uploaded immediately and automatically. So I've all but abandoned my GPS watch now.
The iPhone app is in the app store. It is called Athlete.com Running GPS. The Athlete.com Android App is getting very close to being ready and I'm very excited. You can get early access to it if you're interested (login to the site and look in the left column on your dashboard).
Overall it has become a product I'm very proud of and I'm very excited for what is coming next!
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