Prior to the Riverparks trail expansion, we had mile markers on both east and west banks. It's FAIRLY easy to estimate how far we've run / walked / biked if we look at the street signs on the east bank of the river. But, since the trail is so curvy, it's tough to know EXACTLY what we've run.
Does anyone know if those old mile markers will make a return? Or is there some reliable way for me to know when to "tick" that mile on my next run? I want to calibrate my [brand placement omitted] digi-pedometer and don't want to miss a beat. Training for my first half marathon and every 1/10th of a mile will count (eventually). Even some sort of a downloadable map OR something I can load into a digital device would be great.
If you have a Symbian based Nokia phone, you can use Sports Tracker. It uses your phone's GPS to track your run/walk/bike ride/whatever and lets you upload them to the Sports Tracker website so you can track how much you've run each day and see on a map what route you ran, your split times, and more. It even has the (more creepily Orwellian) capability of uploading your progress in real time so friends/whoever can monitor your run from home.
I use it for tracking my bike riding. I have a clip to hold my phone on my handlebars. If I was a runner, I'd use it with an armband for sure.
I'm sure there are equivalents for other smartphones, although I can't name them since I don't use them.
