“Run Keeper” app for iphones
I highly recommend this app if you have an iphone. It tracks your phone by its’ GPS signal and tells you how far that you’ve gone, how fast that you’ve travelled, and how many calories that you’ve burned. It is designed to be used for any sport that requires movement: walking, running, skiing, bicycling, etc.
I love it! I’m always wondering how far that I’ve gone on my bike, but I really have too many bikes to be putting odometers on all of them. Now I don’t need to. It’s really just a very obvious use of readily available technology, but I’m still amazed by this sort of thing.
Today I rode 15.35 miles while going to six garage sales, the Green Spot on Buckner for breakfast tacos and a Shiner Bock (yes, they serve alcohol now), and a trip around White Rock Lake in the heat. It felt like 20 miles to me, but it wasn’t. It was 15.35.
Whew!
Below you see the E. Dallas Green Spot’s Breakfast of Champions:
-Hubbard
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Between the Shiner and the tacos, did the mileage burn up more calories than you took in? This cycling stuff is SO complicated when it comes to energy input/output!
Steve:
Good question! And it is sort of depressing in a way to have these issues staring at you from your phone. Honestly, I don’t really understand it. I just know that if I ride my bike enough, I’ll lose weight.
And the main thing that I enjoy about the app is the knowledge of my mileage.
Cheers!
-Hubbard
I got this on your recommendation, and it’s a good app, but the speed portion is pretty inaccurate. It is nice to keep track of mileage without having to switch my speedo from my “real” bike.
Justin,
I haven’t even checked the speed part. I’ll do a test and see if I get the same (inaccurate) results. In fact, I can do it out at White Rock Lake where they have mileage marked on the bike trail. I was mainly excited about the mileage measurement, because that’s what I’m always curious about. I already know that I’m not a very fast bicyclist: look at these tanks that I ride! Thanks, as always, for your input.
-Hubbard