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Useful website
Posted: Tue 13 Jun, 2006 11:11 am
by ali_hire
Firstly must say that I did a quick search and couldn't find this posted before.
If (like me) you are going running in preparation for the PJFT/PRMC/RT and are finding it difficult to gauge how far you have been, then this website may prove to be very useful to you.
http://www.mapmyrun.com
You can input an address/area and also get satellite images if you are running around your local park or field.
Posted: Tue 13 Jun, 2006 11:18 am
by rgj-rifleman
That link doesnt work ali, shame that, try editing it. If you drive you can always take your car along the root and record the distance on the secondary milage guage that can be reset! I did this to measure my four miles aday. Drove over all the country hi,ll for two miles, and from then i have just run two miles out and two miles back everyday. I got an average time of 34 minutes now roughly. Needs alot of work my old running
i want to hopfullly bring it down to 30 mins or possible 28
RGJ-Rifleman
Posted: Tue 13 Jun, 2006 11:33 am
by nufc_rulz
Heres the link i think
http://www.mapmyrun.com/index.php
If its not working go on to google and type map my run.
Thats is an amazing site and will be a gem for any one whos training and needs to map there run.
Posted: Tue 13 Jun, 2006 11:44 am
by rgj-rifleman
yea your right foxtrot, there is a google earth tool to do that. Its really good, and reasonable accurate.
Posted: Tue 13 Jun, 2006 11:44 am
by Mike The Sceptic
I've been looking for something like this for ages.
Cheers
Posted: Tue 13 Jun, 2006 11:53 am
by ali_hire
nufc_rulz wrote:Heres the link i think
http://www.mapmyrun.com/index.php
If its not working go on to google and type map my run.
Thats is an amazing site and will be a gem for any one whos training and needs to map there run.
Cheers for sorting that out.
As I say it's most useful if you are running off road (which I am currently doing a lot of to avoid shin splints!)
Posted: Tue 13 Jun, 2006 12:38 pm
by Brian-
Posted: Tue 13 Jun, 2006 1:11 pm
by jimbob
brian that site is really cool, if you switch the sattelite view on and switch the hybrid on you can zoom into just about any town in britain, i was trying to see the commando training centre but couldn't find it, lol, i can actually see my street though
Posted: Tue 13 Jun, 2006 1:12 pm
by mancuniankid
Posted: Tue 13 Jun, 2006 3:27 pm
by In_Training
If you drive you can always take your car along the root and record the distance on the secondary milage guage that can be reset
Yeh thats what i did as well. But when i didnt have my car (was away) i just measured it with a peice of string on a map i printed from multimap.com (the old school way).
Posted: Tue 13 Jun, 2006 4:07 pm
by rgj-rifleman
Lol true soldier style there In_Training lol. I iused to do that, but then got a car
Posted: Tue 13 Jun, 2006 9:16 pm
by Bitty
Cheers chums I have been looking for websites like those for ages
thank you, now theres no excuse and I can start training and be a regular Titus Pullo
Posted: Tue 13 Jun, 2006 9:52 pm
by MrC
Nice find.
Satellite view is pretty good, i can see my car parked outside my house!
I have noticed though, what i had mapped out as 3 miles in the car, is 2.85 miles on that map.
Posted: Tue 13 Jun, 2006 9:58 pm
by jimbob
yea i found out that aswell so im hoping its the map thats slightly out as it would be pretty shit if i was only doing 2.8 miles when i thought i was doing 3, lol