An app to tell me how far I 've run??

catherinekate

I used to use Map My Run. You can see your distance and time on the main screen without unlocking the phone. I do some calculations in advance and also on the hoof (takes my mind off the aches and pains) so I know where i need to be and when, e.g. if I want to do a 27:30 parkrun, I need to be at 1k after 5 minutes 30, 2k at 11 minutes, etc.

I have just bought a Garmin Forerunner watch too, which gives the same info without faffing around with a phone armband, but only once I was pretty sure that I would keep up this running business!

barbarawright

Runkeeper - you can set it to tell you when you've run a certain distance (ie a km or a mile) or when you've been running for a certain amount of time. So if you do a 4 mile run, you know after three miles and a few minutes, your'e nearly there

gettingtheresometime

RichardD1970 wrote: »

You may be better looking at a running watch.

They don't have to cost the earth (although they can!) and have all sorts of metrics you can choose from.

I have a Tomtom Spark Cardio (around £150), Garmin and Polar are also good.

Much easier to look at than your phone whilst running and will sync with most of the popular running apps.

I got one of these as I do a lot of walking and whilst I roughly knew how far I'd walked I needed something a little more accurate.

Mine covers a range of activities such as running, walking, cycling & swimming so really happy with it

Dan83

Anothe vote for strava, also keeps track of your cycling aswell, if you cycle.

Talukdar

There are many fitness tracker apps available. They will show you how much you run, walk and calorie you lose.
Calorie Counter
Endomondo
FitNotes Gym
Google Fit
Ingress