Cygon’s Blog

I’ve discovered a cool use of google maps, a website where everyone can enter his own running routes: runmap.net

I think this is a very nice idea, since it allows me to exactly determine the length of my running routes. Plus I can try out other routes in my vicinity and perhaps even make contact with other runners (well, once my fitness is on a competitive level, that is, I don’t want to embarrass myself :)).

Today I ran this route. From start to finish it took me about 1 hour 18 minutes, with my heart rate averaging 168 bpm (max 190 bpm). The route is about 8.4 km long and, as you can see, includes some cross-country running.

  Not too good since I know that I was trying to beat the 1 hour mark some time ago. It was snowing throughout my whole run (yes, snow in April) and I woke up with a clogged nose, so I’m confident that I can hit the 1 hour mark again later in the year!