3 Running Apps to Get You Off the Couch
Whether your runs take place in the city, in the woods, or in between episodes of The Walking Dead, you’ve now got three fewer excuses for not getting in a workout.
If you think a workout counts only when there’s data to show for it, this is your app. It tracks metrics like time, distance, calories, and heart rate, then uploads them to your RunKeeper.com profile, where you can trade results with Facebook friends and in-app connections.
WIRED Verbal updates keep you on pace. Simple layout for checking data on the run.
TIRED Have to pay $4.99 per month to unlock most of the tracking features.
RunKeeper | Free, (iOS, Android)
Running is more fun in the wilderness than in the street. But unmarked trails make it tough to hit specific mileage targets—or get home before dark. TrimbleOutdoors.com lets you create a route and sync it with your phone, where an onscreen dot will then keep you on course.
WIRED Tracks 26 metrics, including elevation gain and max speed.
TIRED Web interface is a mess. Forget marathons; this is a battery killer.
TrimbleOutdoors AllSport GPS Pro | $4.99 (iOS, Android)
Take the rote out of your route by jogging through a zombie apoca- lypse. The app interrupts your playlist with commands from base to pick up supplies, which you do by hitting certain time targets. Outrun zombie hordes with prescribed bursts of speed. Use the supplies you picked up to fortify your base in-app.
WIRED It’s all in the headphones; no need to check your screen during runs. Brains!
RunKeeper
If you think a workout counts only when there’s data to show for it, this is your app. It tracks metrics like time, distance, calories, and heart rate, then uploads them to your RunKeeper.com profile, where you can trade results with Facebook friends and in-app connections.WIRED Verbal updates keep you on pace. Simple layout for checking data on the run.
TIRED Have to pay $4.99 per month to unlock most of the tracking features.
RunKeeper | Free, (iOS, Android)
TrimbleOutdoors AllSport GPS Pro
Running is more fun in the wilderness than in the street. But unmarked trails make it tough to hit specific mileage targets—or get home before dark. TrimbleOutdoors.com lets you create a route and sync it with your phone, where an onscreen dot will then keep you on course.WIRED Tracks 26 metrics, including elevation gain and max speed.
TIRED Web interface is a mess. Forget marathons; this is a battery killer.
TrimbleOutdoors AllSport GPS Pro | $4.99 (iOS, Android)
Zombies, Run!
Take the rote out of your route by jogging through a zombie apoca- lypse. The app interrupts your playlist with commands from base to pick up supplies, which you do by hitting certain time targets. Outrun zombie hordes with prescribed bursts of speed. Use the supplies you picked up to fortify your base in-app.WIRED It’s all in the headphones; no need to check your screen during runs. Brains!
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