Managed to drag myself out of bed this morning to try my new running shoes out, impressive as I slept really badly last night. Shoes were pretty good, more supportive. Only problem was that for the first 2 miles I had a dodgy hamstring, not ideal! I also felt fairly poor for the first 4/4.5 miles but after that I seemed to get into it, think I started too fast today (excitement of the shoes probably).
Anyway after the pain it went quite well today overall. My Nike+ sensor seems to be calibrated well now, with the map saying 7.01 miles and the sensor telling me 7.1 (that’s around 1.3% error for anyone who actually cares). In fact, mentioning maps, I discovered something new to waste ridiculous amounts of time on: MapMyRun.
This site is powered by Google Maps and allows you to create extremely accurate running routes by using hybrid maps of street/satellite. It means that you can plot your runs on pavements and through pedestrian areas and gives a better indiction of where you’re going and how far it really is. My run from today can be seen below but you can also click here to view it on the MapMyRun site, play around with it or even do a flyover video of the route. Sad, in know, but it’s pretty good once you get to longer distances. It also gives you a graph of the elevation which is good for planning routes and avoiding certain death.
