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Hike Tracking: RunKeeper Pro Free For January

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Chris Casciano

It’s New Year’s Resolution time, and if your resolution is to do more hiking, trail running, cycling, or cross country skiing and need a bit of a kick in the pants, or just want to find an easy way to keep track of your progress the iPhone and Android mobile phone application RunKeeper Pro is free for the month of January (normally $9.99). I use RunKeeper to track my cycling, to keep track of my hiking mileage while on the trails, and even to generate GPX files for geotagging my photographs. Many of the previous hike reports, including that from the 33 mile Lenape Trail Hike, reference maps generated by … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Day Hike 2010

Posted on January 2, 2010 by Chris Casciano

I’m not one to make grand resolutions for New Years, but I do want to do two things in 2010 — get some more miles under my feet and keep exploring parks that I’m a regular at. Friday I did a little bit of both with a 7.6 mile hike around the snowy and slushy trails of South Mountain Reservation. NOTE: The above map and route was made with RunKeeper Pro, a GPS based activity monitor for the iPhone. One of the nice things about the trails in South Mountain is that its easy to orient yourself based on the slope of the ridge and the nearby roads making it … Continue reading →

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