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Welcome to WalkJogRun

What is this?

Simply put, it's a running route planner and a distance/speed calculator. I've been using it to set up a route before I grab my running shoes.

How does it work?

Click on the map to set a starting point. Then keep clicking from point to point to draw a route. Click on any of the markers for your route and see how far this point is from the start and what the estimated time would be for a given speed.

Create an account to see all your runs in one place and sign up for our mailing list chock full of goodies. Click here for past mailings.

Building a running community

You can save your maps by clicking on any of your markers and hit "Save Your Route" to add it to the database. Next time you or anyone else looking in your neighborhood is looking for a route, they will see your pin.

About WalkJogRun

This project is constantly evolving and if you have an idea about how to improve the site or if you want to leave any comments please do so. Alternatively, I can be reached at adamhowitt@gmail.com

Many thanks to Geocoder.US for their webservice which helps provide the address look up feature for the site.

Thanks to Mark James at famfamfam for his mini icon collection

Thanks to Evan Caldwell for creating the original favicon.ico for the site (the thing that shows up when you bookmark this site)

Thanks to Mike Pegg from GoogleMapsMania - his excellent site is the standard for finding innovative new Google Mashup applications like this one.

Advertising Opportunities

Send an email to sales@walkjogrun.net if you are interested in advertising on WalkJogRun. The site receives a considerable amount of traffic from people who exercise around the world. Here are some key numbers

  • 29,592 Registered Users
  • 1,977 new members per month*
  • People who exercise outside
  • Runners, walkers, cyclists, inline skaters
  • 3,570,761 page views per month *
  • 27,543 distinct visitors per month *
  • 48.9% UK visitors, 38.8% US visitors, 4.8% Canadian
  • 20% London, 2.17% New York, 1.67% Vancouver
* based on a 3 month moving average generated 3/18/08

WalkJogRun Feedback

Please let me know what you think of the site. If you have trouble with the site and need help or have suggestions about how I might improve the site please let me know.

What people are saying about WalkJogRun.net

"I love this site. Instead of guessing or biking a route I can map it out at my desk. I can plan runs in areas I have never been before and not worry about getting lost or wondering when I should turn around. Thanx, and keep up the good work." - Frances Rizor, Gulf Breeze, FL.

"I love what you've created. My running pal and I are training for a marathon and this has been invaluable to us. There is no other way, besides driving it, to calculate routes in our town. Thank you!" - Kim Bancroft, Athens, GA.

"This is great! My husband is training for a marathon and this mapping will let me know where he is running if anything goes wrong. It's also great for keeping his different mileage routes straight. Thanks so much!" - Barbara, Buffalo,NY.

"I'm training for the NY Marathon and your site is a life saver. I used to drive all around marking out courses. Now I plot a course on your site and I'm off and running. It's great!" - Jeff Brazer, Wayne,NJ.

Media Mentions

I'm glad to report that WalkJogRun hasn't escaped the attention of mainstream media. Below are a list of the newspaper articles and tv spots I am aware of.

If you see WalkJogRun in an article, on TV or hear someone mention it on the radio please let me know so I can add it to the list.

If you are a member of the media and you are interested in featuring WalkJogRun on your show or in an article, please don't hesitate to contact me or download the press pack (PDF)

TV

Thursday July 5th 2007 - Sree Sreenivasan at WNBC in New York featured the site as part of a mashup roundup!

Wednesday January 3rd 2007 - Nancy Loo at Fox News Chicago featured the site! Check out the YouTube video.

Newspapers

March 2008 - Martyn Casserly at WebUser Magazine included WalkJogRun in his "Marvellous Mashu-ups" piece in Issue 182, page 33.

Tuesday May 1st 2007 - Lennie Magida at The Washington Post wrote a great article describing how to use WalkJogRun before introducing some other tools.

Monday December 19th 2005 - Jessica E. Vascellaro at the Wall Street Journal wrote about WalkJogRun driving over 3,000 unique visitors to the site. [PDF Backup]

Websites

Thursday January 26th 2006 - Lifehacker covers the site.

Monday September 19th 2005 - Mike Pegg wrote about the site on GoogleMapsMania

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WalkJogRun Route List

The list of routes is filtered to show the 30 most recently added routes in the area currently displayed on the map. If the route was created by a member you can click on their name to see a list of all the routes they created.

View Routes by distance:
3 m  | 4 m  | 8 k  | 10 k  | 13.1 m  | 26.2 m  | Clear

Find your start address (Help):

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Didn't find what you were looking for? Return to route list

WalkJogRun Cities

176,406 routes added!
Reset routes  USA 72,442 routes
England & UK  42,874 routes
Europe 
Japan 

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WalkJogRun My Routes

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WalkJogRun Google Group

Get help with WalkJogRun or just make friends with other WalkJogRun users at the new Google Group. It's a forum for your questions about running, walking, jogging, about WalkJogRun or about you think other members would be interested in.

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WalkJogRun Facebook Fan Page

We may be in our thirties but we still know how to hang with the cool kids over at Facebook and you can too. We've added a WalkJogRun Facebook Fan Page where you can get alerts about upcoming WalkJogRun events, catch the news as it happens rather than wait for the monthly newsletter or just chat with other WalkJogRun fans and make friends.

Become a fan of WalkJogRun here.

WalkJogRun Newsletter

We run this site in our spare time so to call it a monthly newsletter would be a stretch but we certainly try to send one each month. The newsletter is packed with tips for using the site, announcements about new features or things we think you'll be interested in related to Walking, Jogging or Running (or any of the other sports you do).

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Calories for different sports

I often get requests to show calorie requirements for different sports in addition to running. If anyone has a generic formula for estimating calories for any other sports please let me know but it must be based on weight and distance.

I looked around but there appear to be many contradicting sources for most sports, especially cycling where hills and wind play a big part. With that in mind if you do provide a formula, please let me know your source so I can take a look. The idea is not to be 100% accurate but at least to give people a rough idea.

For reference, the formula I use for running is based on the Runners World formula:

calories = weight in kg * distance in km * 1.036