Calling all runners, walkers and cyclists - Mapometer

[Wozzaaah]

Having recently discovered running (and really enjoying it ) I've been looking for new circuits and have come across Mapometer.
It's bloomin' fantastic, tells you the distance and even how many calories you'll burn!
It's certainly a lot cheaper than a Garmin!

Anyone want to join me for a nice steady 8 miler in the morning? Gav??

 

[Hitch]

Its going to take me 78 calories to walk my daughter to school in the morning!

 

[hotrodder]

Cool find. Now know my local evening loop on the bike is around 7.5 miles. 380 odd calories doesn't seem right for 50 odd mins flat out in the woods although it might explain my gut

 

[shenion]

Used to use something similar, remember it call ped-o-meter or something.

Checked the walk me and the dog do every day; 0.9 miles. About all the dog can do with bad hips.

 

[gavuk]

Funny you should drag me into this nonsense Woz,i downloaded an app called step counter for my phone and have used it at work quite a few times now ,can easily cover 4-6miles a day there,over 12 hrs.....remind me next time i've got a pedometer here u can have if u want !....why would i run 8 miles (if i'm not being chased)when i have a perfectly good car? ,put the heater on,spark up another fag ....thanks for the kind offer to go running ,but i'll be working

 

[Barney1973]

Got a Garmin 705 for my bike and use run keeper on my iphone for recording my runs,the Garmin was expensive but is a great tool for training rides and following new routes

 

[Wozzaaah]

I must admit, a Garmin is quite appealing but tbh that site and a stopwatch does me fine and is a whole lot cheaper.
I like the mile markers too, makes it easy to work out your pace.
Google maps is ok but won't take footpaths into consideration.
I've tried a few different ones and mapometer's by far the best.

 

[irondarren]

Thanks for that wozz, now i know where i can eat a chocolate biscuit when riding lol

 

[chunkolini]

760 calories for my 18 mile round trip on the antique Kona, very uppy and downy.
Fortunately my mates cider farm is on the way home from the shed so I can rehydrate, we all know dehydration is a killer.
A worthwile site and easy to operate.

Chunko'.

 

[Wozzaaah]

Forgot to say, if you register (free) you can save and share your routes with others.

 

[Hitch]

Get your 8 miles done this morn then Wozz?!?
Beautiful morning for it!

 

[Wozzaaah]

Hmmphhhh no!
Thought I'd tackle that broken fence post, "won't take long" says I, "I'll leave the concrete in place to save me lifting part of the patio, drill out the broken post and slip the new post in the old concrete".
Ha, what a joke!
(Mental note to self - that way is NOT a quick way! )
Anyhoo, 'tis done now, the fence is back up (sort of).
It's raining but I'm off out for a run anyway (not 8 miles though ).

 

[Hitch]

Taper the first few inches of post slightly

 

[Wozzaaah]

Getting the new one in was the easy part, it was getting the old bit out that was the nightmare!

 

[Welderpaul]

You can get a 'repair spur' - metpost do them. Metal spike that you bash into the timber/concrete stump, giving you a socket to slide the new post into.
Tis easy.

 

[Wozzaaah]

I've seen those but never liked the look of them, are they any good as I have another to do when I can be @rsed?

 

[Paul.]

I had the same problem, the bloke who put the posts in knocked 4" nails round the bottom of the post to give it some grip in the concrete, what a cow to get out
When I did the rest, used a met post shortened with a grinder, sharpened to a point, then drilled a hole a deep as possible down the middle of the old stump to guide the metpost in, they've been standing for some years now and still very solid