MapMyWalk Community - Lobby

MapMyRun & MapMyRide Swag and Gear!

kevin@mmf — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:56:43 -0500

Many of our users have asked for schwag and gear ... We finally have created a gallery of products. We're just starting out so if you have any suggestions for motivation mug sayings, bumper sticker call-outs, or something that would look good on the back of a MapMyRun dry-fit shirt, or on a MapMyRide motivation mug, drop a comment below!

Our store can be found at:
http://www.zazzle.com/MapMyFitness

Send me your suggestions! We'll be adding more gear soon!

-Kevin
Co-Founder, MapMyRun.com

Announcement: Discussion of the Month Contest

jeff@mmf — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:45:19 -0500

Starting in August, we'll be choosing one discussion from our forums as the "Discussion of the Month". The discussion will be featured in our next newsletter, and the topic starter will receive free MapMyRun branded gear.

All topics will be eligible for this contest, but we're most likely to pick sport-related Q/A threads. Have a question about running or cycling? Start your discussion!

Gu or shot blox??

lizzyhunt — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:35:00 -0500

I'm running the chicago marathon in about a month, and I haven't started training with any supplements, just Gatorade. I need advice on which one runners prefer--Clif Shot Blox or Gu?? I've heard Blox are better if you don't want to risk upset stomach. Any opinions??

No Commas in Notes

rlake — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:55:17 -0500

It seems that when you place a comma in any text string in NOTES, any text after the comma is truncated. I found this out the hard way but, hopefully, it can be helpful if you are encountering the same issue.

Polar HRM Files + Other Mobile Trackers - We Need Your Help

aea@mmf — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:52:22 -0600

Hi guys,
We're working on improving the file import system as well as adding more file types, and we need your help in this.

If you use a third party device that you would like to see us support, let us know which one you use and give us a sample export file.

We need your export files for Polar Devices, if you use one, please send us your export files to artur [AT] mapmyfitness [dot] com, replacing [AT] with @ and [dot] with ., or send it to us using the contact us link at the bottom of every page.

The more polar (and other) sample files we get the better we can make the data import work.

Knee Pain

jcamillo — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:09:31 -0500

I am looking for some advise on Knee Pain. After a 6 mi run I started having pain in my left knee. I just started to hit 35 miles a week. After laying off for a few day and icing on and off the pain was gone only go come back after i did 1 mile.

I don't have any swelling and it seems not to hurt when walking. Also, at first it only hurt going up and down stairs and now that has stopped.

I went to the chiroprator and she felt my hip was off and the knee was ok. On my last run I did 3 miles and about 1.5 miles in the pain started and I was able to run through it.

Does anyone esle run through their knee pain until it passes? Are there any stretches I should be doing to help my knee etc?

Thanks for any help.

Couch to 5K in 9 weeks

mattty — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:07:12 -0500

I just start this great work out getting me back into running slowly as its been since high school . It's called Couch to 5k and its a 9 week running program found at www.coolrunning.com. I also found running music to put on your ipod where the guy runs with you and tells you when to start and stop your runs. Check itunes under podcasts and health section for the downloads.

http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml

podcast music

http://www.ullreys.com/robert/Podcasts/

Swimming (yeah off topic I know) Advice

LexB — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:29:55 -0500

Hi, I've recently started swimming as a part of my fitness training (I run and do martial arts so trying to build strength and stamina for both). I go swimming four times a week (at least) for between 15 mins to 1hr depending on what other activities I have done / am planning to do. I love swimming - heck I'm a marine biologist so I have to! My problem is my swimming technique - it's lousy! I swim like a girl (okay so I am a girl but still) and I want to swim properly. I usually do breast stroke (my crawl technique is even worse). Today I narrowed this down to the fact that I don't know how to do the breathing properly, I think if I got the breathing sorted (for B-S or Crawl) I could work on the technique Can anyone give me any pointers? I'd really appreciate it! Cheers Lex

A Cure For "Shin Splints"

Saratoga Cycling Club — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:55:59 -0500

Here is a cure for "shin splints". While sitting in a chair, take a bath towel and lay it flat on a bare floor in front of you, so it's at it's longest length. "Scrunch" the towel up with your toes pulling it towards you until you have gone the length of the towel. Now, "reverse scrunch" the towel pushing it out away from you. Do this exercise at least once a day for a couple of weeks and you'll notice a huge difference! My H.S. track Coach gave me this cure 25 years ago and it works every time!

New Page Design

kevin@mmf — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:08:03 -0500

We're testing out a new type of layout for our site. Leave comments, questions, or suggestions below. Remember, the site is built on the feedback of it's users like you!

Cheers,

-Kevin & the MapMyFitness Team

New Page Design

kevin@mmf — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:08:03 -0500

We're testing out a new type of layout for our site. Leave comments, questions, or suggestions below. Remember, the site is built on the feedback of it's users like you!

Cheers,

-Kevin & the MapMyFitness Team

New Feature/Option: Temperature

wbbarry — Sat, 02 May 2009 13:08:36 -0500

While I normally input this into the workout description. It would be nice to have it a separate Temperature field. Ideally this could result in reports for workouts over 90s (or under 32) etc. Wish list, even more, that it could somehow import data from weather.com or something for temperature and humidity. Great site, WB

New layout

steveakagi — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:31:20 -0500

Too cluttered with adverts - it's hard to focus on the content and how to navigate around the site with all the space given up to ads. I find myself getting frustrated and moving out of the site because of this.

Birmingham (UK)

Dinger00 — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:11:48 -0500

Are there any runners out there in the Birmingham area of the UK?

New Version of Mapping Tool

kevin@mmf — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:06:29 -0600

The newest version of our mapping tool is launched on our MapMyHike.com site. Please visit http://www.mapmyhike.com/create_new and let us know what you think.

Primarily we have the following additions:

* Better Cue Sheet / Route Notes Handling

* Better Layout for ease-of-use

* Integrated Help functionality

* Advanced Map Settings giving you more control

* Walking Directions / Avoid Highways

* Weather.com Integration

* Advanced Edit Functionality - Delete Points, Insert Points, Better Drag/Drop

* And Much More!

Check it out and please post your feedback below.

Cheers,

-Kevin
Co-Founder

People Markers

coordinator3 — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:08:42 -0600

I was creating a map and a "person" icon popped up that allowed me to place it anywhere I wanted. I don't know how it happened and I cannot make it happen again. How do I add the person icons/markers to the maps?

Thank you.

Feb 19 - Mapping Tool Updates Posted

kevin@mmf — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:32:35 -0600

We have pushed an update to the mapping tool that solved a lot of the issues reported in previous versions. Let us know what you think...

If you are having specific issue, please also add your browser and browser version. (i.e, IE6, FF3, Safari 2.0) Also, please paste a copy of the link to the mapping tool you are using. Many of these issues relate to Version 3.0 which is why we have a newer version 3.1! '

Cheers,

-Kevin & the MapMyFitness Team

Feb 11 - New Mapping Tool Release! Extended to MapMyRide.com

kevin@mmf — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:13:58 -0600

We're happy to announce that we've officially released our new mapping tool to MapMyRide.com and the other sites. We've taken all your feedback and have made improvements to the tool and are continuing to do so ...

Please check it out and let us know what you think!

Cheers,

-Kevin & the rest of the MapMyFitness Team

Jan 28 2009 - Update to New Mapping Tool

kevin@mmf — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:44:08 -0600

Thank you to everyone who has been sending us feedback. We did a major release of this tool yesterday that we hope addressed the majority of issues.

One issue we see again is people noticing that they're unable to click in parks or "on their house" -- If you have FOLLOW ROADS enabled, the system will keep you to the roads. Try turning this off if you're trying to get through a park, or alley, or some other way that a car cannot travel to.

Please post your new comments / problems here. We look forward to hearing them!

If you are looking for the old forum with feedback from our previously released mapping tool (that had a number of issues addressed in this one): /community/discussion/8386/2/new-version-of-mapping-tool/

-Kevin

New Site Design - Known Issues & Updates

kevin@mmf — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:05:24 -0500

Afternoon,

Here's the list of known issues we are currently working on ranked from highest priority.

* Viewing Routes - Slow / Timeout Errors. The longer the route you are looking at, the more time our current process needs to load the markers, points, and distance segments. We are currently optimizing this so people no longer get the 'Script stopped Responding' error messages.

* Edit Route -- We've had to take this functionality offline to fix some unexpected problems with dragging markers and editing notes.

* Garmin Integration

* Activity Detail Dropdown - Scrollbars

* Gear Tracker - Currency / Distance Calculation is Off

These are the highest priority ones now. We are working on a host of smaller ones as well. I appreciate the patience and rest assured that we are working very diligently to get these fixed for you!

Cheers,

-Kevin
Co-Founder, MapMyFitness

Print Workout Error

wbbarry — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:08:22 -0600

When I click the print icon on the My Training Log header it lists all my workouts. However, the January 2009 are mingled in with the January 2008. It appears as though the sorting factor begins with the months rather than the years. Thanks WB

Do calories counted take hills into account?

epage — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:58:39 -0500

I love this site and have started to track runs/walks/bike rides religiously. One thing I always wonder though- when the site calculates calories, does it just factor in distance and time? Or will it take into account elevation gains/losses on your particular route?

Online biking game for kids and adults

alistair007 — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:26:32 -0600

There's an easy online game with a sensible holiday-themed eating message for you and your youngster.

Humana has just launched a pretty cool biking game called Freewheein' Cycle Challenge - all you need to use are the arrow keys.

Kept me and my kids busy for over 45 minutes and made them more aware that junk food doesn't help you get faster in the race.

Check it out here:

http://www.humanagames.com/Games/BikeGameWrapper.html

Other map layers

smsm1 — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:40:04 -0500

Would it be possible to get openstreetmap.org as a map layer. In many places, especially in Europe, it has significantly better coverage than google maps. One such example is the Isle of Man, which doesn't have any map data at all (except the coastline) on Google Maps: http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=54.234735,-4.566193&spn=0.510482,1.49826&z=10&om=1 However on OpenStreetMap.org, it is almost complete map data: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=54.223843622187275&lon=-4.462654984695411&zoom=11 In other areas, there are things like canal towpaths and cycle paths, with access points, which are not part of Google maps either.

Remember Me - Back Online

kevin@mmf — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:17:17 -0500

I believe I've solved the 'Remember Me' issue -- please let me know if you log in with 'Remember Me' turned on and are forced to login again after you restart your browser. (Please include your Browser/Version when responding)

I apologize for this being down...

-Kevin

Best Ipod for running

Stmpjmpr — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:14:10 -0600

I have an old ipod shuffle that just bit the dust. I was going to buy a new Ipod but was thinking of a nano or even the classic. I like the shuffle but prefer to set up specific running playlists. Any suggestions on the nano or classic? The classic seems large.

A First Look at Improved Printed Maps (Your Opinions Wanted!)

aea@mmf — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:01:35 -0500

MMF User and Premium Members,

In the time since we launched printed maps we've been literally innudated with feedback -- some positive, some negative. We want to thank all those that took the time to write in...

First, a quick introduction. My name's Artur E. and I've been on the MapMyFitness team at the Denver office since the begining of the year and I'm working on improving the printed maps from their current state. Members who've purchased or accessed printed maps via their premium membership will have full access to the improved version, and these new printed maps will not cost any more.

The biggest issues we're aiming to address with the printed maps is the low resolution and absense of a dedicated cue sheet.

Segmented Maps

The improved printed maps will allow you to print a map overview like you have now, but also split your map into smaller distances, you will get to choose the distances you want, here's an example of a segment generated with an ideal distance of 10K.

Here's one with a distance of only 1K, of course this resolution may be a bit much if you're tracking the entire Tour De France stage

Each segment will be accompanied by the notes that correspond to that segment in particular, click on the images to view a full resolution version.

Cue Sheets

The second option we're looking at is generating cue sheets for cyclists, which will feature three mini maps showing the overall course of the route as long as notes, these can then be folded into threes. I will post a preview of this as soon as they're ready and I can get my hands on a color printer.

Your Opinions

If you have any ideas with how we can improve the printed maps, let your opinions be heard here, we look forward to reading them.

Thank you

For Community Group Admins: Feedback Requested!

kevin@mmf — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:10:43 -0500

As we begin our 2009 planning, a major focus for next year will be our Community, Group and Social Networking features. To help us with this effort we are reaching out to you, the Group Leader, the Expert.

As a user of our Community Group Tools (and our site), I am sure you have a mental list of things you like and dislike. You’ve probably thought at one point, “Wouldn’t it be cool if...” This is now your chance to send us your thoughts and comments about our Community and Groups Section.

If you have ideas about what you would like to see in the coming months, please let us know! If you like features from another site, please let us know! If you think we are missing something critical for your Group, Team, or Club, please let us know!

Thank you for your time and your support of MapMyFitness.com.

Cheers,
The MapMyFitness Team

New Feature Request

vajdo — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:03:17 -0500

Provide the ability to sort routes based on route name. I have a couple typical starting points for my maps, and I'd like to sort them so the routes with the same starting location are all together. Thanks!

sore knees

cali99 — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:14:30 -0500

my first post on here.....but I have a question I am hoping that someone can give me some good advice!

I have been training for triathlons for the last 2 years, and finally completed my first one about a month ago. However, I am NOT a runner, it is my weakest sport of the three, and I get very very sore knees. When I train, after about a 3 mile run, my knees get soo sore that if feels as if my kneecaps are literally moving each time I take a stride. Any advice please to make this stop!??