“Activity Started”. One of the most popular apps to track and share your sports activities with your friends is undoubtedly Runkeeper. This app allows you to track the performances of various sports activities through your smartphone. How does the app work and what are the possibilities? You’ll find out in this article.
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Cardio training with Runkeeper
Today’s smartphones are almost all equipped with a GPS receiver, allowing your location and the pace at which it changes to be tracked by smart apps. Runkeeper is one of these smart apps. Through the GPS receiver, distances and speeds at which you engage in sports activities are measured. The activities for which you can track performances are: Running, cycling, skiing, and swimming.
The app’s user-friendliness is very good. The possibilities in the app are clearly presented in large letters. If you want to start a new activity, you click on “Activities” and indicate what you want to do. Then, you can specify the goal of your activity. This could be a distance or a certain speed. Do you want a schedule to run 10 kilometers? Runkeeper contains multiple schedules to safely and challengingly get you to that 10 kilometers. “Activity Complete!”
Runkeeper in combination with your own music
In addition to the user-friendliness and the ability to track multiple activities, it’s nice that you can use the app in conjunction with the playlist on your smartphone. The option to work with a streaming music service like Spotify is also available, but you need to ensure that your battery is sufficiently charged. If you’re going to run for an hour with Runkeeper and Spotify, there’s a good chance your smartphone will give up before you do.
Coaching during your activity
During sports activities, you can enable the coaching functionality of Runkeeper. With this functionality, you can receive updates on your progress. Suppose you want to know your time every 500 meters; you can set it up that way. This can also be set up based on time, so you get an update on your progress every 5 minutes. This is a major advantage compared to other apps like NikePlus or Endomondo, where the customization options are more limited.
Share your results via Social Media
You can share the results of the activities you’ve tracked with Runkeeper via Social Media such as Facebook and Twitter. Your results will then appear in the timelines of your friends, allowing you to show off the records you’ve set. We found this to be one of the most motivating features of Runkeeper, given that we are all competitive by nature. There’s nothing more frustrating than seeing your training buddy beat your personal record on the 10km by just a minute.
Availability
Runkeeper is an incredibly useful app for athletes who want to track their activities for themselves. Athletes who are motivated by the competitive element will enjoy this app as they can share every result with their friends. The Runkeeper app is available for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone and can be downloaded for free. There’s also an option to open a Runkeeper Pro account and receive more training schedules, but we found the free version of Runkeeper more than sufficient.
