In this day and age, can you believe I’m excited about a “manual entry” feature? Yup, it’s true. While everyone else is looking for automated ways to ease life’s burdens, I want manual entry. And I just got it in the latest update to RunKeeper for iPhone. I reviewed this activity monitor last month and showed you on video how the application uses GPS data to track running, cycling and more. Many commenters rightly pointed out that there’s no way to track exercise done while stationary, like on a treadmill or cycling trainer. But now you can. In fact, I just broke the 4-minute mile barrier on RunKeeper — all from my couch. How amazing!
Version 1.7 adds the manual entry bits, but also includes other useful updates. Audio and visual pace cues can now indicated your average pace over the entire exercise duration, not just your current pace. Split times and new interval training visuals were added too. These little enhancements will go a long way towards helping me as I move my running and biking activities from the roads to the basement.
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