For the past 10 years or so, I
have been using a pedometer whenever I go for my brisk walking exercise. A
pedometer is a device that you clip to your waistband and it measures the number
of steps you take when you walk or jog. Whilst it doesn’t measure the distance
I have covered, unless I take the trouble to convert (for me it’s approx 1250
steps per km), it is good enough as a barometer to check my exercise level; and
prod me to get off my butt when the end of the month approaches and I am behind
target.
But lately, I have decided to
ditch my trusty pedometer, which had followed me even when I travel overseas,
because I have found a new love …. Runkeeper. This is a really cool app
available for Android as well as iPhone. Besides measuring the distance you
have traveled in km, it has a number of advantages over the pedometer. It can
store your data (and share with your friends on Facebook – which I don’t), measure your
speed and even plot your route on Google Maps. Now how cool is that. And it is
also free. The pedometer which I have purchased from Mustaffa Centre – so far I
have used 3 – costs about $20+. There are other features which I am too lazy to
figure out. The above are good enough for me …. for now.
And so it’s Goodbye pedometer,
hello Runkeeper.
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Haha …. In case you wonder why I took so long to
complete the 6.2 km route around the Pandan reservoir; I kept stopping to take
photos to share with friends on Facebook.
