Rob Raux - Observations

Where are the workouts? At RunningAhead.com

As of June 1st I’ve started using RunningAhead. This is far and away the best running oriented site I have found. It is completely free and currently houses no ads or up sells. The creator accepts donations through PayPal and operates the site as a side project.

I plan to use this site to record all of my biking, swimming, and running in one place. It treats the other exercising items as cross training items, which is exactly what I want. My log is even public.

Here is current feature list pulled from the site:

• Charts/graphs
  • Beautiful color graphs
  • Create your own custom charts
  • Graph types:
    • Stacked bar graphs
    • Scatter graphs (xy plots)
    • Line graphs
• Searches
  • Data specific searches that allows you to list runs based on:
    • Course
    • Shoe
    • Race distance
  • Create custom searches based on arbitrary criteria
• Tracks a wide range of data points, including:
  • Basics: date, time of day, distance, run time, etc.
  • Shoe: shoe mileage, cost
  • Course: terrain type
  • Health: Weight, rest/average/maximum heart rate
  • Environment: weather, temperature
  • Intervals: tracks individual interval data
  • Race: overall and group placements
• Cross training: cycling, swimming, spinning, elliptical, weight lifting, etc.
• Course maps
  • Create, measure and save your routes using Google map
  • Share your maps with other runners
  • Link to your maps from your blog or website
  • Enable/disable mile markers
  • Automatic zoom to view entire map
  • Enable/disable auto centering
  • Create note markers
  • Multiple map sources, including elevation (contour) map
• Monthly calendar view with weekly workout summaries and workout details,
• Automatic PR generation from races
• Share your log and pictured profile with other runners
• Customizable data:
  • Define your own run types and colors
  • Define your own cross training and colors
  • Metric/English units
  • First day of the week
  • Date formating
• Import/export your data from other running logs