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MeinSportplatz A Personal Trainer For Runners, Walkers And Cyclists

MeinSportplatz is a well designed new service for runners, cyclists, skaters or walkers which helps them keep track of their routes and brings some fun and motivation into their workouts.

screenshot meinsportplatz

The site has currently two main features:

Aspiring athletes can create Tracks by pointing and clicking on an interactive Google Map. This feature is really nicely executed, a lot of information like overall distance or highest and lowest points of the track are automatically calculated and displayed.

screenshot meinsportplatz
screenshot meinsportplatz

I like the diagram at the bottom of the map. When you move the slider the postition in the track is indicated.

The other major feature is a calendar for planning exercises and tracking your progress. Users can schedule workouts, set goals, enter the actual distance covered and annotate each event. All information is also aggregated in monthly stats, great for visual feedback on your accomplishments.

Community features are under development.

screenshot meinsportplatz

(This article originally was written for blognation Germany. Since blognation is gone I have reposted it here)

☍ 06.09.2007 # sports