Looking for GPS-workout tracking app with many features

May 14, 2013 1:35 PM

I currently use Endomondo to track my skating workouts. I like it a lot, but miss two things: 1) I would love to be able to analyze part of the workout as if it was an entire workout. Say, if I skated from point A to Z, I want to see the average speed over part L to R. 2) I would love more personal bests. For skating, Endomondo starts the personal bests at 3 miles or 5 km. I want to see my personal best 1 km or mile too. With time, they track most kms in one hour, but I rarely skate one hour, I want to track half hours. I know that I could switch my activity type to a different one for which they do track other distances/times, but I don't want to do that. I am looking for either a web application that accepts .gpx files that I can export from Endomondo, or a new app (should work on both iOS and Android) that can also export to .gpx.
posted by blub to Health & Fitness (3 answers total)

Try RunKeeper (it does more than running).
posted by Brian Puccio at 5:51 PM on May 14, 2013

Best answer: I am a big fan of Strava. It allows you to define and share "segments" within your route (the "L to R" example you gave) and get stats on those segments. It also tracks various PRs and can export to gpx. The app runs on iPhones and Androids, or if you have a Garmin device, you can upload the data. There are two versions of the app: one designed for running and one for cycling. For your application -- skating -- I would recommend the running version. Strava has a freemium business model, but the free version should meet all of your requirements.
posted by kovacs at 6:13 PM on May 14, 2013 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Thanks! Strava's segments are great. The basic version doesn't seem to have great PR stats, but I think the premium "Time and Distance Goals" may work for that.
posted by blub at 2:48 AM on May 16, 2013