RunKeeper is Awesome

from Lifehacker by Jason Fitzpatrick

Last week's Hive Five certainly showed us that the love Lifehacker readers have for technology extends well beyond their daily work. Both the call for contenders and the Hive Five itself were gold mines of information about how you plan, track, and analyze your exercise routines with the help of gizmos, gadgets, and software.

The medal for best exercise planning and tracking tool goes to RunKeeper, a nifty iPhone application that takes advantage of your iPhone's GPS to do everything from measure your speed to map your route. Following RunKeeper was another take-it-with-you solution, the Nike+ running system, which combines a sensor in your shoes with your iPod to turn your iPod into a distance-tracking, running-routine-analyzing exercise partner.

For some solutions which don't involve iAnything, make sure to check out the rest of the Hive Five and the comments from the call for contenders to see all the ways your fellow readers use websites and gadgets to help them stay in shape.