In my second quest in six months to consistently run 3.2 miles, I wanted to make sure I knew the distance of my runs. So, I tested a few running apps. Initially, with no luck. The first app I tried was free. It work well for my husband so I decided to upgrade to the 99 cent version, Pedometer GPS on the iPhone 5. Time worked fine, but GPS and distance were not tracked. I tried multiple setting adjustments to include background refresh. Nothing worked except for the constant reminder "GPS is weak." I ended up using the free version on my husband's iPhone 4S on weekends. Not ideal but worked for the weekend.
Next, I tried MapMyRun because several of my Facebook friends were using the app with success. But for me it was just as useless. I ended up deleting it from my phone.
After researching the Nike+ Sports Watch and Fuel, I decided to download the free Nike+ Running app for the iPhone. With background refresh set, because it tells you to do it about twenty times, I went for my first run. After a steep up hill run in gale force winds, I took my phone out of my pocket. I couldn't believe it. It actually worked, time, distance, GPS map, calorie count, etc. It worked! I verified the distance with Google Maps. And the app was accurate. It will even track history and personal bests. It looks like I've found the app. The only downside is that is doesn't track walking versus running. I like to do both. I'm curious, though, to see how it will work over time.
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