My friend and co-worker Peter, and I went for a walk today around the campus while I tested a Blackberry GPS exercise tracking application. My Garmin Edge 305 is acting kind of funky lately powering down mid ride and scrambling data so it looks like I will have to send it in for repair. As a result I need something else to use in the meantime. Since my shiny new BB Bold 9700 has GPS, it seemed like a logical substitute….
What you see below is the embedded data for this BlackBerry application (get the BlackBerry version here) called SportyPal which uses the BB’s builtin GPS to track exercise data and upload it to the SportyPal web site. There is also an iPhone version called SportyPal Bike available through the iTunes app store. While it does not include heart rate or cadence sensor data, it will works pretty good for tracking a number of other parameters and supports many forms of exercise. Peter has an iPhone and since he has decided to join the Saturday weekly group ride that I organize, I suggested he use the iMapMyRide application to track the ride tomorrow. The weather is looking good for tomorrow so we are looking forward to the ride and are hoping for a good turnout.
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