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7 Routes

If you use several routes repeatedly, you may define routes with the ``Edit your... routes'' link. Each route stores distance, altitude, change in elevation, and remarks. When the route is selected in the sport entry, the route's distance, altitude, and change in elevation are used for the sport entry.

Defining routes allows you to compare workouts made over the same course. The ``View Logs'' page and pace plot may be filtered to display only entries using a particular route.

The log will also calculate and display your personal records and statistics for each route.

Figure 13: The pace plot showing a pace history for a particular route.
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Figure 14: The route statistics display on the sport entry page, when a personal record is set.
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Figure 15: The route statistics display on the main page, showing statistics for routes used in the last 60 days.
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A route can be mapped and measured using the Gmap Pedometer. Gmap Pedometer can generate a URL link with the route's information encoded in it (the Permalink or tinyURL option). You may bookmark this link in your browser to recall the route's map later. Additionally, if you paste the complete URL (including the http://) into the remarks field of the route, a link to the route's map will be available in every entry using the route (see Figure 16).

If you change the route's name, the change will affect all entries using the route.

When a route is edited, selecting the ``Update Past Entries'' checkbox, applies the changes in distance, altitude, and change in elevation to all entries using the route. The entries' pace is also recalculated.

When you no longer want to use a route, select the ``inactive'' checkbox. This will remove the route from the route menus. This does not delete the route. Past entries made with that route will still be displayed. The route can be reactivated at any time by unchecking the ``inactive'' checkbox.

Figure: An example of a sport entry with a route link (which will display the route's map). The route in this example is the route being edited in Figure 17 .
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Figure 17: A route selected for editing, notice the ``Update previous entries'' checkbox and the route map url in the remarks (which causes a link to appear under ``URLs in Remarks''.
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Roger Cortesi 2006-11-12