A fun and potentially useful training tool

While most skiers structure their training by time and not distance, it can be helpful (or just interesting) to know how far you ran, skied, rollerskied, etc.

Here is a very handy and simple tool that we came across recently to do just that –

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/

This system uses google maps so you can view satellite images, topo maps, and street maps. You can calculate distance in both miles and kilometers, and save and share routes.