Map Your Running, Biking & Walking Route with Google Pedometer

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It depresses me when I learn about something cool only to find out that the person I share it with has known about it for years. Such is the case with my new find: Google Pedometer. Evidently, it's not all that new.

At any rate, it's new to me! And if you enjoy running, biking or walking around St. Louis, and are curious as to what mileage you cover and how many calories you've burned, you need to check out Google Pedometer.

Type in your starting point at the top of the page, zoom in if need be and click "start recording" in the upper left. Plot your points along your desired route by clicking your mouse. Google calculates your mileage and your approximate calories burned based on weight if you turn that option on. You can even save your routes, print them off or export as GPX. 

Anyone getting tired of the same old 26.2 mile marathons? Looks like a morning jog to Columbia would burn 11,311 calories or more. That said, I think I'll just stick to a 2 mile wussy jog to Castlewood Park.