A new tracker for runners

Posted on March 27, 2008 16:27 by gtftr

Just added a new tracker to help the runners (thanks Ken and Brad), joggers and walkers out there keep their stats as well as the more indoor exercisers. The message format follows a pretty standard format:

@gtFtr Run 6 miles 30 mins HR 141 Route Windy_Hill_Loop

The parameters are as follows (as usual apart from the first which identifies what it is order isn't that important, but the space separators are, and unless specified they are all optional)

  • Run - this has to come first so the parser knows what's it's dealing with. You can also use Jog or Walk instead
  • Time 30 Mins - Either Time or Mins should be entered to track how long you were on there for
  • Dist 6 Miles - how far did you go. You can enter it as "6 miles" or "6 km" (either can have the Dist prefix as well). If you’re climbing stairs you can enter “ascents”, “steps” or “stairs” and measure distance that way (thanks Tai)
  • HR 141 - What was your average Heart Rate over the exercise.
  • Route Windy_Hill_loop – Which run was this (if you have several, or you travel and like to see the difference between, say, running in Cumbria or NYC). Note: Very important this – don’t use spaces to separate words in the route name. Use underscores or dots or dashes (the parser takes the space as a new parameter)

gtFtr is slowly growing. Feel free to use the comments on any post here, or contact us to make suggestions.

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