OK everybody, hang on tight… LIVE TRACKING is here!
We are thrilled to be rolling out a new service called RunKeeper Live. Whether you are heading out to attempt your longest run ever, gearing up for a big race, or just wanting your loved ones to know where you are and that you are safe, now you can enable people to track your outdoor fitness activities live on the web while you are doing them.
And the best part is it is really easy to do! All you need to do is go to your RunKeeper sharing settings on the web and click the box to enable live tracking.
Anyone viewing your public profile will be alerted when you start your activity, and you can email your public profile link to anyone you like to let them know! Remember, your public profile is found at: http://www.runkeeper.com/user/<username> …where <username> should be replaced with the RunKeeper username you selected. You can select a username in your web profile settings.
Initially, this functionality is available exclusively to FitnessReports subscribers. We will evaluate how RunKeeper Live fits into the broader RunKeeper service as we grow.
For a demo of how it works, check out this video made by our own Tom Boates, Director of User Experience at RunKeeper:
We can’t wait to hear your feedback on this exciting new service! And like everything else we put out there, the plan is to rapidly iterate and make improvements to RunKeeper Live as the feedback comes streaming in. We are already hard at work on several improvements as we speak!
Enjoy everybody! And as always, even more great updates coming soon.
Jason
RunKeeper CEO