The 5 Things Every Runner Should Track

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The 5 Things Every Runner Should Track

I go in and out of tracking workouts, and right now, I’m heavily into it. I should always be tracking, even when I’m not training for something specific, just so I have an idea of my baseline, but I admit, I fall off the wagon pretty fast… But lately, with devices like the Apple Watch, it is pretty easy to do a quick look-back even when I’m not being meticulous about tracking. Still, to get the most bang for your tracking buck, I did this writeup over at MapMyFitness.com:

5 Things Every Runner Should Track

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About Molly Hurford

Molly Hurford is a journalist in love with all things cycling, running, nutrition and movement-related. When not outside, she’s writing about being outside and healthy habits of athletes and interviewing world-class athletes and scientists for The Consummate Athlete. She’s the author of multiple books and her most recent project, Shred Girls, is a young adult fiction series and online community focused on getting girls excited about bikes. She also writes regularly for publications including Bicycling magazine, Outside, Map My Run, and Nylon. Molly is a little obsessed with getting people—especially women—psyched on adventure and being outside, and she regularly hosts talks and runs clinics for cyclists and teaches yoga online and IRL… And in her spare time, the former Ironman triathlete and cyclist now spends time racing ultra-runs on trails. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @mollyjhurford