Monthly Archives: August 2012

Exporting Routes From Runkeeper

Posted on August 31, 2012 by cyclingengineer

I was planning out a route for a 140km cycle and wanted to get some information like maximum incline etc of the RouteYou website. Unfortunately RouteYou’s plotting functionality is a little frustrating in manual mode so I thought I would … Continue reading →

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Runalyzer Heart Rate Monitor Review

Posted on August 27, 2012 by cyclingengineer

The Runalyzer HR key is billed as a small widget that plugs into the bottom of your iPhone and allows your iPhone to receive HR information from the ‘analogue’ heart rate monitor belts such as the Polar T31 Coded – … Continue reading →

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Pool Mate Watch Review

Posted on August 21, 2012 by cyclingengineer

When I started swimming on a more regular basis I quickly came to realise I missed the tracking that I was afforded by Runkeeper when running and cycling. I struggled to count laps and remember timing while trying to concentrate on … Continue reading →

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Review: Polar FT1 HR Monitor

Posted on August 16, 2012 by cyclingengineer

I bought this probably over a year ago now when I started running so I have had some good use out of it. The FT1 is Polar’s most basic HR monitor (and therefore its cheapest!). It comes with a HR … Continue reading →

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Getting JetPack working

Posted on August 14, 2012 by sillyscientist

I had two issues with JetPack – but I finally got it working. Issue one –  Jetpack could not contact WordPress.com: register_http_request_failed. This usually means something is incorrectly configured on your web host. Operation timed out after 15000 milliseconds with … Continue reading →

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