This is something I used to do religiously when I was in highschool but really haven't done at all in years. Now it seems sites like mapmyrun.com make it a bit easier despite the website itself being a bit on the clunky side. Who knew my bike commute is a little over 9 miles? Super.
For the past few years I've really just kept kind of a mental log of what I've been up to lately, occassionally scribbling a note about how much I'm lifting or how many pullups I can do, but never anything fancy. Since a lot of my activity is mileage based it seems like it might be interesting to keep track of, but really whats the point? I don't see how it would affect my activity level. Maybe having a log of how lazy I am will encourage me to be more active, but I don't know.
For those of you that do keep track of this sort of thing, why do you do it? Does it influence the way you exercise? Is the mapmyrun thing just a means for people to humblebrag through the facebook feeds?
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