Long run yesterday was an adventure. Heavy rains flooded parts of the trails at Mansfield Hollow. 2 miles into the run I was standing knee deep in ice cold water and then less than a mile from my house I fell on my face. I was pretty dirty and a bit sore by time I got back, but I had a good time. I think more caffeinated GU is better on the long runs to keep my alert and prevent me from falling.
I'd like to get an accurate distance of the trails around Mansfield Hollow. I have a map that shows some distances but it is not complete so I'm always estimating. I put an extra 10 minutes in just to be make sure I got 20 miles in, but I'd like to know exactly how far I'm running. Anybody know anything about mapping trails? If I carry a GPS unit in my hand can I get the trails onto a map? Anybody have software and a GPS that can do this?
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my father has a gps unit. he wouldn't mind our borrowing it to map the distance of some of your favorite mansfield hollow routes. when i'm back on two feet, i'll come up with it.
You can borrow the one from my lab if you'd like. I used it in my research this summer. I only used it to mark waypoints but I know it does mapping as well.
Sweet. Do you also have some kind of software that I can use to put it on a topo or aerial map? ArcGIS? Can google maps do this?
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