MapMyFitness, whose apps let users track their runs and bike rides, is expanding into the marathon-tracking business. The Austin, Texas-based company has adapted its MapMyRun software, combined with RFID and GPS tracking of runners, to allow marathon enthusiasts (and friends of competitors) to track their favorite runners. The software was used at the recent New York City Marathon and this past weekend at the San Francisco Marathon. The software provides a variety of race information, including a map of the course, and allows runners to track their own progress and send out alerts on Facebook and Twitter. For San Francisco, MapMyFitness offered a free iPhone app; an app for tracking individual runners was available as a $1.99 in-app purchase. That said, my colleague Liz Gannes found that the marathon-tracking features could use a little more training. Gannes said she tried to track friends running the San Francisco half and full marathon, Read More

The Tour de France is in full swing and cyclists around the world are watching the man in the yellow jersey, who at the writing of the post is Frenchman Thomas Voeckler, of Europcar. Here are five apps to help you keep up with the cycling action or even make your own: Fantasy Cycling Tour is a fantasy sports app for the cycling crowd. You can build a fantasy cycling team and race them in circuits around the world. You can hire new riders or trade talent to build the best team. You start off with a 50 million Euro budget and can supplement that cash reserve with winnings. iMapMyRIDE+ is a ride tracking application that lets you hop on your bike and keep track of the distance traveled, calorie burned, speed and more. The app uses the iPhones built-in GPS and saves the information to your handset. The app can Read More

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