New Find: Map My Ride

Exercise is something that I struggle with. I hate it all. I hate sweating, my joints aching, jiggling when I move and most of all I hate how red my face gets. In third grade, when I was a very healthy, in shape young girl, a boy in my gym class made a joke about my bright red, puffy face. I know it’s immature, I know it’s petty, I know that it was seventeen years ago but, I’m still self-conscious about it.

Today I went on a bike ride – an 8.5 mile bike ride to be exact.

It felt good. The sweat felt like progress. The jiggling and the aching motivated me and the red face, well, whatever. My dad once told me it was because I’m fair skinned and Irish, so, I’ll stick with that.

I downloaded a fabulous app for my android phone (available on the iPhone too), called Map My Ride. Here is the image of my ride:

The app totally appeals to my type A personality. I love seeing my route on the screen, knowing exactly how far I went, how many calories I burned, how fast I was going and so much more. All you have to do is turn on the app, put your phone in your pocket or backpack and start riding. It almost makes exercising fun!

I will work out again tomorrow. I will, I will, I will.