I am an avid runner (Yep that’s me jumping over the hurdle in the Men’s Health 2008 Urbanathlon) so RunKeeper Pro is dear to my heart. For me it’s my most functional iPhone app by far. On my 7:00 a.m. runs thru Harlem this app has allowed me to not only track my run by time but by distance accurate step-by-step GPS. It also allows me to view my pace, speed, elevation and calories burned while listening to my music in the background. But what the developers did to really make this a cool app was to add a social sharing component. After your run it will send a tweet out via twitter letting all your lazy ass friends know that you just finished a five miler while they were still drooling.

It’s nothing like social sharing your achievements

It also allows you to share your run on numerous networks (digg, facebook, YahooBuzz, etc.) and gives you the option of “making your runs public” so that it shares your runs with members in the RunKeeper community. So you can meet others in your area that share their runs too. Really cool options.

Nicely Engineered App

In addition to jogging it also accurately tracks hiking, cycling, walking, skiing, and even driving. I have tried 3 other running GPS tracking apps, but this one blows all the others away. With some apps GPS tracking is shoddy, some stop tracking if a call or text comes thru, and some don’t allow you to listen to your music while it’s on (can you even believe that?). With RunKeeper Pro you’re able to do all those things plus features like pause and start if you say run into your pretty neighbor who you’ve been trying to go out with for the past year. It was just built for everything. The only addition I would like to see is voice alerts for distance and time. But other than that it’s a nicely engineered app!

You can pick RunKeeper Pro up for a measley $10 at the iTunes store.