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My virtual run across America, and a business idea.
So I'm getting over my little knee problem and have started running again, and I thought it'd be cool to plot my progress on a map of the U.S., running across the country. I've always thought it would be cool to walk across the U.S., but I can't figure out how to get my work done in that scenario, so this is my fallback.
And then I thought, "Hmm, this is a pretty good idea for a website. If I started a website, could I get enough people to sell some advertising and stuff and maybe make some money?" So I went out looking to see if it's already out there. The concept isn't overly innovative, so I see a fair amount of sites out there that talk about it, but they all seem to be pretty lame. Here's a map, print it, color in your progress with a crayon kind of stuff. What I'd like is a web site where you plot your progress and then see a google maps street view of your location, and then a virtual tour of towns that you walk through, and an atlas so you can pick your route as you go, and an interactive map so you can plot your route. That doesn't exist. Is there money in this? What's the revenue model? Any web designers out there who would want to collaborate on this? In my 15 minutes of looking, I found one web site that's actually kind of close, though it's still basic. http://exercise.lbl.gov/index.html is a federal government site, and they do the street view pictures, which is pretty cool, and the online log. However, they only give you one route, an inexplicable Yorktown, Virginia, to Florence, Oregon, route, and you can't vary from that. Also, you don't get local information along your route as far as I can tell. I signed up for it, though, since it's the best option out there, and am now 11 miles into my journey. I've left Yorktown and am now on this nice road about 2 miles from Williamsburg. Anyone else want to wander along? |
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06-06-2013, 11:27 AM | #241 |
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Thank you, kind sir. I'll check it out.
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07-09-2013, 10:17 AM | #242 |
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Beta signup for a runner training app http://fittic.com/
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08-12-2013, 08:59 AM | #243 |
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Crossed the Idaho-Oregon border this morning, leaving me with 493 miles until completion. Have logged 876 miles this year.
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12-12-2013, 08:57 AM | #244 |
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And DONE
2 years 11 months 12 days (1077 days) Going to take a few weeks off now to let my knee rest (been killing me for the last couple of months, but wanted to finish this) and then start something new. |
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High-five! Right here! (Holding up hand.) I've been struggling to find another site to map, though I've been tracking miles. I found a couple that looked good, but they would both blow up at around 600 miles.
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