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We could not get to our son's first marathon, but we were so glad to be able to "follow" him in real time! The app somehow guessed his progress for the first 4 miles, and it was pretty accurate, since at the first official split he was pretty close to the estimate. After that, there were 3 more updates and then the finish. A notification sounds at each update, and unofficial results are immediately available. This app greatly relieved me of typical "mom worrying".

You’re asked if you are this runner or a supporter. Then a map with your runner is on it. It’s in real time with regular updates. I was so thankful to be able to follow my son. He’s trained really hard. This is his first qualifying race and I think the fact that he finished is wonderful. His time looks outstanding to me. But it will be submitted and they let you know. Thank you for allowing me to be there! Love this app! Bravo!

This is great technology and free. What a great way to check on a runner in a race and get to a point to watch them. My only suggestion would be make it easier to find the nav to pin the users location I stumbled upon it while another parents app prompted Them to share their location automatically. By doing this you Can see where you are In relation to the runners. Great for nav through neighborhoods to get to aid stations.

As a spectator, this app does a good job of tracking a runner enabling family and friends to know where the runner is on the course. However, I noticed that the tracking was very precise at the 11 mile mark of a marathon, but by mile 24 it was off about 1/4 of a mile. I was standing at the 24 mile marker waiting for the runner to pass. The tracker was showing the runner at 24.2 although she had not yet passed. Still, a great help to keep up with a runner’s progress.

Usually when running different apps with each other there can be conflict with one another. The app was easy to setup and I didn’t have to adjust anything during the run which was great. As it’s still in beta it’s got bugs but would definitely like to test and use it more since map my run is super annoying.