Even though Endomondo crapped out on me, I just had a great run. I love it when I run and I have more energy afterwards. Hopefully it sticks - my calender for the next four weeks is already almost full. Mostly with the 4 project classes that I have running simultaneously, but also because I'm going traveling twice! To London with my sister not this weekend but the next, and two weeks after that to Antwerp. Anyone know some cool things to do in London? I already booked breakfast at the Sky Garden.
Unstoppable force and immovable object. Ask a cabbie -- "take me to the London Stone!"
Your mileage may vary, but Map My Run seems to be the one that craps the least. I am jealous of the Sky Garden. Upon first visiting Los Angeles in the '90s I had the idea of starting a place like that and calling it Silent Running. Unfortunately I am not a bilionaire. I enjoyed the shit out of the Tate Modern, but you may not.
Seconded about the Tate. Sometimes expos are not the most interesting and very expensive(I think it was like 20 something pounds last time I went! Who has that kind of money!?), but at least walk in for the architecture of the place and check out the free exhibit. There's a really cool market walking distance away too :)
How was your London visit? The Evening Standard reports that London Stone has moved to temporary quarters at the Museum of London.
I had a fun day doing the free walking tour: Street art edition last time I went. It was basically a walk around Brick Lane: the most hipster street I've ever seen. I think you need to book a day or two in advance. I also quite enjoyed an expo at the Barbican about games and VR. It's a really cool building too, maybe they have something interesting right now too? It was nice having my sister living there for the past 3 years, I'd make it my connecting flight every time I flew to Europe and got to stay with her :) Too bad she just moved to Ottawa, the most boring city in Canada. The UK really dropped the ball by not giving her that working visa...
I know that feeling -- I have a Fitbit, and when I play a long soccer game without it on, it feels like the steps and miles I ran "don't count." Which is silly. By the way, have you tried RunKeeper? The running app? I wonder how the two compare, Endomondo and RunKeeper.
In those cases I usually manually add the workout. It might have also been OxygenOS's fault, because after the workout crashed I couldn't turn the screen on for a while. When I rebooted my battery jumped from 21% to 8% to 3% in a few seconds. Luckily it stayed there for the rest of the run. When I last tried it I didn't find RunKeeper to be much better. Endomondo is also very good at taking all kinds of sports and activities and dealing with it. It works out of the box with my HR monitor and during the run I can easily check the map to adjust my route. I'll take the few times it shits itself if the rest of the time I get exactly what I want out of my running experience. Maybe when I'm more serious about a detailed tracking I'll give it a try.
Honestly, my favorite thing to do in London is ride around on the underground and pop out in different places to get a feel for the entire city (zone 1 at least). I suspect you sympathize. But if you have a day, boats leave from the downtown docks heading to Hampton Court. Really soothing trip along the Thames, and you can tour the castle at the end. Take a train back to save time. 4-5 hours. And if you really have time for a day trip, go to Oxford. It's the college town. If the weather is good it's one of the most peaceful places on earth. Bus trip is ~90 minutes one way, I recall, and cheap. If you have limited time, simply wander around Hyde Park at night.
That's a shame. I'd maybe skip the museums, if you only really have one day. Just explore, eat at a pub, drink ale, look at the famous buildings on the Thames and wander the famous gardens/parks. And! Put the Knowledge to the test if you have some funds. I bet any cabbie you meet would enjoy talking about it.