dailymile is a “social training log for runners, triathletes, and cyclists. dailymile is the easiest way to share your training with friends and stay motivated”. I’ve been using dailymile for the last week to track my training for the Vancouver marathon, and overall I’m very impressed with the features.

The key benefits I can see from dailymile so far are:

1) It’s a very effective online training log:

• Keeps track of all your workouts, including distance, heart rate, calories burned, intensity, etc
• It automatically keep fun stats like your total miles traveled, times around the earth, donuts you burned off, etc
• You can auto-sync workouts from your Nike+ (and they say Garmin GPS coming soon)
• You can create your training routes with Google Maps and keep them in your profile

2) It works as a good motivator to keep up with your training:

• By placing your training where friends and others can see, it pushes you that much more
• Friends can comment on your training and provide encouragement/ advice
• Viewing the performance of people in your area can help inspire you
• You can learn about some good new running routes and races

3) There is a good social media aspect to dailymile:

• You can add friends and track their progress
• You can add comments to others’ work-outs, and add ‘motivators’
• You can post your work-outs directly to Facebook and Twitter
• Ability to add pictures and video
• You can get various widgets, like the one below

4) You can add the races you plan to run to your profile:

• Allows you to keep track of all your races and how many days of training you have left
• You can see what other dailymile members are running in the same race

5) Its free!!

Overall, I really like dailymile so far and will use it at least until I’ve accomplished my goal of completing the Vancouver Marathon. But realistically, I see myself using this tool for a long time to come. If you’re on dailymile, be sure to add me as a friend.

Does anyone have any experience with other similar online tools?