Endomondo

You will get the most fun with Endomondo if you have a mobile phone with GPS - either internally or as an external device or a Garmin GPS device. Whenever you go running, cycling, roller skating etc., bring your mobile phone and turn on the free Endomondo program. At the end of your workout, you press stop on the phone, and your track is automatically uploaded to your profile at Endomondo.com. Next time you log in, you will be able to see your latest workout including a map, distance, pace, end time and split times etc. In addition, Endomondo offers you a wide range of services for free:

• Keep a complete training log for all your distance related sports.
• Challenge your buddies on a specific track or in another category
• Find sports buddies
• Create a team for your buddies
• Keep track of what sports your friends are doing

If you use a Garmin device, you have to manually import your workout data from the device to your Endomondo profile, with a few simple steps.

A lot of other cool functions are under way as Endomondo is still in a beta version. To install the free program on your mobile, log in and click on Download. It only takes a few minutes before you are up and running!

‘Endo’ is short for endorphins, which are natural substances that are released during sports, while ‘mondo’ means world in Esperanto. In short, Endomondo is your world of endorphins.

With Endomondo, doing sports becomes much more fun. You and your colleagues can get your own community around your activities.
A company package provides you with company challenges, weekly status reports and superior technical support. Let us know at companysales@endomondo.com if you are interested in a company solution
If you want to try out Endomondo before buying a company package, we suggest signing up and creating a team for your employees first.

Installation of the Endomondo Sports Tracker and the actual tracking through the GPS signal is free, but you will incur a minor cost from your mobile operator when using the tracker for online tracking because you transmit data from your mobile phone to the Internet. A typical workout lasting 30 minutes without audio feedback sends about 50 kb data, which gives a cost around 0.05 USD or 0.03 Euro if you have a normal pay-per-use subscription (1 USD per MB). Please note that the cost is significantly higher outside your home country. We recommend that you check the cost with your operator before using Endomondo - especially in foreign countries. If you receive Audio Feedback and Peptalks the data traffic will be a higher depending how much audio you receive.

You can set your Privacy settings as you like on your profile, but we encourage people to share as much as possible to make the community more fun for all, this also makes it easier to find new friends on Endomondo. To customize you Privacy settings go to Settings and click on the Privacy tab. If you choose to share a workout by creating a unique link through the Share button on a workout (like when you post to Facebook, Twitter or other sites) the workout data and the map will be publicly visible to everyone you share the link with.

We are keen on improving Endomondo.com continuously and we sincerely value whatever feedback or ideas you may have for us. To provide feedback to our developers, send e-mail to feedback@endomondo.com. Thanks!

Sure! We could need your help in several ways.

Spread the word: You can invite all your friends to join us, and if they don't have a GPS phone yet, tell them to get in the game and get one ASAP! See the list of supported mobile phones at www.endomondo.com/download.

Webshop: Visit our webshop and buy some gear at shop.endomondo.com, this will make Endo happy.

Workplace: Also, if you think the company you work for may be interested in hearing more about what Endomondo can offer companies, please write to companysales@endomondo.com and let us know.

Marketing: If you have any ideas for cool events that we should be represented at, please let us know at marketing@endomondo.com!

Feedback: Any general feedback is very welcome as well. Share your thoughts with us at feedback@endomondo.com.

We have tried to answer many of the questions you may have in this FAQ. Should you not have found what you were looking for, you are always welcome to write us.

For technical support: support@endomondo.com - Please provide information about your phone brand, model, carrier, and other useful information, so we can provide faster support.

For inputs and comments: feedback@endomondo.com

Are you organizing a sports event and interested in live tracking: event@endomondo.com

For all other inquiries, please write us at info@endomondo.com.

At the moment, we are optimized for Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0 & 8.0, Firefox 3 and newer versions, and Safari (on Mac).

• On the main page you will find a Sign Up box.
• You will be asked to fill out a few information about yourself. The mandatory information is marked with *, but to get the most out of our service fill out all the fields and click Sign Up.
• In a little while, you will receive an e-mail to confirm your profile. Therefore it is important to use an e-mail you have access to immediately. If you can't see the e-mail in your inbox, please check your spam filter.
• Click on the activation link in the e-mail.
• You are now registered as a user on Endomondo and you can log in and get started.

• After creating a profile you will receive a confirmation e-mail with a link you have to click on to activate your profile.
• Next, go to www.endomondo.com and in the upper right corner you will find a Login box. Enter your e-mail address in the first box (where it says email) and your password in the next box and click Login.

• Go to Workouts - your latest workout will automatically be shown.
• In the Workouts box to the right you can see the details about the workout.
• Here you can also manually add a new workout, import a workout from a Garmin device, delete the workout and make the workout into a route.
• You can use the mouse to see your lap times by placing it over the kilometer makers.
• Below the map you can see a calender and a list overview of your workouts, you can use this to flip through your old workouts.
• Click on a specific workout to see the details on the map.

• Go to Workouts - your latest workout will automatically be shown.
• The Workouts box to the right shows you the details about the workout.
• In the Details field you can edit the details by clicking on the pencil to the right of the line you want to edit e.g. the sports type.
• At the bottom of the box you see a Notes field, here you can write comment about your workout.

With Challenges you can compete against your friends without working out at the same time or place. You can challenge you friends in who tracks the most kilometers, has most workouts, first to reach X kilometers, burns most calories or has most active minutes. Challenges are a great motivation and make working out more fun.

• Go to Challenges.
• Click on New Challenge.
• Fill out the challenge and select the friends you want to challenge - you can make it a public (visible to all) or private challenge (just the ones you invite).
• Click Challenge to get started.
• Now your friends just have to accept the challenge.

• Go to Friends & Teams.
• Click on New Team to the right.
• Fill out the formula about the team.
• The Access field defines whether your team is:
  • Private team - only you can invite friends to the team,
  • Open for applications - others can request to join the team, or
  • Open for everyone - everybody can join the team without your consent.
• When you have finished you settings click on Create.
• You can always edit the team settings later.

• Go to Friends & Teams.
• Find your team on the list and click Edit.
• On the right hand side you will se a list of all your friends, click on Invite on the friends you want to invite to your team.
• Requests shows you the ones who have requested to join your team and all team members are listed under Members.

• You can either search for a friend by typing the name in the search box and click Add as friend on the friend.
• Or if you see a friend on another persons profile or team, click on the person you want to add and then click on Add as friend.

• When you login the main page, Home, will always show your invites in the right hand side in a box called Invites.
• There will only be an Invites box if you have unanswered invites, these can be from friends, teams or challenges.
• You can choose to accept by clicking Confirm or to Ignore the invitation.

• Click on Settings in the upper right corner.
• The last setting is profile picture, here you can browse your computer for a picture.
• Remember to press Save when the picture is done uploading.

• Click on Settings in the upper right corner.
• Here you can edit all you personal information.
• Press Save before leaving the settings.

If you keep arriving at the frontpage when logging in, it is most likely because there is a mistake in either your e-mail or password or both. Don't forget that we differentiate between lower and upper case letters. If you keep having the problem, a good trick is to copy both e-mail address and password from the second service e-mail you received from us upon signing up. Otherwise click on Forgot Password? above the login field and type your e-mail.

Click on Forgot Password? above the login field and type your e-mail.

First start the Endomondo Tracker on your mobile phone and check Settings to see if you are logged in, you name should be shown in the user field, also make sure that you have selected a valid data connection. Second, check the History list (not available on Windows Mobile phones) to see if the track has been uploaded, otherwise upload it manually or turn on automatic upload. If it still does not upload, exit Endomondo and check you phones data settings to make sure you have access to the Internet and that the Endomondo Tracker can access the connection.

If your average speed is lower than it should be, it is most likely because you have a few tracks that seem to have lasted many hours. This can be because you forgot to stop the Endomondo Tracker correctly after a workout. In most cases, you can delete a workout by going to Workouts, choosing the relevant workout and click Delete. Be careful only to delete the wrong workouts, as we cannot restore deleted workouts. After this, your average speed should go up.

The speed is calculated from the track points we collect through the GPS. But since the GPS is still not 100 % accurate it can pick up track points that are a bit off. This will mean that the GPS thinks you have moved farther than you have which results in a higher speed. We try to filter out these track points to get a more accurate route and speed, but it is not always possible. So the max speed can look very high sometimes.

Most likely the reason is that you are using an internet browser we do not support. At the moment, we are optimized for Internet Explorer 7.0 & 8.0, Firefox 3.0, Safari (Mac) and Chrome.

First try to check your e-mail accounts spam filter, you might find the e-mail here. Otherwise contact us at support@endomondo.com.

We support direct import from Garmin Forerunner 205, 305, 405 and 310XT. For this to work make sure that you have the latest version of the Garmin Communicator Plugin installed in your browser. You can get it here: Garmin Communicator Plugin

For all distance based sports, we calculate the calories consumed as a function of sport, distance and weight of the athlete. In other words, the consumption is equal to a certain amount of calories per km per kg of body weight. This amount of calories is a factor depending on the type of sports activity, i.e., it is relatively low for transportation cycling compared to running.

The formula looks like this: Calorie consumption in kcal = X kcal * body weight in kg * distance in km

For instance, the factor for walking is 0.8. For a person with a weight of 75 kg taking a walk of 5 km, the formula looks like this:

Calorie consumption in kcal = 0.8 kcal * 75 kg * 5 km
Calorie consumption = 300 kcal

With Peptalk, you can send a message to a friend that is out tracking right now! You type the message in plain English, and the text is then converted to speech and played on your friend's mobile phone through the headphones or speaker. Use this feature to motivate a friend while he or she is working out. You just put in a little more effort when you know someone is following your performance. The Peptalk feature is available from the Live Map (push the Peptalk button), and from the Newsfeed on your Home page when a friend is out tracking. In both cases, you can only send Peptalk to friends that are using a version of the Endomondo Sports Tracker that supports this and if the users have enabled the feature.

At the moment, we support most mobile phones which have a built-in GPS, this includes phones that run: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Java, Symbian S60, Windows Mobile 6.1 and newer. See our download page for a list of all the supported models. If your phone is missing please contact us at support@endomondo.com and we will see what we can do.

The Endomondo Sports Tracker can also be downloaded through a range of application stores, so you can try to log one of these on your phone and search for Endomondo - check out one of these.

- Android Market (We support all Android phones)
- App Store on iPhone
- App World on Blackberry
- Ovi Store by Nokia
- Windows Marketplace

Our ambition is to support pretty much all major GPS phones. Feel free to let us know, if you’re missing any other GPS phones on the list. But you can also search for Endomondo on the various applications stores - see which in the answer to the previous question.

Yes, we have integrated direct upload from Garmin Forerunner 205, 305, 405 and 310XT and import of GPX and TCX files. If you have a GPS device we do not support, please let us know and we will try to integrate it.

You can use Endomondo for all sports involving movement across a distance. Running, cycling, walking, skiing, roller-skating and kayaking are obvious examples. See the full list of sports below. If you are missing a particular sport, please let us know at feedback@endomondo.com and we will see what we can do.

Cycling, transportation
Cycling, sport
Fitness walking
Golfing
Hiking
Kayaking
Kite surfing
Mountain biking
Orienteering
Riding
Roller skating
Roller skiing
Rowing
Running
Sailing
Skiing, cross country
Skiing, downhill
Snowboarding
Swimming
Walking
Windsurfing
Including a range of other none-distance based sports, which you can manually type in.

Endomondo works with all mobile operators and phone networks. However, your mobile subscription needs to include data transmissions (at least GPRS or UMTS) to do live tracking. On most phones you can also use a Wifi connection to upload the data when it is within reach.

No, you don't need network/phone signal for Endomondo to work. You can always upload your tracks later. However, if you want Live tracking you need to have a phone/network signal and turn the Automatic Upload/Online Tracking on.

GPS is based on at least 24 satellites placed more than 20.000 km above the surface of the Earth. The coverage depends on the lines of sight between your position and the GPS satellites and at times, high buildings and poor weather conditions can result in unstable coverage.

The effect varies a lot from phone to phone and it depends on how many other applications you are using at the same time. For instance, it often helps significantly to turn off Bluetooth and other services if you are not using them anyway. Most phones can track for 4-6 hours before recharging, whereas the best phones can track for 10-12 hours before recharging.

Yes, on the Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Symbian and Java version of our Endomondo Sports Tracker you can get Audio feedback while you are active. A voice will tell you your lap time, duration, estimated finish. But to get the audio cues you need to be tracking online because we send the audio cues from our server.

Yes, you can use all other functions in your mobile phone as usual while using Endomondo.

Unfortunately, we cannot control the GPS signal, and we are aware that it sometimes takes a while to get a signal. Many phones have trouble getting a GPS signal indoor. If the problem persists, check your GPS settings. If you have a Nokia phone, it can help to edit the following phone settings: Go to Menu, Tools, Settings, General and scroll down and click on Positioning. Go to Positioning Server, Server Address and write supl.nokia.com if this is not the default setting. Also check that Network based and integrated GPS is enabled. On Android phones you need to make sure that Location services are enabled in the settings. On Windows Mobile phones you need to make sure you have updated the QuickGPS settings. On Blackberry go to Options, Advanced options, GPS and try to check settings, GPS Data Source = Device GPS, GPS Service = Location ON, Location Aiding = Enabled (sometimes it helps to disable Location Aiding).

At the moment we only support heart rate on Android 2.x phones, but we are working on integrating it on our other Endomondo Sports Tracker applications as well.

Sometimes it can be tricky to pair the Zephyr heart rate belt with the Android phone. The first time you try to connect the monitor, follow these steps.

• Make sure the Zephyr HxM belt is fully charged.
• Moist the pads on the belt.
• Go into the phone settings and turn on Bluetooth (not in the Endomondo app).
• Put on the heart rate belt and make sure it is tight around your chest.
• Keep the phone close to the heart rate belt and search for Bluetooth devices.
• Now the phone should find the device - the name will probably be HXM(xxx).
• Pair you phone with the heart rate belt, if you are asked for a code type 1234.
• The status should now be "Paired but not connected".
• The above step only needs to be done once.
• Start Endomondo, the application should now find the heart rate belt. There should be a short text that says it found the belt.
• To see your heart rate you need to tap one of the four fields on the screen and select HR or HR avg.