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An App for Runners Bitten by the Travel Bug
RunGo uses turn-by-turn navigation and pre-charted routes to help runners explore the local gems in a new city.
There are several ways to explore a city that don’t involve a clunky bus or an enthusiastic tour guide. To some, it’s as simple as taking a run. As the blog Walk Jog Run describes it, running through a new city holds a certain allure:
“As runner you really don't want to stop if you don't have to,” says Craig Slagel, who’s run dozens of marathons and visited hundreds of cities around the world. He’s also the founder of RunGo, a mobile app that combines the features of a running app with those of a travel app. Slagel’s running app is one of the first to offer turn-by-turn voice navigation, which also points out landmarks along the way.