Welcome to RunBrief, the podcast that keeps you moving smarter, not harder. Today, we’re talking about a free web tool that finally takes the guesswork out of finding and measuring your favorite hill.

It’s called On the Go Map, but most runners know it as “How Far Did I Run?” Simply click your hill’s start and end points—using the walking icon to snap your path to actual roads or drawing straight lines if you like—and hit the elevation icon. It looks like a mountain, tucked in the bottom corner. Instantly you’ll see the overall grade as a percentage.

Want a gentle warm-up? A “1% or 2% would be a very mild hill.” Feeling brave? My go-to hill clocks in at 8%, and “anybody going over 10% on a regular basis is a certified maniac.” In our example, we mapped 0.17 miles uphill for an 85-foot gain—that’s a 9.5% grade.

If you haven’t scoped out the perfect incline yet, switch your map style to terrain. Any road crossing multiple contour lines is your ticket to a killer workout. Give it a try on your next run, and let us know how steep your local hills really are. Thanks for listening to RunBrief—keep your stride strong!
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