Road Id App --- if you exercise alone it is a must

Oh that's so cool! I have the road id bracelet which i only sometimes wear. It would also be good for kids walking home from school. I run in a safe neighborhood but still good to be safe. Thanks!

I make my oldest son use this when he's running up our side street. It is very long and windy so lots of blind spots and even though it's 25 mph most people drive 45.

Thanks for sharing! I know elaine uses a running app too that texts her husband when she stops for 5 minutes.

What a great app! I know my husband gets concerned when I run outside and I will talk to him about this app.

I had never heard of this! Thanks for sharing. I am going to have my oldest son use this - he runs up to 11-12 miles a day and even though he has a running partner, sometimes he has to run alone or not run at all. This would make me feel better.

This is an unexpected plus of the app. You get to make fun of your husband when you check in to see how he's doing only to realize he is riding his bike in circles because he can't find his car in the parking lot 

they need one of these for when you make Craigslist pick ups by yourself.

That's a great idea, and anyone can use it. The way I understand it worked is that he loaded the free app to his phone, at the beginning of his race he used it to send a 'crumb' to me to my phone and email. After opening that link I saw where he was in 1 minute increments and if he stopped for more than 5 minutes at one place it sent a message to me to alert me to that fact. IIRC, he got to choose to not send the msg and how long he was stopped before the message was sent. So I have his whereabouts until he stopped the session.

It was kind of fun because I could 'see' him at the half-way break point and watch him walk around, get a drink and take a potty break, and I could see when he pulled over to rest. It's kind of weird because it displays the live feed over whatever the last satellite photo is of the area. So when he came home I showed him what I was guessing (where the drinks and potties were for example) to see if it matched up with reality. And when he stopped for more than 5 minutes on the route back I could see that it was a wider shoulder of road than the rest, a perfect place to safely pull over so instead of freaking out and assuming he had been hit (yes, that's where my mind goes) and calling him freaking out, I was able to be calm.

Not as exciting when he uses it around the neighborhood and surrounding areas, but it still gives me peace of mind.

As for using it for Craigslist safety, worst case scenario and someone is attacked at least there would be a lead as to their last location before the phone was destroyed or died. And this does drain the battery so make sure and charge your phones before using it! That's one of the reasons DH purchased a Garmin watch.

Sounds like a great app but I'm not sure my friends would appreciate a text at 5am