Draw a route

Draw on the map

1. Open “Draw a route” at livebib.com/routes/new.
2. Tap the map where you start, then tap where you want to go. The line follows paths and roads.
3. Keep tapping to go further. Drag the line to reshape it.

“Undo” or the Backspace key takes back the last point. Turn off the ⤳ button to draw straight lines between points instead.

Run or ride, and on what

Choose “Run” or “Ride”, then the ground you want under you:

• “Mixed”: the most direct way that suits the sport.
• “Trail”, for running: paths and forest trails rather than asphalt and traffic, including the mountain trails “Mixed” leaves out.
• “Road”, for running: firm, even ground, keeping off soft and rough paths.
• “Road”, for cycling: sealed roads, for a road bike.
• “Gravel”: gravel roads and tracks, away from the big roads.
• “MTB”: trails and singletrack, keeping off asphalt.

The choice shapes what you draw next. What you have already drawn stays as it is.

Get a loop suggestion

1. Tap “Loop”.
2. Tap where the loop should start and finish.
3. Set the distance. The loop comes out within about a tenth of it.
4. Tap “New idea” for another loop, or “Done” to keep this one.

Distance, climb and time

The panel shows the distance, the climb, the descent and a time. For a run, the time allows for the hills.

The coloured bar shows how much of the route is asphalt, gravel and trail. A note appears when the route runs along bigger roads or up stairs.

Marked trails and running tracks

The “Trails” button on the map shows hiking trails, exercise loops, cycle routes, MTB trails and ski tracks, in the colour they are waymarked with on the ground. The red dots are running tracks.

Zoom in to see the trails’ names. On a computer, the pointer shows a trail’s name and length. Press “Trails” again to hide them.

The trails come from OpenStreetMap and are updated every week.

Checkpoints and changes

Under “More”, “+ Checkpoint” puts a named point on the route, like a water stop. Tap it later to rename or remove it.

“Close the loop” joins the end to the start, “Reverse” turns the route around, and “Out & back” runs it back to where you started.

GPX files and sharing

“Import GPX” opens a route from a file, so you can change a course you already have. “GPX” saves your route as a file for your watch or another app.

“Share” copies a link. Whoever opens it sees the same route, without an account.

Save it, or race on it

“Save route” keeps the route on its own page, with the map, the elevation and “Download GPX”. Saving needs an account.

“Use for a broadcast” starts a broadcast with the route as its course, so the people following you see the line and when you will reach each checkpoint.