Route recommendation process

How RouteFit works

RouteFit turns one confirmed start and one clear time or distance target into a small set of distinct walking or running route options.

1. Confirm the route start

Use browser location when it is accurate enough, or enter a place and explicitly choose the intended match. RouteFit does not accept unverified browser-supplied coordinates for an entered place.

2. Describe the outing

Ask for a walk or run in plain language. RouteFit shows the interpreted activity, target, route features, effort and running pace before search, with detailed controls available in the same form.

3. Generate and check routes

RouteFit requests bounded candidate routes, checks time or distance fit, geometry quality and the requested route environment, then considers weather, air quality and daylight.

  • Exact results are within 5% of the requested target.
  • Near matches are within 10% and are clearly labelled.
  • Weak duplicates are not added just to reach three options.

4. Choose how to use a route

After choosing a route, you can save it to a private account, download exact GPX geometry, create a temporary exact RouteFit transfer, or open an approximate handoff in Google Maps.

Ready to find a route?

Confirm a start, describe the outing and review the route choices before you go.

Open the route builder