Traditional methods of tracking specific runners were text messages sent to spectator’s cell phones as a runner passed over a timing mat. It was a free option for this race when I ran NYC in 2008, but now they are charging for this luxury. In conjunction with the text messaging option there is a mobile phone application that shows the runners location on the course. My guess is that when I cross a timing mat, the map should update itself with that position. Last week the MCM race in Washington D.C. offered a similar mobile phone application, but judging from comments and the mobile application refund option made available on November 1st, that new technological advance did not fair too well. Hopefully, the NYC…