Subaru and MapMyFITNESS Launch MapMyDOGWALK Mobile App for iPhone

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan 23, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- -- Allows Dog Owners to Track Daily Walks --

MapMyFITNESS, the premier provider of Web- and mobile-based training and mapping applications for fitness enthusiasts, has announced a partnership with Subaru to create MapMyDOGWALK, a new mobile application for iPhone. Subaru vehicles have long been a favorite of dog owners and more than two-thirds Subaru drivers own a pet.

MapMyDOGWALK provides dog owners with access to an innovative geo-mapping application that permits them to track and store their daily walking routes in an online database. Users will also have access to a searchable database of millions of routes across the globe, fitness calculators, dog event listings, and a dynamic social network of healthy and active individuals and their four-legged friends.

"Subaru is a perfect partner for MapMyFITNESS," said Robin Thurston, Co-Founder of MapMyFITNESS. "Their commitment to supporting and improving the community is in line with our dedication to health and wellness. We're excited about this partnership and hope that it will get more people walking for fitness, as well as having fun with their dogs."

MapMyDOGWALK is available for download in the App Store starting today; a mobile application for Android will be released at a later date. For more information, visit www.mapmydogwalk.com .

About MapMyFITNESS

Currently headquartered in Austin, TX, MapMyFITNESS, Inc. was founded in 2007 and operates a suite of websites and associated mobile applications including MapMyRUN.com, MapMyRIDE.com, MapMyWALK.com, MapMyHIKE.com, MapMyFITNESS.com, MapMyMOUNTAIN.com and MapMyTRI.com. The MapMyFITNESS network of sites and mobile applications offer more than six million fitness enthusiasts the ability to record and store their daily running, cycling, walking or hiking routes in an online database or map out tomorrow's path. Users get access to a searchable database of routes across the globe, essential community-based fitness content, unique online training tools and fitness calculators, and comprehensive global event listings, along with the ability to easily share their activity with their social group and related groups of enthusiasts. The company's mobile apps use the built-in GPS technology of the iPhone, BlackBerry and Android to enable users to record and chart their daily fitness activities and routes. For more information about MapMyFITNESS and its offerings, visit www.MapMyFITNESS.com/about_us .

About Subaru of America, Inc.

Subaru of America, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan. Headquartered in Cherry Hill, N.J., the company markets and distributes Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive vehicles, parts and accessories through a network of approximately 600 dealers across the United States. Subaru boasts the most fuel-efficient line-up of all-wheel drive products sold in the market today based on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fuel economy standards. All Subaru products are manufactured in zero-landfill production plants and Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc. is the only U.S. automobile production plant to be designated a backyard wildlife Habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. For additional information, visit subaru.com.