This topic assumes you have a device to record tracks, a GPS device or cell phone with a GPS app etc. I have a few different, I have two different Garmin hand held GPS units I used to record my riding trips then at the end of each day I download the data from the GPS to my laptop.
You can do this many ways but here is how I do it and why, this may seem complicated but its not none of this is really that hard give it a try, wont cost you anything but time.
First I start up EasyGPS (see this link viewtopic.php?f=135&t=15708) and then on the menu bar click Receive (Red Arrow) a box will open up you will need to find your GPS model on the Device List for this tutorial I used my Garmin eTrex Legend H (Green Arrow) once you find your device click Ok it will download all the data off your GPS, I check all the boxes so it will download everything.
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After you select Ok you should see a box popup saying its Receiving Tracks like in the pic below.
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Depending on how fast your equipment is and the amount of data you have to transfer it might take a few minutes but when your done you will see something like below.
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Now like any other Windows program you can use the Save As thing and save your data as a GPX format (GPS Exchange File) think of GPX as the PDF of GPS data...