how to determine mileage

leo said:

How do I determine how many miles I have ran? Are sport watches or any
gadget I can wear that I can start when I begin to run and stop when I'm
finished and it will tell me how many miles I have ran? If you can let me
know a cheap either sport watch or gadget that can let me know this info,
that would be great. I don't need an expensive product. thanks

The USA Track & Field web site has a mapping option. It seems to be
pretty good. It is at

http://www.usatf.org/routes/map

Pedometers are OK and some others have posted here about GPS units. Try
some google searches on this group and you may get more info. But try
out that map site, it's really nice.

Ed

Ed Prochak said:

leo said:

How do I determine how many miles I have ran? Are sport watches or any
gadget I can wear that I can start when I begin to run and stop when I'm
finished and it will tell me how many miles I have ran? If you can let me
know a cheap either sport watch or gadget that can let me know this info,
that would be great. I don't need an expensive product. thanks

The USA Track & Field web site has a mapping option. It seems to be
pretty good. It is at

http://www.usatf.org/routes/map

Pedometers are OK and some others have posted here about GPS units. Try
some google searches on this group and you may get more info. But try
out that map site, it's really nice.

Pedometers aren't very efficacious for running IMO
especially if you run hills at all. GPS would be
better for general route distance, but again mileage
varies with topography and maps don't show this.

I tend to run and bike the same routes so my
cyclometer tells me the exact mileage.

Tom Phillips said:

Ed Prochak said:

leo said:

How do I determine how many miles I have ran? Are sport watches or any
gadget I can wear that I can start when I begin to run and stop when I'm
finished and it will tell me how many miles I have ran? If you can let me
know a cheap either sport watch or gadget that can let me know this info,
that would be great. I don't need an expensive product. thanks

The USA Track & Field web site has a mapping option. It seems to be
pretty good. It is at

http://www.usatf.org/routes/map

Pedometers are OK and some others have posted here about GPS units. Try
some google searches on this group and you may get more info. But try
out that map site, it's really nice.

Pedometers aren't very efficacious for running IMO
especially if you run hills at all. GPS would be
better for general route distance, but again mileage
varies with topography and maps don't show this.

I tend to run and bike the same routes so my
cyclometer tells me the exact mileage.

Just another thought. Unless they say otherwise in this group, I assume
they're likely running roads where the hills aren't that big a deal. I'd
guess maps probably give reasonable estimates for most road runs -
unless he's going over Loveland Pass 😉 I usually depend on my S625x
for running most of the time, and use gps for long or sloppy runs or
other activities - or mapping. GPS cuts out too much where I am for it
to be dependable unless on top my cb, and even then has lapses when the
satellites are poorly configured.

Dot

--
"So many people get stuck in the routine of life that their dreams waste
away. This is about living the dream." - Cave Dog

Dot said:

Tom Phillips said:

Ed Prochak said:

leo wrote:

>How do I determine how many miles I have ran? Are sport watches or any
>gadget I can wear that I can start when I begin to run and stop when I'm
>finished and it will tell me how many miles I have ran? If you can let me
>know a cheap either sport watch or gadget that can let me know this info,
>that would be great. I don't need an expensive product. thanks

The USA Track & Field web site has a mapping option. It seems to be
pretty good. It is at

http://www.usatf.org/routes/map

Pedometers are OK and some others have posted here about GPS units. Try
some google searches on this group and you may get more info. But try
out that map site, it's really nice.

Pedometers aren't very efficacious for running IMO
especially if you run hills at all. GPS would be
better for general route distance, but again mileage
varies with topography and maps don't show this.

I tend to run and bike the same routes so my
cyclometer tells me the exact mileage.

Just another thought. Unless they say otherwise in this group, I assume
they're likely running roads where the hills aren't that big a deal. I'd
guess maps probably give reasonable estimates for most road runs -
unless he's going over Loveland Pass 😉

Or lives in San Francisco...

Well, I was thinking more along the lines of
winding trails. Too many avalanches on the divide
(or snowboarders, take your pick ;-) ) For roads
I usually just drive the route to check mileage,
before or after, if needed for some reason. OTOH
my mileage vs time is pretty consistent on flat
pavement, so time is a good estimate.

I generally hate taking gadgets along on my runs,
rarely even a watch.

I usually depend on my S625x

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for running most of the time, and use gps for long or sloppy runs or
other activities - or mapping. GPS cuts out too much where I am for it
to be dependable unless on top my cb, and even then has lapses when the
satellites are poorly configured.

Dot

--
"So many people get stuck in the routine of life that their dreams waste
away. This is about living the dream." - Cave Dog

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leo said:

How do I determine how many miles I have ran? Are sport watches or
any
gadget I can wear that I can start when I begin to run and stop when
I'm
finished and it will tell me how many miles I have ran? If you can
let me
know a cheap either sport watch or gadget that can let me know this
info,
that would be great. I don't need an expensive product. thanks

The USA Track & Field web site has a mapping option. It seems to be
pretty good. It is at

http://www.usatf.org/routes/map

I was using that until someone showed me http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/
This one will give you elevation gain and loss at least for roads. Since
I'm stuck on roads for the winter it helps me pick out some nice
undulation. It also does miles and calories(for the true bean counter).
How accurate I'm not sure but all I want is some rough idea.

-DF

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Quoted message said:

The USA Track & Field web site has a mapping option. It seems to be
pretty good. It is at

http://www.usatf.org/routes/map

I was using that until someone showed me
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/ This one will give you elevation gain
and loss at least for roads. Since I'm stuck on roads for the winter
it helps me pick out some nice undulation. It also does miles and
calories(for the true bean counter). How accurate I'm not sure but all
I want is some rough idea.

I like the USATF site because you can save your routes as well as search
other saved routes.

--
Phil M.

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Quoted message said:

How do I determine how many miles I have ran? Are sport watches or any
gadget I can wear that I can start when I begin to run and stop when I'm
finished and it will tell me how many miles I have ran? If you can let me
know a cheap either sport watch or gadget that can let me know this info,
that would be great. I don't need an expensive product. thanks

If you're not in tune to your pace yet you might be better off just running
based on time.

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On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 19:01:25 -0800, "leo" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

How do I determine how many miles I have ran? Are sport watches or any
gadget I can wear that I can start when I begin to run and stop when I'm
finished and it will tell me how many miles I have ran? If you can let me
know a cheap either sport watch or gadget that can let me know this info,
that would be great. I don't need an expensive product. thanks

I'm fortunate in that the long time high school assistant cross
country coach has taken one of those rolling measuring devices and
walked all the local woods trails, putting mile marks on trees. There
are also several sanctioned 5K and 10K measured courses in the area.
You might check and see if there are established courses in your area
that have been sanctioned and accurately measured.

When out of town, I usually convert to running by time and rough check
by speedometer if it can be driven. My normal training pace doesn't
vary that much and I just run until I hit the time I'm looking for and
it should correspond to the mileage I'm trying to achieve.

Frank

Tom Phillips said:

Pedometers aren't very efficacious for running IMO
especially if you run hills at all. GPS would be
better for general route distance, but again mileage
varies with topography and maps don't show this.

Not sure what you mean by this. If you're worried that the
GPS is measuring the base of the triangle and not the hypotenuse,
you shouldn't sweat it. You're talking ~1% error for a 15% grade.

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I tend to run and bike the same routes so my
cyclometer tells me the exact mileage.

No, there is no method that gives you the "exact" mileage. A bike
odometer is pretty good but you probably should do a calibration
run if you want it to be accurate (and the calibration run needs
to be measured to the nearest spoke, not just magnet counts)

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/

By time.
Calibrate your abilities on few known distances similar to
your runs and whether you are doing an easy or hard run.
Then you'll have a good idea whether you are doing 6 min miles or
8 min miles etc on particular type of course.

That site is awesome!!!

Doug Freese said:

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leo said:

How do I determine how many miles I have ran? Are sport watches or
any
gadget I can wear that I can start when I begin to run and stop when
I'm
finished and it will tell me how many miles I have ran? If you can
let me
know a cheap either sport watch or gadget that can let me know this
info,
that would be great. I don't need an expensive product. thanks

The USA Track & Field web site has a mapping option. It seems to be
pretty good. It is at

http://www.usatf.org/routes/map

I was using that until someone showed me http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/
This one will give you elevation gain and loss at least for roads. Since
I'm stuck on roads for the winter it helps me pick out some nice
undulation. It also does miles and calories(for the true bean counter).
How accurate I'm not sure but all I want is some rough idea.

-DF

n busines
n political
or us.
I know us. it is simple. 2+2=4

as for the n
well I trying to avoid them....
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