Need help with conversion please!

maeleemae
maeleemae Posts: 6
in Fitness and Exercise
For example, I'll use my workout tonight. According to my phone app, I ran (walking on the steep hills) 3.52 miles in 48 minutes, 23 seconds with a pace of 13:45 min/mile. How do I figure my mph? I have always been bad at math. :smile: I'm using the MapMyWalk app. Is there an app available that will tell me my mph? Also, does speed equate to burning more calories? Or is distance more important? Thanks!

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  • NancyN795
    NancyN795 Posts: 1,134 Member
    To convert min/mile to mph, divide 60 by the min/mile. So, your 13:45 min/mile gives you 4.36 mph (60/13.75 = 4.36).

    You can easily see that the answer makes sense because 15 min/mile is easily seen to be 4 mph and you were a little faster than that. When doing math problems, using a "garbage detector" to check your answer is always a good idea.

    I do have an app on my Android phone - ConvertPad - that will do the conversion for you. (For the record, I figured it out manually before I looked to see if it would do it.)
  • maeleemae
    maeleemae Posts: 6
    Most helpful! Thank you very much!

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