How do I guess how many MPH I'm jogging at?

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fifibox
fifibox Posts: 69
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So I did my first proper jog for about 25 minutes, but have no idea how far it was I ran so I'm unsure of the speed, also there were small hills. How do we know which one to choose in the exercise log on here?

Seems to be so many options like 5 MPH up to like 12 MPH, I don't want to choose to low or high and screw up my calories. Any hints/tips for guessing/estimating?

Thanks :-) Fi

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  • donicagalek
    donicagalek Posts: 526
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    Was it on a road? You could drive the path with your car and find out how far your ran and then divide by your time.
  • Higglyjiggly64
    Higglyjiggly64 Posts: 136
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    Measure the distance with your car. We have several 1, 1.5 and 2 mile routes mapped out. If I run the one mile in 11.5 miutes, then I've jogged at a 5.2 pace. Accounting for hills- eh, that's a little extra that I wouldn't count to help balance the inaccuracies of my food log.
  • hikingmonk
    hikingmonk Posts: 134 Member
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    Google maps works pretty well. Use this distance measure tool to figure out how far you've gone.

    Also, there are a number of sites like 'mapmyrun' that are probably even better. Some of them work pretty well. Much cheaper than a Garmin Forerunner. I've only used the maymyride (for biking), but it works well.

    http://www.mapmyrun.com/
  • Foutlaw77
    Foutlaw77 Posts: 15 Member
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    If you have a smart phone you can download Runkeeper...its free and tracks your mileage and pace. You can use it for walking/running/cycling. I love it!

    Good Luck!
  • Enigmatica
    Enigmatica Posts: 879 Member
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    You can use this to figure the distance you went: http://www.walkjogrun.net/

    And this to figure the speed averaged over that distance: http://www.arkansasrunner.com/calculators/mileperhr.htm
  • frenchfri87
    frenchfri87 Posts: 196 Member
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    do you have a smartphone? theres an app for that.. :flowerforyou:
  • SLambertAlaska
    SLambertAlaska Posts: 197 Member
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    Try mapping your route using this web site: http://www.beewellforlife.com
    I use it to get both a distance and a calorie count. Then I take my distance divided by my time to get a speed. I log my exercise on both MFP and BeeWell. The BeeWell site donates to Breast Cancer Support for every mile you log walking, running or biking. I find that the calorie counts on MFP and BeeWell are either very close or exactly the same.

    And good for you for getting out there!
  • sarah44254
    sarah44254 Posts: 3,078 Member
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    I use

    gmaps pedometer

    just enter that into your URL bar and click on the first option that your search engine brings up. You should get a map of the world, you can zoom in to where you live, then double click and click and click and click around and create the path that you ran. I use this often as I try to change different paths to find a 5k that isn't hilly! (no luck on my part, living in a valley is all hills!)

    so anyway, I map that (make sure not to hit "complete there and back route" because that doubles the real amount of mileage) and bring the number to coolrunnings.com

    so if I ran 2.3 miles
    in 32 minutes
    I type that into cool running (on the left sidebar, scroll down the page) and enter it. It says to me I ran at a pace of:
    13:55/mile
  • JenBrown0210
    JenBrown0210 Posts: 985 Member
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    If you have android or iphone I would download runkeeper. Its free and tells you the distance and your speed. I use that with the couch to 5k (c25k) program
  • JenBrown0210
    JenBrown0210 Posts: 985 Member
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    If you have a smart phone you can download Runkeeper...its free and tracks your mileage and pace. You can use it for walking/running/cycling. I love it!

    Good Luck!

    Haha I didn't see this when I posted mine! Runkeepr is the best!

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