Is there a good site that calculates your walking speed?

TEB4Me
TEB4Me Posts: 22 Member
edited November 30 in Fitness and Exercise
I used to use caloriesperhour but it's gone now. :(
I have a Fitbit charge hr but it doesn't tell me mph for some reason-just pace.
I've searched and searched and can't find a simple calculator for mph... I don't get it. :p
Thanks! :)
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  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    Try this
    http://www.calculator.net/pace-calculator.html?ctype=pace&ctime=00:30:00&cdistance=2.44&cdistanceunit=Kilometers&cpace=00:08:10&cpaceunit=tpm&printit=0&x=35&y=11

    Cheers, h.
  • Deejalert
    Deejalert Posts: 13 Member
    Download map my walk ap
  • TEB4Me
    TEB4Me Posts: 22 Member
    middlehaitch wrote: »
    Try this
    http://www.calculator.net/pace-calculator.html?ctype=pace&ctime=00:30:00&cdistance=2.44&cdistanceunit=Kilometers&cpace=00:08:10&cpaceunit=tpm&printit=0&x=35&y=11

    Cheers, h.


    Still can't see how to get mph there either, thank u tho! :)
  • TEB4Me
    TEB4Me Posts: 22 Member
    Deejalert wrote: »
    Download map my walk ap

    Do you have to have it running when u walk?
    I already have the Fitbit app running and don't want to have to run another to eat up my phone battery. :/
    Thanks! :)
  • Deejalert
    Deejalert Posts: 13 Member
    Yes but I have found if I let my display go black it still tracks and uses very little battery. I run c210k run keeper and spotify simultaneously and use very little juice.
  • shor0814
    shor0814 Posts: 559 Member
    If you are just doing minutes/mile to MPH you can use google:
    just search for "8 minutes/mile to mph" (replace with your number of course)

    Not sure if that is what you are looking for but pretty easy.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I used this, along with the miles my fitbit said, and a stopwatch

    http://www.calculator.net/pace-calculator.html
  • Dnarules
    Dnarules Posts: 2,081 Member
    I liked using run keeper.
  • momo_t90
    momo_t90 Posts: 288 Member
    If you know your distance and how long you've been going then you can figure it out with a calculator. Say you went 2 miles in 48 minutes. Divide 48 by 60 (number of minutes in an hour). That's 0.8. Then divide the 2 miles by 0.8. That's 2.5. You just went 2.5 mph.
  • williams969
    williams969 Posts: 2,528 Member
    Even easier math (must know your one mile --or km-- pace). Take 60 divided by the pace.

    Example, I walked at a 17min/mi pace today. 60/17 = 3.53. I walked at a speed of 3.53mph.
  • TEB4Me
    TEB4Me Posts: 22 Member
    Thank you all sooo much!!! I really appreciate your helpful replies! :)
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    All these numbers are making my head hurt :flushed:

    I downloaded MapMyRun, and it said I walked 1.3 MPH or something ridiculous like that! I was most distressed, as I put my all in when I walk. So, that app did not work for me. When I figured it out using the above site it was closer to 5 MPH, which sounds about right.
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    minutes walked / pace (min/mile) = distance walked
    60 / pace = mph

    @christine_72 it is very basic math, if you have pace and time walked you don't need a website.
  • NikolaosKey
    NikolaosKey Posts: 410 Member
    Use runkeeper. Download, install it and voila. It needs GPS only
  • Spike_G
    Spike_G Posts: 149 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    When I figured it out using the above site it was closer to 5 MPH, which sounds about right.

    Are you sure of your numbers?
    5mph is close to jog/run it's a ridiculously fast walking pace.
    3.5/4mph would be considered very brisk.
  • Lydilod
    Lydilod Posts: 135 Member
    I use strava,
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Spike_G wrote: »
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    When I figured it out using the above site it was closer to 5 MPH, which sounds about right.

    Are you sure of your numbers?
    5mph is close to jog/run it's a ridiculously fast walking pace.
    3.5/4mph would be considered very brisk.

    Yes, I do a mixture of speed walking/ slow jogging, if i went any faster i'd be running. I cant however guarantee that I keep up that pace for a solid hour.. I probably do hover between 3.5 and 5. The actual number I got was 4.7 mph. I tested it over and over again, and came up with around the same number every time.
    The whole thing gave me a such a headache trying to figure it out perfectly, that at this point I don't give a flip how fast i walk per hour any more lol I just speed ahead as fast as my legs will take me. I'm 5"8 with a long stride length if that makes a difference?
  • snowflake930
    snowflake930 Posts: 2,188 Member
    Deejalert wrote: »
    Yes but I have found if I let my display go black it still tracks and uses very little battery. I run c210k run keeper and spotify simultaneously and use very little juice.

    I find this to be true on Map my Walk as well. It gives you your speed at every mile.
  • Carnhot
    Carnhot Posts: 367 Member
    Google Fit does it.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    mapmywalk/ mapyrun/ runkeeper

    theyre all pretty similar and all do basically the same thing
  • FabianRodriguez94
    FabianRodriguez94 Posts: 221 Member
    I use runkeeper, really easy to use. Also tracks weight loss as well.
  • Spike_G
    Spike_G Posts: 149 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    Spike_G wrote: »
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    When I figured it out using the above site it was closer to 5 MPH, which sounds about right.

    Are you sure of your numbers?
    5mph is close to jog/run it's a ridiculously fast walking pace.
    3.5/4mph would be considered very brisk.

    Yes, I do a mixture of speed walking/ slow jogging, if i went any faster i'd be running. I cant however guarantee that I keep up that pace for a solid hour.. I probably do hover between 3.5 and 5. The actual number I got was 4.7 mph. I tested it over and over again, and came up with around the same number every time.
    The whole thing gave me a such a headache trying to figure it out perfectly, that at this point I don't give a flip how fast i walk per hour any more lol I just speed ahead as fast as my legs will take me. I'm 5"8 with a long stride length if that makes a difference?

    Aha. Ok that sounds somewhat more likely to the speed then.
    As others have mentioned by far the best headache free method is to use map my walk or similar.
  • PheonixRizing
    PheonixRizing Posts: 131 Member
    Endomondo. uses GPS satellite.
  • robertw486
    robertw486 Posts: 2,401 Member
    Don't use Runkeeper for walking. It's not designed for it and will toss the calorie burn all over the place. It bases the calories on running, which burns more calories. And if you walk slow, it appears to calculate based on running in place or something.


    But plenty of apps will show pace. Many overestimate calorie burn as well, but you can correct for that. I use Runkeeper for walking.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    robertw486 wrote: »
    Don't use Runkeeper for walking. It's not designed for it and will toss the calorie burn all over the place. It bases the calories on running, which burns more calories. And if you walk slow, it appears to calculate based on running in place or something.


    But plenty of apps will show pace. Many overestimate calorie burn as well, but you can correct for that. I use Runkeeper for walking.

    I'm a bit suss on that MayMyRun app. I used it to calculate walking, and it was just OFF!
  • robertw486
    robertw486 Posts: 2,401 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    robertw486 wrote: »
    Don't use Runkeeper for walking. It's not designed for it and will toss the calorie burn all over the place. It bases the calories on running, which burns more calories. And if you walk slow, it appears to calculate based on running in place or something.


    But plenty of apps will show pace. Many overestimate calorie burn as well, but you can correct for that. I use Runkeeper for walking.

    I'm a bit suss on that MayMyRun app. I used it to calculate walking, and it was just OFF!

    I've yet to find any app that is really close for walking. The MapMy(Whatever) app was grossly off, as was Endomondo, and Strava won't do it either. RunKeeper is closer, but still high.

    On some of them it's the RMR that destroys the calorie burn. They factor really high. Endomondo put my RMR/BMR at almost 3300 calories. I could start an exercise mode, set the phone on a table, and rack up 160 calories per hour. Scary.

  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    The ol stop watch and fitness tracker seems to be the most reliable way..
  • TEB4Me
    TEB4Me Posts: 22 Member
    I don't want another app to drain my battery bc I'm already using the Fitbit app. I just wish they'd add the average mph feature like most other fitness apps have. :|
    I also just wish they'd bring back the awesome caloriesperhour site!
    It had amazing calculators on it and seems very accurate. Oh well... :/

    Thanks again for all your input! :)
  • joolie1234
    joolie1234 Posts: 126 Member
    TEB4Me wrote: »
    middlehaitch wrote: »
    Try this
    http://www.calculator.net/pace-calculator.html?ctype=pace&ctime=00:30:00&cdistance=2.44&cdistanceunit=Kilometers&cpace=00:08:10&cpaceunit=tpm&printit=0&x=35&y=11

    Cheers, h.


    Still can't see how to get mph there either, thank u tho! :)

    I use this link too - under "pace" tab, enter your distance and how long it took you. It breaks everthing down for you. For example. If you enter that it took you 50 minutes to go 5 miles, it returns the following results:
    Result
    Your pace is:

    10 Minutes Per Mile
    or 6 Minutes 12.82 Seconds Per Kilometer
    or 6 Miles Per Hour
    or 9.66 Kilometers Per Hour
    or 160.94 Meters Per Minute
    or 2.68 Meters Per Second
    or 176 Yards Per Minute
    or 2.93 Yards Per Second
  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,720 Member
    Why do you have to run your Fitbit app while you walk? Doesn't your fitbit store that data and you sync later? You could easily run a different app and track with your fitbit at the same time.
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