Running speeds in database

smcurtis1981
smcurtis1981 Posts: 53 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Why does mfp assume that we all run fast and doesn't list any slower speeds when logging running for exercise?
I run on a treadmill so I can't 'map my run ' for calorie burn and I don't have a heart rate monitor. I run at about 6km an hour, how am I supposed to log that! (I know I could calculate based on distance but I'd need a pen and paper to do the maths - I doing intervals)

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  • confidenceinrain
    confidenceinrain Posts: 104 Member
    Does your treadmill have the ability to set your current weight? In that case it would help give a calorie estimate. That's what I do (I also run intervals).
  • luckycleo777
    luckycleo777 Posts: 17 Member
    I agree, it seems really basic that MFP should have slower speeds listed for jogging. Esp with sll the beginner runners here.
  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    Heck it should have slower speeds for those of us who aren't beginners and still prefer to run slow.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,252 Member
    The Compendium of Physical Activities has METS values for some other running speeds down to 4mph (https://sites.google.com/site/compendiumofphysicalactivities/Activity-Categories/running) as well as a bunch for walking ( https://sites.google.com/site/compendiumofphysicalactivities/Activity-Categories/walking).

    If the math is too much to estimate intervals, maybe using the METS to estimate a proportional burn is too much math, too, I dunno. (MFP is using METS under the covers).
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,122 Member
    smcurtis1981 wrote: »
    Why does mfp assume that we all run fast and doesn't list any slower speeds when logging running for exercise?
    I run on a treadmill so I can't 'map my run ' for calorie burn and I don't have a heart rate monitor. I run at about 6km an hour, how am I supposed to log that! (I know I could calculate based on distance but I'd need a pen and paper to do the maths - I doing intervals)

    Since you're doing intervals, is that an average speed of walking and running intervals? There are entries for walking at slower paces (in miles -- but maybe I only see exercises in mph because my setting is more those units for distance). Maybe you could use those. Yes, running is less energy-efficient than walking, because both feet are off the ground at the same time, so you'll underestimating a bit, but it should at least get you in the ball park.
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