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What do you get when you combine your cell phone with BimActive.com? The following information, charts and graphs. You may have seen the ads in Runners World or InsideTri for BimActive. The website is free, but you can also download a program onto certain phones that allows you to track your workout. It is supposed to be better than the GPS systems because it also uses cell towers to find your position. After the workout is done the data is uploaded to the website so you can look at it and publish it to a blog, like this. Personally I have seen two benefits of this program. Now that I am trail running I can get accurate distances of what I am running. My phone also beeps when I hit each mile, allowing me to mark my splits. this gives me average HR per mile. The total mileage is good for tracking how many miles I have on my shoes. I usually don't care how far I run, but I like to know when I should be replacing my shoes using mileage instead of age. I usually carry a phone with me when I cycle or run anyways so I might as well use it for something else. If you are interested check with the BimActive.com website to see if your phone is supported. You can try it and delete the program if it's not for you. Just another way to get your game on. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 793 ft Location: Peninsula, OH Elev. Gain: -9 ft Date: 01/13/07 Up/Downhill: [+1158/-1167] Time: 11:53 AM Difficulty: 4.4 / 5.0 Weather: Fog/Mist 38F temp; 92% humidity 38F heat index; winds N 5 Performance Distance: 9.97 miles Time: 1:30:20 Speed: 6.63 mph Pace: 9' 03 /mi Calories: 1197 Map Elevation (ft.) Pace (min/mile) Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 9' 07 +0' 04 6.6 -0.1 +111 ft 2 8' 58 -0' 05 6.7 +0.1 +105 ft 3 9' 00 -0' 03 6.7 +0.0 +3 ft 4 10' 21 +1' 18 5.8 -0.8 -69 ft 5 9' 08 +0' 05 6.6 -0.1 -112 ft 6 9' 12 +0' 09 6.5 -0.1 +177 ft 7 8' 43 -0' 20 6.9 +0.3 -42 ft 8 9' 35 +0' 32 6.3 -0.4 -26 ft 9 8' 28 -0' 35 7.1 +0.5 -151 ft end 8' 00 -1' 03 7.5 +0.9 -7 ft Versus average of 9' 03 min/mi

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