Multi-sensor monitoring of athletic performance

An athletic performance monitoring system, comprising:

• a global positioning satellite receiver that obtains data relating to a series of time-stamped position points encountered during an athletic performance;
• and
• means for assigning a route difficulty rating to a route used during the athletic performance, at least in part based on at least one of:
• route length;
• elevation changes over the route;
• altitude of the route;
• temperature during the athletic performance;
• humidity during the athletic performance;
• wind speed during the athletic performance;
• and wind direction during the athletic performance, wherein the means for assigning a route difficulty rating assigns the route difficulty rating for the route based, at least in part, on a comparison of data associated with the route against data associated with one or more other routes taken by the athlete during one or more previous athletic performances.

An athletic performance monitoring system, comprising:

• a global positioning satellite receiver that obtains data relating to a series of time-stamped position points encountered during an athletic performance;
• means for storing data associated with one or more routes utilized by an athlete during a plurality of athletic performances;
• and
• means for suggesting a new route for a future athletic performance, wherein the means for suggesting the new route determines the new route, at least in part, by comparing data associated with the new route's location with the stored data associated with the routes utilized by the athlete during at least some of the plurality of athletic performances.

An athletic performance monitoring system, comprising:

• means for receiving input data relating to a route to be used during an athletic event, wherein the input data includes information for producing an actual or animated view of the route;
• means for receiving input data relating to an athletic performance during the athletic event;
• and
• means for simultaneously displaying information from the input data relating to the route and from the input data relating to the athletic performance so as to provide data play back of the athletic performance during the athletic event over the route of the athletic event.

An athletic performance monitoring system, comprising:

• means for receiving input data relating to a route to be used during an athletic event, wherein the input data includes at least distance and route difficulty data relating to the route;
• means for receiving input data relating to a target time or timing goal for all or a portion of the athletic event;
• and
• means for calculating plural time goals along the route or for portions of the route using the input data relating to the route and the input data relating to the target time or timing goal so that the user will meet the input target time or timing goal for the athletic event if the time goals are met.