Location-aware fitness training device, methods, and program products that support real-time interactive communication and automated route generation

A program product for controlling a mobile phone, said program product comprising:

• a non-transitory data processing system-usable medium, said data processing system-usable medium including:
• first instructions capable of causing the mobile phone, responsive to receiving data describing global positioning system (GPS) time-stamped waypoints within a route of a fitness activity, to determine athletic performance information associated with multiple of the waypoints;
• second instructions capable of causing the mobile phone to automatically transmit at least some of the data describing the waypoints and at least some of the athletic performance information to a remote recording device via a wireless wide-area communication network;
• and
• third instructions capable of causing the mobile phone to process communication received from the wireless wide-area communication network.

A mobile phone, comprising:

• a global positioning system (GPS) receiver;
• a wireless wide-area network transmitter capable of supporting communication to a wireless communication network;
• a processing unit coupled to said GPS receiver and said wireless wide-area network transmitter, wherein said processing unit is capable of receiving from said GPS receiver data describing waypoints within a route of a fitness activity, capable of determining athletic performance information associated with multiple of the waypoints, and capable of outputting at least some of the data describing waypoints and at least some of the athletic performance information to said wireless communication network via said wireless wide-area network transmitter;
• a wireless wide-area network receiver, coupled to said processing unit, capable of receiving a training recommendation from said wireless communication network;
• and
• a presentation device that is capable of presenting the training recommendation to a user.

A mobile phone, comprising:

• a global positioning system (GPS) receiver;
• a wireless wide-area network transmitter capable of supporting communication to a wireless communication network;
• a processing unit coupled to said GPS receiver and said wireless wide-area network transmitter, wherein said processing unit is capable of receiving from said GPS receiver data describing waypoints within a route of a fitness activity, capable of determining athletic performance information associated with multiple of the waypoints, and capable of outputting at least some of the data describing waypoints and at least some of the athletic performance information to said wireless communication network via said wireless wide-area network transmitter;
• a wireless wide-area network receiver, coupled to said processing unit, capable of receiving communication from said wireless communication network;
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• a local wireless interface capable of wirelessly communicating with a sensor supported by a user carrying the mobile phone during traversal of the route.