Methods, systems, and products for monitoring athletic performance

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#The exemplary embodiments generally relate to communications, to exercise devices, and to data processing and, more particularly, to navigation and to monitoring exercise parameters.

#Exercise is essential to a healthy lifestyle. Experts recommend daily physical activity to reduce stress, improve the cardiovascular system, and even improve mental health. Physicians thus recommend that each person undertake a minimum amount of aerobic exercise. Performance goals may be established for this aerobic exercise, such as running ten miles per week, walking 250 miles per year, or swimming one mile each day. Whatever the performance goal, measurement is essential to achieving the goal. If a person does not measure progress towards the performance goals, then that person will never know if their physical activity meets the recommendations for a healthy lifestyle. What is needed, then, are methods, systems, and products for monitoring athletic performance that help athletes achieve their performance goals.

#These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the exemplary embodiments are better understood when the following Detailed Description is read with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

#FIG. 1 is a schematic illustrating an environment in which exemplary embodiments may be implemented;

#FIG. 2 is a schematic illustrating a geography database, according to more exemplary embodiments;

#The exemplary embodiments will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. The exemplary embodiments may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. These embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete and will fully convey the exemplary embodiments to those of ordinary skill in the art. Moreover, all statements herein reciting embodiments, as well as specific examples thereof, are intended to encompass both structural and functional equivalents thereof. Additionally, it is intended that such equivalents include both currently known equivalents as well as equivalents developed in the future (i.e., any elements developed that perform the same function, regardless of structure).

#Thus, for example, it will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that the diagrams, schematics, illustrations, and the like represent conceptual views or processes illustrating the exemplary embodiments. The functions of the various elements shown in the figures may be provided through the use of dedicated hardware as well as hardware capable of executing associated software. Those of ordinary skill in the art further understand that the exemplary hardware, software, processes, methods, and/or operating systems described herein are for illustrative purposes and, thus, are not intended to be limited to any particular named manufacturer.

#As used herein, the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless expressly stated otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “includes,” “comprises,” “including,” and/or “comprising,” when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being “connected” or “coupled” to another element, it can be directly connected or coupled to the other element or intervening elements may be present. Furthermore, “connected” or “coupled” as used herein may include wirelessly connected or coupled. As used herein, the term “and/or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.