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Running Calculators Help Achieve Your Goals

By Spiridon Rafter

There are many running calculators online to help you train for marathons races, 5-Ks, half-marathons and whatever your heart desires. As you know, one of the most important factors is pacing.

You can’t expect to finish a race if you don’t have any concept of how fast you should be running. Pace calculators and other tools are there to help you go that extra mile. There are also a number of fitness calculators that can help you reach your goals, whether you’re trying to lose a few pounds or just increase your overall fitness level.

A popular choice is the race calculator. To achieve excellent races results you must review your options and set realistic goals, decide on a target pace and stick to your guns. New distance runners will reach their best times sticking to an even, sustainable pace throughout their race.

Determine Target Split Times

A race calculator can help runners determine target split times for marathons and longer races to avoid running too fast in the beginning, which is all too tempting. To use this calculator, you’ll need to enter your race distance, goal time and split distance.

For instance, if you wanted to run your next 5-K in 15 minutes, you can check your stopwatch after a mile to see that you’re around 4:50 and again after two miles to see that you’re nearing 9:41. You can access a free race calculator at www.coolrunning.com/engine/4/4_1/97.shtml.

Manage Your Weight Loss With A Calorie Calculator

Some people look for running calculators to help them determine how their runners training helps with a weight loss fitness plan. There is no way to know for sure exactly how many calories you’ve burned since terrain, temperature and exertion all play a part in this, but a calorie calculator gives you a helpful ballpark estimate.

To find this calculation, you’ll need to enter your weight, sport (running/biking/swimming) and your distance. So, for example, if you’re a 150 pound individual, running a 5-K will burn you about 367 calories, biking it would burn you 130 and swimming it would burn about 1,362! You can check out a free calorie calculator at www.coolrunning.com/engine/4/4_1/94.shtml. You can also find similar tools at the diet social networking site www.sparkpeople.com.

Calculate Your Ideal Body Fat Percentage And Ideal Body Weight

If you’re interested in fitness calculators, as well as running calculators, then you may want to try calculating your body fat percentage, your target heart rate, your ideal body weight and how many calories you need to eat each day.

To get a rough estimate of your "body fat index" you can visit www.active.com/fitness/calculators/bodyfat.htm to enter your gender, weight and the measurement of your waist, wrist, hips and forearm. Some running watches will calculate your heart rate for you, so you can measure your exertion and how good a workout you received.

Target Heart Rate

To get your target heart rate, visit www.active.com/fitness/calculators/heartrate and enter your age and your level of exercise. To get an idea of your ideal body weight, visit www.active.com/fitness/calculators/weight/ and enter your height.

To determine your caloric needs, visit http://www.active.com/fitness/calculators/calories/ to enter your gender, height, weight, age and activity level. Note that these figures are just helpful estimates and are not as accurate as nutritionist or fitness trainer tools.

This Article was about Running Calculators.

Please Note: All information given on this site is for general information purposes and is not to replace any medical opinion or medical diagnosis given by a qualified medical doctor, a dietitian/nutritional expert or any other medical expert, as individual circumstances may vary. Please see your medical doctor, before any action is taken to alleviate symptoms.

About the Author:
Spiridon Rafter is an author of exercise, diet and nutrition articles including Gatorade Sports Drink, Home Gym Equipment, Treadmill Vs Elliptical, Sports Drink Market, Bowflex Home Gym.
Keep a lookout for more of her articles coming soon.

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