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"I am getting back into jogging&amp;amp;#8212;outside&amp;amp;#8212;and I am living for it! It was in the 60s in New York on Saturday (such a tease&amp;amp;#8212;it&amp;amp;#8217;s cold and rainy again today, although I didn&amp;#x27;t let it stop me from going back out this morning!). My Nike+ Sportband died so I used my iPod&amp;amp;#8217;s stopwatch and told myself I&amp;amp;#8217;d run for 50 minutes and that I&amp;#x27;d maintain whatever pace I needed to in order to last that long. When I got home, I logged onto mapmyrun.com and figured out it was about 4.2 miles on Saturday, and 4.5 miles today. So I&amp;amp;#8217;m running roughly an 11.5 minute mile. If you&amp;amp;#8217;re a runner, this probably sounds like turtle speed&amp;amp;#8212;and maybe it is, but I am really proud that I can run almost 5 miles, especially since I&amp;amp;#8217;ve taken some time off from the pavement. I am so inspired to keep running&amp;amp;#8212;and cannot wait for the temps to warm up! I also wanted to share these great tools I just discovered online. I converted my pace here. Then, I plugged in my weight, speed and duration of my run here. This website tells me I burned over 600 calories this morning. Woo! Even without this knowledge, I already felt pretty damn accomplished, so this is just icing on the cake (you know, the cake I no longer eat. :- ) Question: Has anyone ever used the Garmin Forerunner or another device like the Nike+ Sportband to track their runs? If you have any gadgets or websites that help you, share them here! P.S. My music tastes when it comes to working out are so spastic, but right now, it&amp;amp;#8217;s all techno, all the time. (My friends make fun of me for being so &amp;amp;#8220;Euro&amp;amp;#8221; during my runs!) But if you&amp;amp;#8217;re into it, here are a few songs that are keeping me moving right now: Rise Up by Yves Larock (Ultra Dance &amp;amp;#8217;09) If You Leave Me Now by The System presenting Kerri B Let Go by Paul van Dyk (featuring Rea) Don&amp;#x27;t Leave Home by Dido (Gabriel &amp;amp; Dresden Radio Mix) Freedom To Love by Lexter (Ultra Dance 09) Field of Dreams (Radio Edit) by Flip &amp;amp; Fill (featuring Jo James Field) Just a Girl (Radio Edit) by Ian Van Dahl (Dance remix) Please Don&amp;#x27;t Leave Me (Deluxe Version) by Pink Happy Monday!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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