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Whilst in New York I forgot to use a whole bunch of stuff I'd uploaded to the N95 8GB in the days before.  One of the things I really meant to try out was Nokia's Activity Monitor.  I figured it'd be a good way to keep check on how much, well, activity I was partaking in.

In the end I completely forgot I had it and never used it!  A bit of a shame as I like keeping tabs on any exercise I do and Nokia's Sports Tracker (what I normally use to keep tabs)  wasn't really working that well with the GPS.

Anyway, I went for a run, er, walk yesterday and decided to give it a go.  I'm not sure how accurate it was as the phone was in my pocket one minute and in my hand the next.  I presume the application uses accelerometers to tell how many steps have been taken so possibly got a bit confused along the way.

I did have Sports Tracker running at the same time so I have some idea as to the distance I covered (although saying that, using the built-in GPS causes a few inaccurate readings ...more on that in another post!)

Sports Tracker concluded that I'd run walked 4.09 miles at an average speed of 4 mph and a maximum of 15.6 mph!  Yeah, um, er, no.  I can safely say I was not approaching speeds of anywhere near 15 mph!  As laughable as that was the day before I believe it tracked me doing a maximum of 35 mph.  If only I could walk that fast.  Who would need a car?

Activity Monitor says I did 4.46 km which is 2.77 miles.  Sports Tracker says just over 4 miles.  Conclusion?  Neither is entirely accurate but they're better than nothing.  By that I mean I need all the help I can get to remain motivated to exercise.  Having stats, and having stats that you can add to or beat gives me encouragement.  Which reminds me, I better start using Nokia's Wellness Diary again...

Nokia - my health is in your hands.