PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO ASSIST A USER IN DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING AN OPTIMAL FITNESS WALKING ROUTINE

1 . A portable personal electronic pedometer, including a display, a storage memory, and a workout-mode:

wherein said storage memory stores exactly two target paces, one moderate pace and one fast pace, wherein said fast pace is faster than said moderate pace;

wherein, in said workout-mode, a target pace is selected either by the user or automatically by the pedometer, and said workout-mode employs at least one algorithm to calculate and display the duration of the workout based on the user's selected target pace and the user's weight, and while in work-out mode the pedometer continually updates the display showing the time remaining, and the average pace of the current workout.

2 . A portable personal electronic pedometer, including a display, a storage memory, an input-mode, a pace-mode, and a workout-mode:

wherein said input mode allows a user to enter personal information including at least the user's weight and either the user's height or stride-length, and any information entered during the input mode can be saved in the pedometer's storage memory;

wherein said pace-mode activates the pedometer and employs at least one algorithm to record the average pace of the user by multiplying the number of steps taken by the user's stride-length to calculate the total distance traveled, and dividing said total distance by the total duration of the workout in order to obtain an average pace, wherein the pedometer's storage memory can concurrently store at least two average pace calculations on the pedometer; and

wherein said workout-mode allows the user to select any target pace obtained during the pace-mode and stored in the storage memory, and said workout-mode employs at least one algorithm to calculate and display the duration of the workout based on the user's selected target pace and the user's weight, and while in work-out mode the pedometer continually updates the display showing the time remaining, and the pace of the current workout.

2 . The portable personal electronic pedometer of claim 2 , wherein during workout-mode the pedometer updates the average pace of the entire workout no less frequently than every ten steps of the user during the workout.

3 . The portable personal electronic pedometer of claim 2 , wherein the display during said work-out mode can be toggled to show the user's target pace selected, and the user's actual pace during the workout.

4 . The portable personal electronic pedometer of claim 2 , wherein the results of a workout session completed in the workout-mode can be stored in the pedometer's storage memory.

5 . The portable personal electronic pedometer of claim 4 , wherein, in workout-mode, the pedometer automatically determines the target pace to be used based on the pace used in the prior workouts.

6 . The portable personal electronic pedometer of claim 4 , wherein said storage memory stores exactly two paces, one moderate pace and one fast pace, wherein said fast pace is faster than said moderate pace.

7 . The portable personal electronic pedometer of claim 6 , wherein, in workout-mode, the pedometer automatically determines the target pace to be used by alternating between the fast pace and moderate pace respectively for each consecutive workout.