Audible content with training information
An audible playback device that allows an athlete, such as a runner, to conveniently listen to audible content and receive athletic performance information. A single device may be employed to both playback audible content and provide monitored performance information to a user. The performance information may be provided to a user audibly, so that the user does not need to move the monitoring device's user interface to a viewable position.
1. A method of providing training information with audible content, comprising:
playing audible content at a first volume at an audio playback device;
receiving training information from an athletic performance monitor different from the audio playback device at a first preset interval, wherein the athletic training information received from the athletic performance monitor includes at least one measure of athletic activity;
pausing, at the audio playback device, playing of the audible content at a second preset interval;
providing, by the audio playback device, a user with the received training information at the second preset interval; and
after providing the user with the received training information, resuming playing of the audible content at the audio playback device.
2. The method recited in claim 1 , further comprising, after receiving the training information, reducing playing of the audible content to a second volume lower than the first volume.
3. The method recited in claim 1 , wherein the audible content is music.
4. The method recited in claim 3 , wherein the audible content is music played back from a storage device of the audio playback device.
5. The method recited in claim 3 , wherein the audible content is music played from a wireless transmission received at the audio playback device.
6. The method recited in claim 1 , wherein the audible content is voice content.
7. The method recited in claim 6 , wherein the audible content is voice content played back from a storage device.
8. The method recited in claim 6 , wherein the audible content is voice content played from a wireless transmission.
9. The method recited in claim 1 , further comprising providing the training information by audibly playing the training information.
10. The method recited in claim 1 , further comprising providing the training information by visually displaying the training information.
11. The method recited in claim 1 , wherein the training information includes biometric information for a user.
12. The method recited in claim 1 , wherein the training information includes positional information.
13. The method recited in claim 1 , wherein the training information includes temporal information.
14. An audible playback device, comprising:
an athletic performance monitor interface to receive athletic performance information for a user from an athletic performance monitor at a first preset interval, wherein the athletic performance monitor is different from the audible playback device;
an athletic performance user interface to provide the received athletic performance information to the user at a second preset interval different from the first preset interval; and
an audible content playback module to play audible content to the user.
15. The audible playback device recited in claim 14 , further comprising an athletic performance data storage for storing the received athletic performance information.
16. The audible playback device recited in claim 14 , wherein the audible playback device is a wireless telephone.
17. The audible playback device recited in claim 14 , wherein the audible playback device is an electronic file music player.
18. The audible playback device recited in claim 14 , wherein the audible playback device is an optical disc player.
19. The audible playback device recited in claim 14 , wherein the athletic performance user interface control received athletic performance information that is visually provided to the user.
20. The audible playback device recited in claim 14 , wherein the athletic performance user interface control received athletic performance information that is audibly provided to the user.
21. The method recited in claim 1 , the second preset interval further comprising a time interval, a distance of travel interval, or a combination thereof.
22. The audible playback device recited in claim 14 , the second preset interval further comprising a time interval, a distance of travel interval, or a combination thereof.
23. A method of providing training information with audible content, comprising:
playing, by an audio playback device, audible content at a first volume;
receiving, at the audio playback device, training information from an athletic performance monitor separate from the audio playback device at a first preset interval;
pausing, at the audio playback device, playing of the audible content at a second preset interval different from the first preset interval;
providing, by the audio playback device, the received training information at the second preset interval to the user; and
after providing the user with the received training information, resuming playing of the audible content by the audio playback device.
24. The method of claim 23 , wherein the first preset interval is defined by a combination of a time interval and a distance of travel interval.