An athletic performance monitoring system and method are disclosed that
assist a user in monitoring an athletic endeavor. A system that
incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for
example, a local area wireless transceiver capable of receiving a signal
from a motion sensor. A performance engine may be communicatively coupled
to the local area wireless transceiver. In operation, the performance
engine may utilize the signal from the motion sensor to generate a
performance metric like average speed or distance traveled. The system
may also include an output mechanism such as an audio device capable of
presenting the performance metric to a user in an audible message while
also being capable of playing an audio representation of music to the
user.