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kellym · 2006-10-17 12:12:34 pm

I'm surprised this hasn't come up yet. I've been running with my nike+ipod (http://www.apple.com/ipod/nike/) for about a month and its the best thing that happened to my running since I discovered stability shoes for my flat as a pancake feet.

Basically, a $30 Nike kit converts your ipod nano into a personal trainer that calculates your distance and pace in real time, as you're running. You can program workouts to be open-ended, by time, distance or calories burned. At various intervals in your run, your music dims and a pleasant voice reports your time, distance and pace. When you PR during a run, at the end, Lance Armstong or Paula Radcliffe announce that you've just set a new personal record for distance, 1 mile, 5k or whatever.

When you complete your run, your ipod will automatically upload your data to nike.com, where you create a free account that keeps track of all your runs, helps you set goals for your running, and lets you challenge other nike+ipod users to races, or to work collaboratively as a team to acheive goals.

I couldn't bear to part with my beloved Brooks Adrenalines, so I jerry-rigged a little piece of fabric to hold the nike receiver under my shoe laces, instead of buying the special Nike shoes.

It has totally re-energized my running, and prodded me to run farther and faster. I'm curious if anyone else has one, and what they think of it.

twit · 2006-10-20 09:40:54 pm

I had not heard of this before, but it sounds very interesting. I particularly like the idea of having your run stats auto-captured. I occasionally forget to log my runs, and am always bummed when I realize it. Considering how rarely I go back to look at them, I'm not sure why I care...but for some reason I do.

I'm curious though, do you take your iPod on every run? I only use headphones on the treadmill, or when I'm off-road. Wearing them in traffic, even light traffic, scares me. I've heard too many stories of car-runner accidents to do anything that would distract me from what is going on around me.

kellym · 2006-10-29 08:20:56 pm

I do take it on every run - and you can also use it without the music, and just have the "announcer" mark your milemarks - or not even that. I will say, it doesn't do elevation very well - at the Squirrelly Six, it counted off 6.24 miles. But that could also be due to the fact that the transmitter was under a great deal of water for half the run!

fateague · 2006-12-09 08:47:16 pm

I've read about this and I agree it looks interesting. I'm wondering about the accuracy of the mileage it reports. I currently have a Garmin GPS that I can wear on my wrist and it is all over the place in terms of accuracy. You can forget about measuring anything in the woods with it.

Has anybody run a measured course with the Nike * system?

Brian

kellym · 2006-12-12 10:34:08 am

The most my nike+ has been off on a 5k course has been .05 mi. Courses with a lot of terrain - like the Squirrelly Six - i think it was off by almost .2 mi.

I've become completely addicted to checking my leaderboard stats on the nike+ website. just what i needed, a whole new level of statistical obsession with my running. *eye roll*

myriad · 2011-05-19 02:12:14 pm

Reviving an old thread here. I have a Nike+ that was given to me as a gift, but I don't have an ipod! I've been lusting over the Garmin Forerunner 110, but a friend of mine has recently started using the Nike + ipod combo and loves it. Anyone who has used both systems, who can share a comparison/preference? Not sure what would be a better investment for me: a Nano to go with the Nike+ or a Garmin.

sherluck · 2011-05-20 08:52:31 am

I purchased a Garmin Forerunner several years ago and stopped using it due to its obvious gross inaccuracies. Recently I started using a free APP on my smartphone, SPORTSTRACKER, and I am delighted with its performance.

myriad · 2011-05-20 10:18:13 am

If only they had apps like that for my dumb phone.

Update, June 6: I took the plunge and ordered a Garmin Forerunner 110. Should have it in a couple of days. I'll come back and report on it after I've given it a spin.

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