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So, I’m prepping for a couple of half marathons (Bellingham Bay and Seattle). I was going to do the Bellingham full marathon, but, man, I just wasn’t mentally there. So I pulled back a couple of weeks ago and feel much better about doing the half-marathon instead.
Anyway, that’s not what I want to talk about. I started using the Nike+ iPod Nano system during the Spring this year and it is totally and completely AWESOME. I’m tracking my mileage, my pace. Figuring out the songs I run the best to. It is great.
If you don’t know, the system works like this. You need:
- iPod Nano
- Computer with iTunes installed
- Nike+ kit – Includes a transmitter that goes in your shoe and a receiver that plugs into your iPod
- Compatible Running Shoes – Nikes let you stick the transmitter in the shoe, while some company is making a little case that’ll attach to any shoe.
Plug everything in and use your iPod to plan your run. Go for time, distance, calories, whatever. When you finish, go take a shower, then plug your Nano into your computer. A sweet new tab will show up in the iTunes iPod window. As if this isn’t magical enough, here’s where it really gets good. You can automatically have your run data uploaded to Nikeplus.com to keep track of your runs. Name them. Look at your pace from mile to mile. It even has some kind of strange social angles you can take advantage of.
But the thing I discovered today is this great feature of being able to post my five most recent runs on this very blog! Go check out my About page. It is really sweet.
Now there are a ton more features to this whole system that I’m skipping, because I want your experience to be as surprising and fulfilling as mine. It’s fun, it’s easy and it makes me want to run more. Nice.
