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Nike – Just Run

// January 19th, 2008 // My Life

Wow – its been a while since i have blogged – and its been great! Ive had a great long holiday, visited mozambique where i did a lot of diving. In this time i decided to buy an ipod and immediately became a fan of all the gimmicks which accompany the ipod.

One of my newest toys (amongst the itrips etc) is the Nike + ipod gadget which is able to plot your running, set goals, input your routes (using google maps), and set and take challenges. And its all setup very simply:

1. Download Itunes – you should have it if you have an ipod
2. Put the sensor into shoe, and the attachment onto the ipod
3. do some exercise
4. plug the ipod into your computer and bingo: it syncs your latest run onto your nike profile

For instance my first run (and next 4 runs) are plotted below:

This is done using a little widget which is provided in code form on your nike profile. There are a number of other widgets which you can use including such things as farthest run, fastest etc

Im very impressed as this combines my exercise fanaticism and nerdiness all in one! i even have the widget on my facebook profile!!

The cost isnt too bad, R399 at Sportsman’s Warehouse, however the shoes which you need (you can only use Nike plus shoes) do come at a price. I got some Nike Air Zoom Vomeros for R999, however they are really comfortable, i feel like im running on a bed of air. Great work nike and apple!