Music and Running

I have a shoe blog thing going on at the moment! Must be the woman in me : )

I was discussing at work the other day of the value of my iPod for not just sitting on the train taking out the boredom of the commute, but the value it adds to my gym activities and oooh dare I say it when I am cycling to the station.

My work colleague has the pleasure of having an iPod a little more advanced than my lowly little shuffle, she says she has her run work out planned on hers. Then she mentioned she had a chip in her shoe when running that documents her run via her iPod.... How fab is that? I intend to buy the kit and a new Pod for my boyfriend for xmas....lucky man!

I thought it was worth a share for those of you out there who like to multi task while you are running : )

Apple and Nike have joined forces to create an innovative offering. The Nike and iPod Sport Kit!!

The kit contains a wireless pedometer that can be tracked by your iPod Nano. Your Nano, once equipped with a receiver plugged into the base, keeps track of your running pace as well as a slew of workout stats. It also has the ability of telling you your pace through your earphones so you don’t have to look down at the screen. The iPod add-on transforms your center button to a “power song” button. That’s right. When you want to speed up your workout, press the power song button and it will begin playing a song you have previously selected.

It doesn’t just stop there. Once you dock and sync up your Nano, Nike+ software loads your workout stats to their website (watch the video) where you will be able to track your workout progress.

It's been around for awhile but only brought to my attention this week! Obviously I am not running fast enough, may be I need this gadget to keep abreast of the techy world we live in these days?

See it for yourself folks in this video link:

http://www.cnettv.com/9742-1_53-21876.html