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Nike Plus Sport Band Review

The Nike Plus Sport Band is a device which is able to track your distance, pace, and calories burned. It uses a sensor that is attached to your shoe to calculate the strides that your foot makes to be able to measure the distance that you ran.

I bought myself a pair last week and since then I've logged about 8 different runs into it. Here are the pros and cons that I have experienced:

Pros:

Accuracy - most people talk about how inaccurate the device is and even after calibration it still goes hay wire, well in my runs the sport band was nothing less than very accurate. In my first run, the track I was at was 800 meters and the sport band registered just that (I didn't even calibrate it yet).

Price - I got this for about 3,295 pesos. At first look you would already shout out the word pricey, but for a device like this this already cheap. Other devices that would do the same thing would be costing around 10k-15k.

Cons:

Uploading Runs - Nike set up this program which is suppose to upload to your runs to their nike website and then this is where all your runs will be stored. Well, hmm.. how do I put this. Its been CRAP, ever since my first run not a single one of my runs have been saved into their website. Ive been going at it over and over again and nothing seems to work. Plus there hasn't been any help what so ever from the Nike customer service, damn.

Darkness - Hello? Mr. Nike have you heard of the device called a backlight? Yes sir, if it is pitch black you can not see a single thing on your sport band. This is quite a hassle for me especially because I run early in the morning, I actually have to pray that I see a lamp post soon that way I can get a glimpse of the data on the watch.

 Screen is too small - The screen is more or less about .5 inches and well its perfect if you just just want to see one data at a time, but then you have to shift through the buttons one at a time to see the different data that you need. All much too hassle when your running.

Overall

Taking all things into consideration, if you just want a device that will be able to help you know how far you are running this is already good buy. But if you are expecting a little more like heart rate, time splits, etc. I suggest you invest on those big boy watches like the Garmin.

Plain and simply the nike sport band is perfect for those people who don't have a measured track to run on and still want to know how far they have ran.

Merry Nike Christmas

Buying a new shoe for myself was on top of my wish list for this Christmas. I was initially drooling over the those Newton shoes but my budget didn't quite make it, but no less I was able to buy myself the Nike Lunar Glide.

This is the first shoe I have ever bought with my own money so I'm quite happy with this one. I got them for 5,500 pesos over at Olympic Village in Alabang Town Center,but I have yet to test them.  I've got to say though, when I was fitting it, I was overwhelmed at the comfort I felt when i put my foot in and the response it had when I tried jogging with them in the store.

Apart from this I also added the Nike Plus Sport Band into my shopping bag, it was too irresistible. As I am always OC about my runs, I hope the sport band will be a great tool that would be able to help me improve myself even more.

Also I always wanted to just go running freely in the streets without worrying how far I've ran, I find that this would be more enjoyable then running in the oval that I usually train at.

If my story ended here it would have already been a pretty good one right? I myself would say so, but it gets better! My older brother who has been quite aware with my new fascination to running wanted to give me new running shoe as a Christmas gift and who was I say to say no to a blessing like this right? And thus my second shoe was born!

This time around I didn't get a training shoes anymore, I already opted to get racing flats instead cause what would I be doing with so many training shoes right?

So being the Nike addict I am, I got myself a pair of Nike Lunar Racers. Quite funny no? Yes yes, I am a Lunar addict and nobody can stop me!

I was honestly shocked at how light these shoes were, they made the Nike Lunar Glide feel like two bowling balls on my feet! Ok, I'm exaggerating here but they were much much lighter. But I think their still heavy as racing flats. Oh well, I still can't wait to test it out too.

Quite the irony though, I have so much new running gear but I have yet to test them cause I've been too busy with the Christmas happenings and all that. Next week will be a pure running week, yahoo!!


Merry Christmas everyone! =)

10k Training Program

 My next goal is to be able to run the 10k Condura Race this coming February 2010. I have just come off my first 5k during the Phil Star Celebrity Run and will be participating on two others this January. But as of right now im getting geared up to start training for the 10k, that way I can at least be able to run it quite comfortably. Finishing the race comfortably is my goal here.
After some research and much deliberation with myself, here is the 6 week training program that I will be using as preparation for the race.

Mondays and Fridays: Rest days.  

Tuesdays and Saturdays: Run at a comfortable pace for the designated mileage.

Wednesdays: Cross Training, I will be doing strength training at the gym

Thursdays: Distance to be ran at 10K race pace.

Sundays: Sundays are active recovery days. Run at an easy (EZ), comfortable pace to help loosen up your muscles a run/walk combination  

Sun                  Mon          Tue          Wed           Thu          Fri            Sat
35-40 EZ Run   Rest        3.5M Run     CT         3.5M Run     Rest       4M Run
                                                                    (race pace)
35-40 EZ Run   Rest        4 M Run       CT         3.5M Run      Rest       4.5M Run
                                                                    (race pace)
40-45 EZ Run   Rest        3 M Run       CT         4M Run          Rest      5M Run
                                                                    (race pace)
40-45 EZ Run   Rest        3.5 M Run     CT        3.5 M Run      Rest      6M Run
                                                                    (race pace)
40-45 EZ Run   Rest        4 M Run       CT         4M Run          Rest      7M Run
                                                                    (race pace)
40-45 EZ Run   Rest        3 M Run       CT         3M Run          Rest      Rest
                                                                    (race pace)
10k! Race