Nike + with iPod Nano

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Afternoon ladies and gents, hope you're all enjoying the lovely weather.


Has anyone ever used the Nike + sensor that slots into Nike trainers in combination with an iPod nano?

If so, is it any good? What's your experience been like?

I just bought a brand new pair of Nike Pegasus+ 28's and they're compatible with the Nike + sensor and so naturally I'm curious to know whether trying this out will be any good.

Cheers for your input everyone :)
 
I have one and use it a lot, it's not the most accurate, but it is cheap. Although the Nike+ website can drive me insane when it's playing up.
 
I used one for about a year and it was bang on when it got used to your stride.
It can be a brilliant motivator especially if on the Nike+ site it is just you against other individual runners.
I was on a football team one as Stoke City and even though I was on my own I lost out to 3 runners from Man City but it was fun trying to catch up with all 3 whose distance was added together.
I was in competition with 3 OCUK'ers on one of them and unless they were doing 6 miles a day and the odd 13 miler they wouldn't get near me.
It is absolutely brilliant for reaching goals, for instance I would have a goal of 180km a month and would reach it and it's great to see your status changing.
I have different goals now but would recommend.
 
Here's my printout of some of it -

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I've used mine for few years now and I think it's a great little motivator. Very useful to gauge your current running pace and also its nice as it provides some statistics with which your able to see your running progress.

Since it was released it has been surpassed by GPS monitors, however as a cheap alternative I don't think it can be faulted.

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13.1 Mile best run Dimple, wouldnt have been the Potters 'Arf now would it?
 
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Dimple said:
I did several 13.1 miles before the Potters Arf and then did my worst time in it :(
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what did you do it in? I managed it in 1 hour 47 last year, little dissapointed to miss out on the silver by such a short time though. Not the greatest of times, however it was 15 months after having my ACL reconstructed so it was an achievement for me to progress far enough to even finish it.
 
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Von Smallhausen said:
When I couldn't get a ping on the Nike GPS watch, I used the Nike pod that came with it but it didn't seem as accurate as the GPS.
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Well it won't be.
What it requires is a runner who knows exactly the distance from A to B at the same pace or alternatively someone who runs on a treadmill at exactly the same pace.
At the end of the run if it's showing you did 4.8km or 5.2km when you actually did exactly 5K then you alter it to 5K and after a few times it gets used to your pace.
Of course if you start going faster and widening your stride you send it out again.
I'm doing all my training on a treadmill at the moment and I can be anywhere between 12kph and 16kph so once again it would be all wrong BUT I could re-adjust the distance (to be truthful) and then upload it to Nike+.
 
I used to use this setup a lot (~1650 mies logged) but now use a Garmin Forerunner (310XT). I don't like how the touch only interface works on the current Nano (6th Gen), thought it worked better on my older Nano (3rd Gen) with buttons and the control wheel.
 
I've used mine for a good number of years, infact I had to buy a new sensor recently because the battery has died in my original one.

I also use a Garmin Forerunner for running outdoors.
The Garmin has GPS which is more accurate, plus a heart rate monitor and the Garmin Connect online service is far better for logging and comparing actual information about runs, and also biking as I have an Edge.

However, there is still something really nice about the Nike+ system and I use both on outdoor runs. Since I always run with music, I'll have my iPod Nano on me anyway. The online system with Nike+ is far more social and about trying to achieve goals.
 
I prefer the Nike+ system. Accuracy wise, the GPS watch has improved greatly. My gf has the garmin forerunner and our maps/distances match up perfectly since the most recent updates to the Nike software. The garmin online software is better for data comparison and manipulation, but I have no use for much of it.

My favourite feature on the Nike sportswatch was the QuickStart function added before the winter. It will use the foot pod for the start of the run and will keep looking for satellites...it will start mapping the run once they have been found. I also like being able to download the satellite location, so that it finds them much quicker.
 
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