We’re still using Nike+ to help us track our runs, and help motivate us to run more. There are now 3rd party sites that pull run data from Nike+ and display it more usefully then Nike+. Here are Toby’s and Kelly’s runs as hosted by slowgeek.com:
Also, Toby’s runs at runnerplus.com:
Runs
The Nike+ running sensor is quite cool. It’s basically 2 small pieces. One that plugs into your iPod (only works with iPods), and one that goes in or on your shoe. It’s an accelerometer, so it’s much more accurate than a simple pedometer. It tracks time, pace, and distance, and can give you updates through the headphones. You upload your run through iTunes to the Nike+ website where it tracks all your runs.
Here are a few good links to how it works, and methods for attaching the sensor to your shoe, if you don’t have one of the special Nike+ shoes.
General FAQs
Attaching to your shoe
Here are Kelly’s last 5 runs, and Toby’s last 5 runs:
Big Baby Ben took his first real steps just the day after his 1-year birthday party, which was just 4 days short of his actual birthday. Pretty exciting for him and for us. He’d been doing a lot of just standing on his own, and on this morning our neighbors came over with their almost 1-year old and the 2 kids were playing a bit together. He was standing again, and had this determination in his stance, Kelly and I both recognized that it looked like it was about to happen, and I quickly grabbed the video camera and captured it. I think Ben wanted to impress little Peter with his skills!
Time flies, and the shutter keeps clicking. A few more pictures of Ben doing his thing.
We’ve finally got our 2nd floor remodel going (adding master bedroom, bathroom and study upstairs). We’re able to stay in the house during the work, which hasn’t been too bad yet. They don’t need to do much in the original part of the house except for the back bedroom, which we’ve vacated.
On Sunday we went to Fairytale Town in the park with our friends from Berkeley who have 2 little kids. Ben is too young to really enjoy the place, but we had fun watching the other kids play.
Kelly ran her first half-marathon last weekend - The Shamrock’n - which started and ended at Raley Field in West Sac. The weather was great, and Ben and I, and grandma and grampa hung out and watched the action. Kelly came in just seconds under 2 hours, which she was very happy with. My cousin Anne Jenny and friend Eric also ran the race.
Unfortunately, Kelly’s CHIP timing didn’t seem to work, and she didn’t show up in the race results. After a few emails, they added her in, but with a time just OVER 2 hours.
A short video Kelly made of Ben laughing. Enjoy!
We took our first trip up to the snow this season on January 6th, and went up to the south side of Donner Summit. Ben loved it! (well, at least he mostly slept through it!)
