Comments on: Pardon Me, But Did Your Shoes Just Tweet?

By: bobmutch

bobmutch — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:13:33 +0000

I use the RunKeeper. Using the iPhone GS really eats up the iPhone battery and also I found that the distance is off if you are running a winding path due to the 15 to 25 seconds between data captures. I posted some pictures from the RunKeeper site on my GPS Fitness Tracking With iPhone blog post.

By: Ben Novida

Ben Novida — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:22:09 +0000

The new Nike+ running site now allows you to update Twitter and/or Facebook of your run.

By: EddieW

EddieW — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:48:34 +0000

PERFECT! I just downloaded the app and will fire it up this evening for my walk. Thanks loads!!!

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:35:10 +0000

I’m not under NDA and the other app has been publicly available for some time now. It’s called RunKeeper and there’s both a free and a paid version. RunKeeper uses the GPS radio in lieu of a third-party sensor.

By: EddieW

EddieW — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:29:01 +0000

Cool about the Nike+ sensor, but I’m more interested in this mysterious app you’re testing. My office is participating in the walkingworks.com competitions, and the pedometers they gave us are, um, lacking. I’ve been using the iTreadmill app on my iPhone but that is still only an estimate of my distance covered. I’d be more interested in a GPS-tracking solution so that we have very accurate distances. Please let us know more about the app…when you can, of course.

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:55:59 +0000

I ran the 1998 Chicago Marathon. Albeit much, much slower. I was hoping for sub-10 minute mile pace, but peaked about three weeks before the race and was definitely out of sorts race day. But even if I had run within my abilities, I’d still have been much slower than you. I have a Nike+ chip that I haven’t used since pre-iPhone days. Wonder if the battery has run out… after opening and closing my desk drawer repeatedly over those last few years.

By: mytheory

mytheory — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:17:32 +0000

i use sportypal on my windows mobile (but i think its work on blackberry and iphone too), great and free service that track your stats (speel, distance) thru your gps and them upload it on the web ( soo you can actualy see your parcour on google maps!)

By: moochiegirl

moochiegirl — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:23:08 +0000

I enjoyed your post. I wonder if the new app you are referring to would work with an iPod Touch as well?? I hate how my Nike+ sensor isn’t calibrated correctly and I’m not sure how I can accurately calibrate since I don’t have a running track or area with a known distance around. Anyway, I’ll keep checking back for more updates!