Friday, May 27, 2011

Review on the Nike+ Running App

As you run, with the Nike+ app on your iPod,  or iPhone  tells you your time, distance, pace, and calories burned. And it gives you feedback at the halfway point and in the final lead-up to your goal. You can also see the details of your workout on your device.

I took a test run with it the app yesterday for a 2400m run , split up in Intervals , where I would perform 6 sets of 400m runs with 1min rest before starting the next set.

Pros:
Run anywhere outdoors or indoors , note need iphone GPS to track route
Map your Route , pinpoint areas where you were slow / fast to better track your performance.
You have the option to track your runs in three different run types
  1. Basic - Run with no set time or distance
  2. Time - Run against a clock 
  3. Distance- Run for a set distance in miles or kilometers 
Also ability to save your runs and sync with the website , do a search on Nike plus  , note most have an account which is free to set up online. Ability to share your runs stats via Facebook / Twitter , and various challenges. 
5th Year Anniversary so Nike is giving the app away for free on the app store.

Cons:
Need an Internet service / Data Plan to track runs if your not nearby Wifi.
Nike should make this app available for all phones / electronic devices.


In conclusion , I will probably start tracking all my runs with this app :) , what are you waiting for go get your hands on Nike+ , they also sell a wrist watch that has a similar function.

http://nikerunning.nike.com/nikeos/p/nikeplus/en_US/what_is_nike_plus

5 comments:

  1. Nice review, I'm probably gonna have to just relent and get this.

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  2. BTW this app is pretty accurate , I just might have to invest on the armband I said I wanted to get.

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  3. yo....Ray....im the second one....

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  4. Hey if these stats are online, then you can have real competitions that can't be faked. Kind of like the youtube pushup challenge. All the possibilities lol

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  5. I agree , too bad Nike only syncs with Twitter/Facebook and the Nike+ website , but it doesn't sync directly to blog , unless there's an option for that

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