Nike Plus is a statwhore online game that you play by running

http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/17-07/lbnp_nike?currentPage=all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5f6YoEN01E
http://nikerunning.nike.com/nikeplus/

I am totally digging this just now. Stats! Stats! It got me out of bed to run this morning cuz i needed BETTER STATS
Best of all you can "compete" in groups to see who runs fastest, longest, etc over any span of time. You can do first to twenty five miles or first to a hundred or first to a sub eight minute mile or whatever. It's real world achievement points!
Who else will play with me? I seek challengers!

let's do this

but wait do u need nike+?

qn: does nike+ work ON IPHONE (2G)?

not sure but maybe? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike%2BiPod
the sensor and ipod attachment is around twenty five bucks

anybody else down? I want to start an ilx first to a hundred miles challenge! might take a month or two!

hmm i might be in ~ i do abt 100 mi in 2 months

get yourself a sensor and let me know when i can start the challenge up.

yea are they selling that wristband/usb thingy yet? i might prefer that to the sensor plus i dont have an ipod

Can you pay some Korean dude to run the miles for you?

mile farming is illegal in Korea

$60 on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-RED-NIKE-PLUS-SPORTBAND-WATCH-PEDOMETER-LIMITED-ED_W0QQitemZ270405511314QQcmdZViewItem

i would be in for the challenge! (to lose definitely)

nike plus is the best jrpg of real life, i'm grinding my own levels up so slowly

so pissed that it's not reading my six mile run today; if I'm gonna be a statwhore I WANT MY STATS

okay, it APPEARS to have taken my stats. The website is a tetch buggy.
Seriously though: so worth it. I went from an occasional jog to thirty miles in six days just because I have the motivation to place in these challenges. Stats work!

I'm starting a challenge called ILX Runs: First to 100 Miles
I'll start it on August 1, get in if you wanna!

http://nikerunning.nike.com/nikeos/p/nikeplus/en_US/plus/#//challenges/detail/874894975/

oh it's on, i'm in soon as i get home

forks did you try the old version of the site or the new beta? the new beta seems like it runs better (npi) but it attached a "1" to my username when i logged in like i was a new person trying to steal my awesome workout history

so i'm sticking to the original vers for now

yeah both versions of the site are kind of odd and glitchy for me.
ILX challenge starts August 1, so any nike dorks should join afore then.

What do you need for this (besides the iPod touch/iPhone) - the receiver to plug into it, and some kind of doohickey to attach it to your sneaks?

Nah I think you have to buy some Nike+ sneaks, which have a special pocket in the sole to accommodate the receiver. There are people who modify sneaks from other brands to hold the receiver as well.

Would do this but feel my iPod touch is too heavy to run with. That watch up there looks promising.

I'm totally down with this. I might even quit smoking for it! Or cut down. It'll be motivating just on its own if I know people will be paying attention to my pathetic 2.5 mile runs.

You don't need Nike+ sneaks. I have them at the moment, but I've used the thingy with Asics and Mizunos by attaching it underneath the laces with a little velcro. You do however need a Nano as far as I know. The iPhone doesn't work and the Touch probably doesn't.

I'm going to be running in New York, Philly, San Diego, Montreal, Toronto and London, ON during August. Can we use this board to talk about our runs?

Bah, every time I try to join your group the browser crashes, Forks.

apparently the iphone 3g s works but not iphone 2g : /

I don't have Nike sneakers, but this works fine: http://www.amazon.com/Marware-Sportsuit-Sensor-Sport-Black/dp/B000ID6DTG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1247927095&sr=8-3

You need any of the ipod nanos (they're going for 135 new now) or an iphone 3g or better. And of course the sensor/receiver set; that goes for thirty: http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Nike-iPod-Sport-touch/dp/B001GQ3DRE/ref=pd_cp_e_3

Discussing runs and milestones here makes sense.

That nike page is buggy as fuck. Keep trying to join!

Maybe try registering from here: http://nikerunning.nike.com/nikeplus/

yeah i'm interested in this, for sure, but running ON IPHONE seems bulky??

guys what are your power songs

get a running belt or a neoprene tricep band and that should make running okay.
I haven't set my "power song" yet, I made like a 150 track running playlist that I'm looking to expand and make more foolproof so they're ALL power songs.
But I will eventually put some ace of bass on there. Shhhh.

;-)

My powersong is "gonna fly now." I thought I was real clever until I saw it's the single most popular one on the website.

Does anyone else have problems with the accuracy of the thingy when you're doing sprints? Whenever my stride length gets longer than what I've calibrated it for the accuracy goes way off.

Yeah, rapid movement changes throw the thing into a tizzy. Everything I read suggests it tends to be off about 5% on distance and as much as 8% on speed. That's honestly close enough for me and as long as everybody else is using the same system I can put up with it.

Where can you see people's powersong?

If there's a way to see everyone's idk what it us. They put the #1 song in that rolling stats tracker. I don't think putting the thing in an armband would work unless you did some mod to keep it so the side with the swoosh is facing up.

not the sensor in an armband, the iphone/pod.

Whoever Animacion is is on some next-level shit.

I know, right?!?!

So just a side note about part of the motivation on this: I recently inherited my great grandfathers WWI dogtag from my grandpa over the past father's day. G-gpa ended up losing both his legs in his later years. I bought a silver chain to wear his dogtag and I've taken to wearing the dogtag when I run... sorta to let a part of him keep running free. It's been a great motivator whenever I don't have the juice to keep going.
Oh, and g-gpa was my namesake, so the dogtag is in my name. It's the first and only piece of jewelry I've taken to wearing since my early days of college... and likely the only one I'm going to wear from here until i die.

Speaking of powersongs, can someone who knows these things give me more songs with the same BPM or time signature or whatever of "You're In A Bad Way" by Saint Etienne? That song absolutely hits my running sweet spot.

music for running?

What's some good mindless, high BPM running music?

I don't know that Etienne, but here's ten from mine:
Kryptonite - Big Boi
Wildcat - Ratatat
Sexy Boy (Cassius Radio Remix) - Air
Red Hot Car - Squarepusher
Pick Up On This - Africa Bambaaataa
Teardrop - Massive Attack
Adnan's - Orbital
Be Easy - Ghostface with Trife
Front Back - T.I. with UGK
Cherry Range - RZA

I like many of those songs but I wouldn't like to run to any of them! I need, or prefer, a steady driving beat. The kind of loping beat in Front Back or Sexy Boy would hurt my knee.

looking at your histories i'm gonna be dead last on this one i think but i'm still super excited

i'm robzwei btw

forks yr story is awesome and inspirational, would run again

Yeah, just to add a little personal flavour myself I'm quitting smoking (am on my 3rd day) b/c my daughter's now old enough to ask me to outright, and i'll be using running stats as a major motivator to stay quit

Congrats! I hope to kick your ass to keep you humble and smoke free.
Again, this animacion cat will be destroying all of us.
Wish I hadn't put this off to start in about two weeks. Ah well. Going running tonight.

And i seem to like loping beats!

Who is this Animacion? Show yourself! I suspect a ringer. Nobody's that active on this website.

Oh, he's definitely not an ILXOR. He's just a guy who enters all the challenges. He was on the site when I joined.

Oh, well that makes me feel better. He doesn't count.

I may start an invite only challenge concurrent for ilxors.

I was thinking the only way I'm beating that guy is to put the sensor in a paint can agitator overnight

part of me cant blieve i just spent $60 on a fukkin rubber bracelet ~ but i am a sucker for crazy stat shit & run on the reg so im lookin fwd 2 it

Okay, this animacion guy just joined my jersey city challenge. He's really starting to annoy me.

ima have 2 deal w/ this ridic site another time ~ why is it constantly wanting me to "update my screenname" or whatev? u guys prob talked abt this upthread somewhere

ill make sure 2 join the ilx run cru b4 8/1 tho

welcome to funville!

I love guys like this-- the same type who play softball two leagues below their skill level so they can have the pleasure of dominating at the expense of everybody else's fun

Forks, have you ever considered running to southern rock? It's too lopey for me but it might be just the ticket for you. I'll make you a playlist if you want

mmmmmmaybe? but probably not. Southern rock is what I grew up listening to on the back of the school bus and it doesn't bring back great memories.
That said, if you got a playlist, maybe I can learn something. I'm hardly a connoisseur.
Generally, I run to electronic and hip hop with the occasional rock song and/or anthemic pop song thrown in.

IT'S ALMOST TIME

forks can you kick animacion out? or would we have to ditch this one and create an invite-only challenge to get pure ilx action?

wtf nike ive not gotten my gay rubber bracelet yet!

I can't kick him out.
I'll look into starting an invite only run; don't know how at the moment.
Really looking forward to this; just did a six mile run this morning.
Ankles are mad sore.

i came home from running in the 5k where i wanted 2 test out the nike+ shiz 2 find the package waiting for me on my doorstep!

the site is still being mad tweaky for me tho! i try 2 do anything and it just flashes to this update profile screen infinitely! and its while im already logged in, it is maddening wtf

dunno about the wristband thing but sometimes the ipod syncing works better if you do NOT have a browser already open to the nike site- just itunes. johnny what does the band use to sync? prob not itunes?

ok i have a question is anyone using an armband for iphone or touch...i usually go with my old nano and the sensor plug-in, but the built-in program ON IPHONE combined with the stereo bluetooth (just learned it has that) is making me wonder if anyone is living the dream with wireless sensor, iphone/touch, wireless headphones. true cyborg lobot action?

thinking about this strikes me as the nerdiest way to look less nerdy when running

forks with the early lead! go killer

my not-quite-2-mile jaunt yesterday shows up as one piddly mile on the meter. lols. just realized mid-run that it's time for new sneakers, esp if im seriously about cranking up my speed and distance to try to not shame myself in this challenge. any good shoe recs? would like to get nike+ ones obviously this time, i don't have a problem with nike runners.

man, my knees and ankles are fuckin' killing me; I spent the last three days stumbling through muddy ruts at all points and it did a number on me.
Early lead ain't gonna last.

okay, i've gone from NOT running at all to 92 miles over 18 runs in about three weeks. I think i'm cruising for an injury. I need to cut back like pronto. Maybe two or three mile runs four times a week and one or two six miles.

wow forks, that does sound like a bit too fast of a ramp-up. and i'm not trying to drag your stats down so i can overtake you on the leaderboard, but make sure to give yourself breaks between.

got superbusy early this week and didnt have time to statwhore, cracked the 3k barrier last night, 5k in my sights next and hopefully soon. new shoes on truck for delivery this morning. need to spend tonight building playlists for the next week.

i finally figured out a good armband/headphone configuration: nano upside down, wrap a few cord lengths around the back, all under a shirt to keep the cord from slapping around all the time. seemed to work out well.

Yeah, I fucked myself up I think. My ankles and right knee are vaguely weak and sore all the time and i'm waking up in some real pain. Going to aim for more like twenty or twenty-five a week for the next two weeks. Going running tonight after a three and a half day rest to test it out.

ive still not tried to mess around w/ the site aside from uploading run info (which it seems to take) but while i had been on the verge of sending back the bracelet & sensor, i think i like them now...

lol i dont have nike kicks so i put the sensor in a balloon and hooked the neck under my laces...seems to work and you cant even tell its there

haha balloon hack sounds awes johnny. there are also lil pockets that you can lace into your laces. i ordered one off amazon back when but have since seen them in best buy type joints near the ipod doodads.

broke in new shoes yesterday. seem v. good.

seeing my orthopedist asap, buying an it band and a foam roller tonight, icing every few hours i'm at home and gonna try biking and elliptical while rehabbing.

damn forks that sux. post abt what the ortho doc sez. i had to cut off my run yesterday cuz of some more than normal knee pain. wasnt that intense but just different than anything ive felt. gonna rest it for 3-4 days and see where im at

wtf, earliest apptmt avail is on September 1st?
Thank god we don't have universal health care, eh? Might have abnormal waits for a specialist.

Okay, first run in about a week. going for about three miles. Let's see.

two and three quarters timed, a half going back and forth to the HIGH SCHOOL TRACK that i just discovered (yay) and three quarters calibrating.
Knee feels fine. It's just too fucking hot.

I'd like to state that my knee fucked up too and I'm not ULing stats until I'm good again...

Haha, we are a bunch of weakkneed internet dorks!

fwiw guys simple course of rehab is: rest, drastic reduction of run length slowly increasing as leg heals, stretching morning and evening, aspirin after running, icing constantly (damp dish towel in the freezer wrapped around the knee for five minutes like six times a day), strengthening the surrounding muscles within your own boundaries with squats and lunges and braces where/when they seem to help. Doctor may give you a course of anti-inflammatory meds and an MRI/X-Ray and you may be much worse off if you've torn anything, but the above is the tried-n-true method and it's what i'm doin'.

... which sounds easy enough, but of course it sux. We can all rehab together! On ILG! It's fun!

stretching morning and evening, aspirin after running, icing constantly (damp dish towel in the freezer wrapped around the knee for five minutes like six times a day), strengthening the surrounding muscles within your own boundaries with squats and lunges and braces where/when they seem to help

yea srysly i dont want 2 go 2 there. ive been feelin better after shuttin down for 4 days. went for a 5 mi jog 2day, but yeah shit was hot. im supposed 2 see my orthopedist thursday too, well see waht he sez