So I did it, I broke down and I bought some Nike + shoes in hopes of tracking all of my running and doing some fancy data comparison charts, blah blah blah, but really the Nike+ website does all this...FABULOUS! So this is my shoe
it's blue, and orange, and bright, and I am glad its not white. I am over white running shoes, I feel weird wearing anything white as it is, I don't know why, maybe because I wear white and instantly it attracts dirt, messes, grime, any of the above??? Oh well back to my run, so I went on this run and I had programmed 4 miles into my little I-Pod thing to keep track, and I am starting to realize things in the Bronx are closer then they seem. I mean a place so far away isn't really that far away, there are just a lot of turns, intersections, and when in traffic...cars.
So I am running, my arches are hurting and I make an eventual turn after I hit the 2/5 up in Bronxdale (so the neighborhood is called) and start back here and realize I have only gone 2.5 miles and need to add some turns or a long straightaway or something. I turn down a street I had seen while making up a g-map run, and see the MetroNorth Tracks but realize...there is no place to go over them, so I keep running, arches hurting, along the tracks, finally I come to the bridge to cross, a van load of children drive by cheering me on, and I see a familiar seen, but have about a mile to go. Oh and if you have not ran with the IPod/Nike+ there is a nice voice that tells you either how far you've gone, or how much you have left. I really like at the end, when she says 400 meters left, 300...200...100...congratulations, you have finished. So I finish my run 4.01 miles and then a mans voice comes on. "Hello, this is Lance Armstrong, that was your best workout yet, keep up the good work." Wow, endorsement money or WHAT?? So this little gadget is pretty cool I must say, and there is a neat training tool online that customizes workouts for different runs, like when I get to my half or full marathon next year...look for the movie.
it's blue, and orange, and bright, and I am glad its not white. I am over white running shoes, I feel weird wearing anything white as it is, I don't know why, maybe because I wear white and instantly it attracts dirt, messes, grime, any of the above??? Oh well back to my run, so I went on this run and I had programmed 4 miles into my little I-Pod thing to keep track, and I am starting to realize things in the Bronx are closer then they seem. I mean a place so far away isn't really that far away, there are just a lot of turns, intersections, and when in traffic...cars. 
So I am running, my arches are hurting and I make an eventual turn after I hit the 2/5 up in Bronxdale (so the neighborhood is called) and start back here and realize I have only gone 2.5 miles and need to add some turns or a long straightaway or something. I turn down a street I had seen while making up a g-map run, and see the MetroNorth Tracks but realize...there is no place to go over them, so I keep running, arches hurting, along the tracks, finally I come to the bridge to cross, a van load of children drive by cheering me on, and I see a familiar seen, but have about a mile to go. Oh and if you have not ran with the IPod/Nike+ there is a nice voice that tells you either how far you've gone, or how much you have left. I really like at the end, when she says 400 meters left, 300...200...100...congratulations, you have finished. So I finish my run 4.01 miles and then a mans voice comes on. "Hello, this is Lance Armstrong, that was your best workout yet, keep up the good work." Wow, endorsement money or WHAT?? So this little gadget is pretty cool I must say, and there is a neat training tool online that customizes workouts for different runs, like when I get to my half or full marathon next year...look for the movie.
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