So, I found myself strangely excited when I walked into the Running Room. I'm a geek, and usually that means that any kind of exercise is usually exclaimed with a certain tone of incredulity and faint contempt. But. I've been trying to get into shape, so for a birthday gift to myself, I bought an iPod nano (black, 8gig). I delighted in the new ability to download podcasts, make my music mobile and so forth. But the main reason is that I stumbled across the Nike Experience website a while ago while at the online Apple store.
Now this is a bit of a shameless plug for both, but I was immediately entranced by the integration of two technologies: music + smart running shoes. I got the Nike + plugin, and suddenly I could track my runs, play muzak and actually train. I mean, the website has a wicked tracking system of how your run went, your pace, time, distance, caloric burn and so forth. On top of that, it has a googlemaps plugin that allows people to post their routes when they run. Wicked.
The goal for me is to get down to a 5min/km pace. I'm at 6'10"/km pace at the moment. That 5min/km is the minimum requirement (12 min to do 2.4km) to get into the reserves. Which means I have some work to do.
But, I started my season with a 6'33" pace. I'm down 20seconds already.
Aight. Later on in the week, when Telus finally decides to upload my pictures from my phone, I'll post pics and the downlow about my trip to Montreal.
laters.
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