playing with nike+

So I've been playing a bit with my new toys tonight as a break before getting back to work. And I have to say that the Nike+ system is pretty darn awesome. I ran a mile warmup, then trained the system using a mile run on the track down the street, and then took a nice 3 1/2 mile run to finish things up. It's just so cool to see your pace as you're running and not have to worry about GPS coverage like with the garmin. I'm so glad I went this way instead of getting the garmin! Oh, and in case you were wondering about accuracy, it was within 2% for the mile after the training run, so that's pretty darn good!


And possibly the coolest part....the graphs!!! :) Yes, I'm an engineer ;)

Running update for 8/23

So I haven't updated in a while but I've been running a ton lately. Let's just skip to the current week...

Tuesday: 4 miles, treadmill at the hotel
Wednesday: 10 miles, Upper Newport Bay Regional Park, and Balboa Island
Sunday: 20 miles, chicago lakefront from the Aquarium to the north end of the path and back

Total: 34 miles

Only four weeks until the marathon! With today's run I feel totally confident! Is anyone else running the Chicago 1/2 next weekend??

update...

Sorry for the lack of updates! I've been running off and on these past two weeks, but haven't been sticking to plan. I had hurt my foot again a little bit and was taking it easy. The plan was to jump right back in yesterday with a 16 miler, but due to the rain and much work that had to be done, I never got to it. So tonight I went out for a nice 7.5 mile run at Lake Arlington. It's just wonderful to get out and get in a nice bit of mileage. This will be a busy week, but hopefully I can get in a few more longer runs before a 17 miler this weekend.