A place for brain dumps.
Another week down when I don’t post mid-week. Not a big deal, except that I slacked on eating well this week. I only lost half a pound off the trend, and I’m actually up a bit on the actual weight. More training this week than last week, but not enough lifting… none, actually. A new PR for a 5K run, though, which is good.
This last week’s training was:
I’ll have to post what my triathlon planner looks like. It blows my mind how anal I am about this stuff. I’ve decided to embrace my ODC tendencies. Hell, in general tri geeks are way more anal than I am. 
This last week’s training was:
Yep, I slacked. I think this is where it’s good that I’m tracking time spent rather than days that I “worked out”. Used to be that 10 minute morning session on the elliptical would have counted as a work out when looking back to see how often I was working out. I’m also up a little bit, but I think that’s fluctuation. I’m down 1 pound off the trend, so that’s good, at least. I just can’t let the momentum go away.
I bought a new bike, so I should be getting in a lot more bike time. Something about new gear that makes me want to actually use it. 
Pictures of that posted tomorrow.
Yep, it came yesterday and I got to run with it Wednesday night. I’m pretty happy with it.
I didn’t get to do as much experimenting as I had wanted with the old rig, since it was getting late. I re-calibrated the Nike+ kit with the new holder and off I went to do my intervals. Really, it’s just as unobtrusive as the old shoe pouch so there wasn’t any difference during the run. I took note of the distance after the first lap, and it was basically spot on, .24 miles on a 400 meter track.
There’s only one drawback. There isn’t space to keep the receiver when the kit isn’t in use. I’m just going to keep the shoe pouch around to to stow it, and give me a place for my keys (on my other shoe) while I’m running.
It’s definitely worth the $10, especially when Nike doesn’t sell shoes that fit you.
I’ve been meaning to post about how I got my Nike+ kit working with my New Balance shoes. Given that my Marware “Sportsuit Sensor+” arrives tomorrow, it’s about time I finished this post.
My first attempt was tying the sensor under my shoelaces and holding it in place with some athletic tape. That worked just fine for walking, but as soon as I started running it slipped out. Fortunately I was on a treadmill so I didn’t have to back track to find it by the side of the road.
I ended up buying a Nike shoe pouch. It clips onto the shoelaces. It’s got room for a bunch of stuff, like keys and ID which makes it a little too big for the sensor. Stuffing it full of tissue works reasonably well, but the sensor does shift around a bit.
The solution, of course, was a cheap can cozy. I cut off a chunk, formed it to the shape of the pouch and dug a hole for the sensor. It holds quite well, and still gives me a a convenient place to store the receiver. I think the biggest drawback, I think, is that the pouch doesn’t necessarily stay quite in the same alignment for an entire workout. It’s not officially a problem, but I suspect that’s the source of some of the inaccuracy I’ve seen with the kit.
Tomorrow, a review of the Marware accessory.